Friday, January 9th, 2009 A team of researchers from Bonn University and RWTH Aachen University have analysed the notorious Storm Worm botnet, and concluded it certainly isn't as invulnerable as it once seemed. Quite the reverse, for in theory it can be rapidly eliminated using software developed and at least partially disclosed by Georg ...
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Tuesday, January 6th, 2009 The economic lifecycle of the underground fraud community functions very similarly to the world of legitimate business. Online fraudsters have supply chains, third-party outsourcers, vendors, and online forums where people with skills and people with opportunities to commit fraud can find each other. The underground fraud supply chain is becoming ...
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Monday, January 5th, 2009 Do not expect that your system would start misbehaving once it is infected by a malware. Malwares can perform their functions without showing any symptoms for days, months or years. New malwares are capable of hiding themselves even from powerful Antivirus scan engines. They can also perform their jobs without affecting ...
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Thursday, October 9th, 2008 The Japanese division of Taiwanese computer and component manufacturer Asus is warning customers that shipping versions of its Eee Box B202 desktop computer are infected with a virus. According to Asus, the virus is located on the D drive in a file called recycled.exe. When the user opens the D ...
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Monday, June 23rd, 2008 Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool - a program that removes malware from Windows machines - detected password-stealing software from more than 2 million PCs in the first week after it was updated.One password stealer, called Taterf, alone was detected on 700,000 computers in the first day after the update. That's ...
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