Adobe updated Flash Player on Thursday in order to patch a pair of zero-day vulnerabilities that hackers have reportedly been using to hijack Windows PCs and Macs. The out-of-band, or emergency, update was Flash’s first of the year ...
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Cyber attacks on U.S. banks over the last several months reflect a frightening new era in cyber warfare, according to security expert Darren Hayes, who says that corporations are unprepared to battle such attacks because of a shortage of ...
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Cyber extortionists shilling "ransomware" have upped the ante by pushing users' panic buttons with claims that their malware will wipe hard drives, a security firm said Monday. The claim is bogus, said Symantec, and is simply a ploy by ...
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Anti-virus software has become an ineffective tool for combating viruses and other forms of malware, according to a study by the Israeli Institute of Technology and security software vendor Imperva. The study suggests that the initial ...
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Computerworld - Fugitive antivirus technology pioneer John McAfee, who is wanted for questioning by police in Belize in connection with a murder in that country several weeks ago, has been detained by immigration police in Guatemala for ...
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Computerworld - Ransomware is a growth industry that puts at least $5 million annually into criminals' coffers, Symantec said Thursday. "If you look at the nature of the beast, it really puts the screws to you," said Kevin Haley, director ...
IDG News Service-The notorious malware known as the Conficker worm still infects computers,a sort of wild horse with no rider,but investigators appear no closer to finding its creator. Also known as"Downandup,"Conficker was discovered in ...
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Computerworld-U.S.officials today struck at six long-running scams,freezing assets of 14 companies charged with bilking consumers by posing as tech support from Microsoft,Symantec and others. In a press conference,the Federal Trade ...
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Fugitive antivirus pioneer John McAfee could soon be released from detention in Guatemala where he is being held on charges that he entered the country illegally in an attempt to escape authorities in Belize where he is wanted for ...
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Guatemala has denied fugitive anti-virus pioneer John McAfee's appeal for asylum there, though an apparent hospitalization may delay his deportation, reports say. McAfee was rushed to the hospital by ambulance this afternoon, reportedly ...
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FRESH MEADOWS, NY, November 10, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Soft4Boost recently released a new updated Soft4Boost Disk Cleaner with support skins and enhanced functionality that helps to keep Windows operating system safe and clean. ...
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Computerworld - Symantec said Windows 8 "doesn't move the needle much" on security as it rolled out new versions of its antivirus software and promised to provide users with several so-called "Modern" apps for the new operating system. On ...
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Windows malware slipped past Apple's eye and has been found tucked into software available on the company's iOS App Store. Although the malware, labeled a worm by Microsoft and tagged as "Win32/VB.CB" by the company, is ineffective ...
Incident response investigations are increasingly showing businesses cannot rely on antivirus systems alone for protection, say security researchers. The gap is widening between the common malware threats most antivirus systems will ...
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Bitdefender has launched the free 60-Second Virus Scanner desktop app, adding a layer of elite cloud-based protection to PCs worldwide in an all-out assault on malware. Being a cloud-based solution it's always up to date and has no impact ...
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