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RSS virus in newsiPhones under attack from Rick Astley worm
News For more, see Rickroll virus targets iPhones on ZDNet Australia. Some iPhones have come under attack from a worm that replaces the devices' default wallpaper with a picture of Rick Astley - the pop star whose 'Never... [09 Nov 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Scareware is fake security software, often heralded by an ersatz dialogue box warning unsuspecting users that their PC is under attack by malware or that it's at risk of a virus infection. Scareware is bad for your PC... [19 Oct 2009]
Who's afraid of malware? Four in 10 have never had a virus
News Despite an ever-increasing amount of malware in the wild, almost four in ten respondents to a silicon.com poll have never been hit by a virus. A silicon.com poll, which asked readers when their PC was last infected,... [05 Oct 2009]
Microsoft files lawsuits in malicious-ad crackdown
News In the past week, The New York Times' website was hit with a rogue advertisement that told readers their computer may be infected with a virus and redirected them to a site that purports to offer antivirus software. [18 Sep 2009]
Hackers target fake ads to steal IDs
News The ad warned visitors to NYTimes.com that their computer may be infected with a virus and redirected them to a site that purports to scan the computer and offers to sell antivirus software. Instead of hacking into major... [16 Sep 2009]
Developers: Are you spreading malware when you code?
News Researchers said on Tuesday they are seeing something unusual in the malware world - a virus that targets a development environment. The virus, dubbed Win32.Induc, was written to infect applications... [19 Aug 2009]
Botnet finds a home on Twitter
News A Twitter account can be used as the command centre for harnessing a "botnet" of virus-infected computers, security firms Arbor Networks and Symantec reported. In a blog post Friday, Symantec analyst Peter Coogan wrote... [17 Aug 2009]
100 dodgy football ticket sellers shut down by cybercops
News It has also been involved in a major investigation to target a group of suspects using a computer virus to steal money from customers' bank accounts and also made a number of arrests in a card fraud operation that... [10 Aug 2009]
Symbian security slip-up: Trojan passes security test
News Virus writers scan their malware, and keep modifying it until it passes the filters," said Hypponen. The Symbian Foundation has acknowledged that its process for keeping malicious applications off Symbian OS-based phones... [20 Jul 2009]
Soca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News According to a Home Office strategy paper published this week, in April this year the PCeU worked with the banking sector to target a group of suspects using a computer virus to steal money from customers' bank accounts. [15 Jul 2009]
EC: Software makers must be held responsible for code
News A priority area for possible EU action is "extending the principles of consumer protection rules to cover licensing agreements of products like software downloaded for virus protection, games or other licensed content",... [11 May 2009]
Windows 7: One year to try before you buy
News The company said this decision had been taken in the light of recent malware, such as the Conficker virus, that uses USB memory sticks as an attack vector. Microsoft made the first release candidate of Windows 7... [30 Apr 2009]
Microsoft plays host to security at Forefront of Exchange
News The hosted service targets enterprise Exchange customers and includes a web-based console for setting up policies for virus and spam protection, said Doug Leland, general manager of Microsoft's Identity and Security... [16 Apr 2009]
Virus attacks rise: It's because you're too clever
News The use of scareware and exploits that take advantage of common file formats like PDF, Excel and Word rose in the second half of last year as online scammers realised people are getting smarter about recognising spam and phishing emails,... [08 Apr 2009]
Conficker: So what's the moral of the story?
News People need to be vigilant in patching their systems and updating their antivirus and other security software all the time, and not just when there is a virus outbreak. 1 April has come and gone and in the minds of many... [03 Apr 2009]
