Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have identified another piece of malware targeting the Middle East that is likely part of the interrelated cyberespionage efforts behind Stuxnet, Duqu, Flame and Gauss. The malware was dubbed ...
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Microsoft today said it will issue two security updates next week for its Visual Studio development platform and its System Center Configuration Manager, the company's enterprise patch and software distribution console. The ...
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More than two-fifths of companies worldwide have failed to prepare for cyber threats, a survey from security company Kaspersky Lab has revealed. Some 41% of more than 3,300 IT professionals polled in 22 countries – including 200 in ...
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Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab have uncovered information suggesting a possible link between the mysterious malware that attacked Iranian oil ministry computers in April and the Stuxnet and Duqu cyberespionage threats. Following ...
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Computerworld Hong Kong - At a Computerworld Hong Kong event years ago, I heard a senior executive explain how online retailer Amazon re-engineered their e-commerce process for the Christmas gift-giving season. Like many retail ...
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A timer found in the Shamoon cyber-sabotage malware discovered last week matches the exact time and date when a hacktivist group claims to have disabled thousands of computers from the network of Saudi Aramco,the national oil company of ...
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A flaw found in Apple's iPhone that can allow text messages to sidestep Apple's safeguard is"severe",according to an iPhone security researcher. In a blog post,the researcher,named Pod2g,said that the issue could mean that cyber criminals ...
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Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new threat targeting infrastructure in the energy sector that is believed to have hit at least one organisation. The malware, dubbed Shamoon, corrupts files on a compromised computer and ...
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A new virus potentially from the same group that developed Stuxnet, Duqu and Flame has been uncovered by anti-virus software vendor Kaspersky Labs. Called 'Gauss', the malware 'spies' on financial transactions, according to the company, ...
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A new Web-based social engineering attack that relies on malicious Java applets attempts to install backdoors on Windows, Linux and Mac computers, according to security researchers from antivirus vendors F-Secure and Kaspersky Lab. The ...
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An app known as"Find and Call"has been targeting users of both the iPhone App Store and Google's Play market,say researchers at security firm Kaspersky Lab. At first,it was thought to be an SMS worm spread through text messages,rather ...
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A third of companies admit they have not invested in security for their virtual computing environments, a survey has revealed. This means many businesses are opening themselves up to the possibility of a serious and costly data breach, ...
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The controllers of Flame,the most powerful cyber weapon discovered to date,have recently sent a kill command that removes the malware from some infected computers. However,the attackers are still in control of some ...
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Microsoft has released a security update for its Windows operating system to block three fraudulent certificates used by Flame,the most powerful cyber weapon discovered to date. Security researchers at Kaspersky Lab,who discovered Flame ...