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As Bitcoin's Popularity Grows,So Does Talk About Its Standing as Legal Tender
Dec 11, 2013As Bitcoin's popularity grows, so does talk about its standing as legal tender, but there are lingering issues that need to be sorted out before people start using Bitcoin to buy everyday things, experts said on Monday. Bitcoin has been ...
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Dozens of South Korea Organizations Used Chinese Malware Compromised Over 1,000 Computers
Jun 26, 2013A recent targeted attack that used Chinese malware compromised over 1,000 computers belonging to dozens of South Korea organizations, according to researchers from Israeli security firm Seculert. The main malware tool used in the attack ...
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Avictim of a Malware Attack When a Small Number of Systems Inside Company Were Compromised
Feb 21, 2013Apple on Tuesday said it was a victim of a malware attack when a small number of systems inside the company were compromised. The malware attack was tied to a vulnerability in a Java plug-in for browsers, Apple said in a statement sent ...
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Hackers Are Exploiting a Zero-Day Vulnerability in Java 7
Dec 25, 2012Hackers are exploiting a zero-day vulnerability in Java 7, security experts said today. The unpatched bug can be exploited through any browser running on any operating system, from Windows and Linux to OS X, that has Java installed, said ...
Tags: vulnerability, Java 7, Macs, Windows and Linux, OS X
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Amazon Is Urging People to Switch off a Safety Feature in Android
Dec 24, 2012Amazon is urging people to switch off a safety feature in Android, which prevents rogue apps from being downloaded, to install its own Appstore software. The online retailer has introduced its app store rival to Google Play in the UK and ...
Tags: Amazon, rogue apps, Appstore software, Amazon Appstore
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Saudi Aramco Repaired 30,000 Workstations Infected with a Malicious Virus Earlier
Dec 18, 2012Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia's national energy company, said on Sunday it had repaired 30,000 workstations infected with a malicious virus earlier this month. The eighth largest refiner in the world said its main internal networks were ...
Tags: Saudi Aramco, Saudi Arabia, computers, network, malware attack
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Criminals Broke Into an Adobe Server and Provided Malware with a Digital Certificate
Dec 17, 2012Criminals broke into an Adobe server and provided two pieces of malware with a digital certificate that attest to them being legitimate code. As a result of the breach, the company will revoke the certificate next Thursday and will update ...
Tags: Adobe, Criminal, cyber crime, highlightedpost, malware
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Mcafee Data Protection Pledged to Invest Heavily in Social Engineering
Oct 24, 2012McAfee Data Protection has pledged to invest heavily in social engineering and so-called 'wetware' (meaning human-focused) technologies in order to protect users from a continual increase in social network-based spoofing and false link ...
Tags: McAfee, social engineering, wetware, Michael DeCesare
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More Than Two-Fifths of Companies Worldwide Have Failed to Prepare for Cyber Threats
Aug 31, 2012More 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 ...
Tags: cyber threats, Kaspersky, online attacks