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The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
Spammers are impersonating well-known Android software developers in order to distribute rogue apps through the official Android Market.
By Lucian Constantin | 09 February, 2012 07:39
Name: Marcus Smith
By Nancy Weil | 07 February, 2012 04:00
A "worrying number" of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia, security firm Sophos said Friday.
By Cameron Scott | 04 February, 2012 08:25
Researchers from security vendor Symantec have identified a new premium-rate SMS Android Trojan horse that modifies its code every time it gets downloaded in order to bypass antivirus detection.
By Lucian Constantin | 03 February, 2012 22:52
In an effort to improve security in its Android Market, Google has been using a service providing automated scanning of applications submitted to the mobile application store, Google revealed on Thursday afternoon.
By Paul Krill | 03 February, 2012 22:10
Tami asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum why friends are receiving spam that appears to come from her.
By Lincoln Spector | 28 September, 2010 01:51
SUPERAntiSpyware found three Trojans on a reader's PC. He asked the Windows forum how this could happen when his PC is protected.
By Lincoln Spector | 17 August, 2010 02:37
You wouldn't let your kids walk the streets of Amsterdam's Red Light District, but giving them unrestricted access to the Web is practically the same thing. The problem is, how do you block out all that inappropriate Web content?
By Rick Broida | 28 July, 2010 07:48
PDF files are one of the most common, and most trusted document formats out there. However, that trust, combined with the cross-platform use of PDFs makes the Adobe file format one of the most targeted and exploited by malicious attacks as well.
By Tony Bradley | 09 March, 2011 06:06
Perhaps you've heard that the Apple Mac OS X operating system is simply more secure by design and not prone to the security flaws and vulnerabilities that plague the dominant Microsoft Windows operating system? Well, don't believe the hype. Apple unleashed an update for Mac OS X this week which fixes a massive 134 vulnerabilities.
By Tony Bradley | 12 November, 2010 02:15
Rootkits, a type of stealth technology used by malware malefactors, attempt to hide in the dark corners of an infected PC and evade detection. A new post out today from the Microsoft Malware Protection Center shines the spotlight on the evil tools.
By Erik Larkin | 08 January, 2010 09:41
2009 ushered in mobile malware with the first (and second) iPhone worm appearing just before Christmas.
By Andreas M. Antonopoulos | 13 January, 2010 07:59
Creators of Waledac malware enlisted the Conficker botnet as a tool to spread malware of their own, marking the first time Conficker was made available for hire, according to Cisco's mid-year security report.This was symptomatic of a wider trend Cisco noted of malware purveyors using established business practices to expand their illegal enterprises. Cisco likened the arrangement between Waledac and Conficker to a partner ecosystem, a term Cisco uses to describe its collaboration with other vendors.
By Tim Greene | 15 July, 2009 10:02
If it’s becoming something of a cliché that the financial services industry is one of the world’s most heavily regulated, that’s largely because it’s true. Data retention and archiving, authentication and authorisation, data loss prevention and privacy regulations compete with demands for transparency and accountability, while market imperatives calling for multiple service channels delivered over a broad spread of technologies add to the pressure. Read on.
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