hacker antivirus
RSS hacker antivirusFake antivirus claiming tens of millions of scalps
News Last September, a hacker was able to infiltrate rogue antivirus maker Baka Software and discovered that in one period an affiliate made more than $80,000 in about a week, said Sean-Paul Correll, a... [29 Jul 2009]
Cyber crime heads to the cloud
News Rivner said the fraudsters usually split their roles between the "harvester", the hacker who writes and deploys the malware to steal the details, and a "cash-out" criminal who will handle the money. A is for... [31 Oct 2008]
World Bank hit by cyber intrusion epidemic?
News It's much better that you find them before a criminally minded hacker does. A is for Antivirus The World Bank Group was first notified of the intrusions by the FBI in September 2007, when the bureau was... [13 Oct 2008]
Oyster card security vulnerabilities uncovered
News We deliberately tried to stay away from the hacker community. A is for Antivirus Details of vulnerabilities in the chipset used in London's Oyster travel smartcard have been released by Dutch researchers. [08 Oct 2008]
Nasa hacker's last legal challenge fails
News From antivirus to zero-day, click here for silicon.com's alphabetical guide to security. Gary McKinnon has lost his legal challenge against extradition to the US to face charges of hacking Nasa and military installations. [28 Aug 2008]
Tech-savvy recruited for organised crime
News Security vendor Trend Micro told ZDNet.co.uk that it has also seen hacker recruitment in universities, including in China. Soca said that, while it was "not willing to go into specific detail about which techniques"... [23 Jun 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Roy Hills, technical director at NTA said in a statement: "A hacker could also gain entry to the corporate network and change users' passwords or delete files, which could wreak corporate havoc. A trio of studies have... [19 Jun 2008]
Insider security risks exposed
News Malicious Malfoy is the external hacker who exploits security vulnerabilities to steal information and disrupt corporate networks. A is for Antivirus Vipin Samar, VP of database security at Oracle, said:... [10 Apr 2008]
Hack forces Fasthosts to change user passwords
News UK web-hosting company Fasthosts has reset customer passwords after a hacker breached one of its servers. A is for Antivirus Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. B is for Botnets [03 Dec 2007]
Editor's Blog: Grey areas, honesty and naivety
Comment Security of course has more grey areas than John Major's wardrobe (I'm nothing if not topical) and it's likely the hacker panel this afternoon will prove interesting. One of the people due to attend, extradition... [26 Apr 2007]
Apple plugs yet more QuickTimes holes
News With operating systems becoming more secure, widely used programs such as media players, instant-messaging tools and antivirus shields have become popular hacker targets, pundits have said. Apple has... [06 Mar 2007]
Vista security: What's in it for you?
News Peter Wood, a penetration tester - or ethical hacker - from First Base Technologies, suggests the Redmond giant has made promising strides in answering this question. This full disk encryption feature is a long-awaited... [20 Nov 2006]
Top hacker targets named
News Microsoft's Internet Explorer has been named one of the internet's top 20 hacker targets by a leading security organisation. A is for Antivirus Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out... [15 Nov 2006]
How serious is HSBC's online banking flaw?
News The vulnerability, which was not detailed in the researchers' report, relies on a hacker using a keystroke logger - a piece of software which records each key a user types on their keyboard. That allows the... [10 Aug 2006]
Macs 'inherently more secure', say Mac users
News In other words, writing a Windows Virus is a good way to get lost in the hacker crowd. Now imagine if you were the first hacker to write a successful Mac virus. Apple has been, by toting OS X as more... [07 Jul 2006]
