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Rogue AVs still on the loose
The age-old tactic of fooling users into downloading fake and malicious antivirus software is still on the rise, and cyber-criminals are now more cunning than ever. To learn more, and for 4 tips for avoiding the threat.
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School boards hit with cash-stealing Trojan
IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation is probing a rash of reported online computer intrusions that have resulted in hundreds of thousands of dollars being stolen from school districts in Illinois.
McAfee, Adobe Team Up on Data Security
SAN JOSE, Calif. (TheStreet) -- Software specialist McAfee has teamed up with Adobe in an attempt to tap the growing market for secure documents.
Is Mac Security Software Necessary?
Verizon on Monday introduced a security suite for Internet service customers who use Apple's MacOS X. The company claims that it is the first major US ISP to offer its customers Mac security software.
CVE: 10 years and more than 38,000 software vulnerabilities catalogued
On Sept. 29, the Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database celebrates its 10th anniversary of giving researchers, software vendors and developers a tool for identifying and sharing information about security vulnerabilities in software.
Software company fined for trading with the enemy
In the hacking case, the DOJ accused Leonard of illegally accessing the Web site of Zetaware, an oil- and gas-exploration software company and a competitor of PRA. During the intrusion, in October 2005, Zetaware's password-protected files were downloaded via a wireless computer network at the Houston airport, the DOJ said.
Phony Antivirus Poses as Microsoft’ MSRT
Security researchers at Computer Associates, a software developing company, are warning about a newly unleashed fake antivirus program that pretends to be the MSRT (Malicious Software Removal Tool) from Microsoft. The program falls among the Win32/FakeAV group of malicious software.
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PDF Vulnerabilities and Attack Surface
Attack surface is a term used to convey the amount of code available to attackers in a program. As a general matter, the more features added to a program, the greater the attack surface. For example, adding a web server to your web browser? You increase the attack surface.
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Deleted Data Drives New Data Breaches
According to a new report on data breaches from Verizon Business, cyber criminals are no longer attacking where the credit card files are, but where they once were.
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