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Microsoft Warned Users Of Internet Explorer

Thursday, January 1, 2009 2:41

Microsoft has warned users of Internet Explorer (IE) 7 that hackers have been attacking a vulnerability in the current version of the web browser that, in a worst-case scenario, could potentially ...

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Cyber criminals are becoming more professional

Sunday, November 25, 2007 23:11

Symantec Corp. (Nasdaq: SYMC) concludes that cyber criminals are increasingly becoming more professional – even commercial – in the development, distribution and use of malicious code and services. While cybercrime continues to be driven by financial gain, cyber criminals are now utilizing more professional attack methods, tools and strategies to ...

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Be very careful about taking advice from websites

Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:45

Be very careful about taking advice from websites. Unless there's a section telling you who runs the site and what their expertise is, they may not have any. Some sites, particularly those with teenage forums, can give dangerous advice. The people trying to help you out are probably well intentioned, but ...

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Tecqhniques to detect dangerous websites

Thursday, October 18, 2007 4:41

Signature-based detection: Signature-based engines are extremely effective at identifying and blocking known threats. Multiple signature-based engines form an important part of a multi-layered cocktail approach to real time scanning. However, signature-based malware detection only works for known malware. It is not useful for new threats. Additionally, in order to be ...

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New computer threat on the horizon

Thursday, June 7, 2007 10:49

In the world of computers, where many of us dwell, there is nothing more disrupting than hearing that there is a new computer threat on the horizon just waiting to find its way onto our systems. In the latest of a never ending line of attacks we have been most ...

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The Winning Security Model

Friday, May 25, 2007 6:04

It’s 2007, and malware is technically more sophisticated than ever before. Many of us have had first-hand encounters with spyware, viruses, worms and other malicious programs and sensibly made the decision to take appropriate measures to protect ourselves. Malware is so widespread now that even those lucky few who have ...

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Interview with an anonymous hacker

Wednesday, April 11, 2007 13:59

Agnitum has been doing a little research into the activities of the web’s so-called “black hats” (hackers and the like), and have spoken with a few of them here in St Petersburg, Russia, on condition of anonymity. This article and interview is a composite based on input from several individuals. Read ...

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Security Trends: Reflections About Today and Tomorrow

Monday, March 19, 2007 12:18

In this entry we would like to share some thoughts about the current situation in the e-security market. Here we need to distinguish between two rival parties: software vendors and cybercriminals. Let’s start with the latter group. It seems like modern malefactors generate three major types of threats: - “old style” viruses ...

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