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Accused Kelihos botmaster's former employer 'angered' at revelation
A security-related company that until late December employed the Russian developer who allegedly created the Kelihos botnet said today it was 'extremely disappointed and angered' at the revelation.
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Intego: 2011 offered bumper crop of Mac malware
One of Apple's chief advantages in the personal computing market has been that its Mac computers have been relatively impervious to viruses and malware, at least when compared to Windows-based PCs. But that advantage may have been more difficult to maintain in 2011--at least, according to a new report from security firm Intego.
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Security history: Nothing like an old-fashioned boot sector virus
It has been 26 years to the day when the computing world was introduced to its first virus: The Brain.
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Social engineering attacks on the enterprise are trending upward
Amit Klein, CTO of the security firm Trusteer, predicts that social engineering attacks against enterprises will be on the rise in 2012. The problem is that too many people disclose too much personal information on social networks, and this gives thieves the leverage they need to gain and then abuse people's trust.
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Antivirus software sales expected to show strong growth in 2012
The prevalence with which hackers are handing out headaches to IT security pros will have a big upside for vendors in the coming year, according to new figures from Canalys.
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Facebook easily infiltrated by data-harvesting bots, researchers find
Facebook's fake account detection mechanisms can be defeated 80 percent of the time with the help of automated tools, researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have found after an eight-week test.
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Peer-to-peer update to Zeus Trojan confers resistance to take-downs
The Zeus financial malware has been updated with P-to-P (peer-to-peer) functionality that makes it much more resilient to take-down efforts and gives its controllers flexibility in how they run their fraud operations.
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German officials admit to deploying intercept software
Officials in a number of German state governments have owned up to using the Quellen-TKÜ Trojan Horse software in criminal investigations to intercept encrypted telecommunications on PCs. At least one state said it has suspended use of the software, after the Chaos Computer Club discovered that it could be controlled by anyone, not just law enforcement officers.
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Firefox advises users to disable McAfee plugin
It's the last thing McAfee would want users to hear about one of its products, but the Firefox browser is advising users to disable McAfee's ScriptScan software, saying that it could cause "stability or security problems."
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Google highlights trouble in detecting Web-based malware
Google issued a new study on Wednesday detailing how it is becoming more difficult to identify malicious websites and attacks, with antivirus software proving to be an ineffective defense against new ones.
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