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A Version of MiniDuke,The Cyberspy Malware Has Been Operating for at Least 21 Months
Mar 5, 2013A version of MiniDuke, the cyberspy malware aimed at governments and agencies in Europe and elsewhere, has been operating for at least 21 months, internet security firm Bitdefender has discovered. The newly discovered version also raises ...
Tags: MiniDuke, Computer Products
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The Sandbox Anti-Exploitation Protection Is Part of an Important Cyber Espionage Operation
Feb 18, 2013The head of the malware analysis team at antivirus vendor Kaspersky said last week that a recently found exploit that bypasses the sandbox anti-exploitation protection in Adobe Reader 10 and 11 is highly sophisticated and probably part of ...
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Microsoft Yesterday Delivered Two Security Updates
Jan 4, 2013Computerworld-Microsoft yesterday delivered two security updates that patched two vulnerabilities in Visual Studio Team Foundation Server and System Center Configuration Manager. But security experts essentially ignored the updates--with ...
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Huawei and ZTE Pose a Security Threat to The US
Dec 28, 2012A US congressional committee has reported that Chinese telecommunications equipment providers Huawei and ZTE pose a security threat to the US, following a year-long investigation. A draft of the report from the House Intelligence ...
Tags: US, security, Huawei, ZTE, investigation
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Microsoft Today Patched 20 Vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, Sharepoint Server
Dec 25, 2012Microsoft today patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including a critical bug in the company's popular Word program and another already used to attack the ...
Tags: Microsoft, vulnerabilities, Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server
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A Sophisticated Cyber Surveillance Tool Was Probably Built Bythe Auspices of a Government
Dec 24, 2012A sophisticated cyber surveillance tool that monitors financial transactions with Middle Eastern banks was probably built by or under the auspices of a government, security researchers said today. Early Thursday, Moscow-based Kaspersky ...
Tags: cyber, financial transactions, Middle Eastern, banks, security
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Microsoft Will Deliver Seven Security Updates to Patch 20 Vulnerabilities in Office
Dec 20, 2012Microsoft today announced it will deliver seven security updates, one critical, to patch 20 vulnerabilities in Office, SharePoint Server, SQL Server, Windows and other parts of its product lineup. "It looks like an Office month," said ...
Tags: Microsoft, security updates, vulnerabilities, Office, SharePoint Server
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Microsoft Has Patched 20 Vulnerabilities in Its Portfolio
Dec 17, 2012Microsoft has patched 20 vulnerabilities in Word, Office, Windows, SharePoint Server, SQL Server and other products in its portfolio, including a critical bug in the company’s popular Word programme and another already used to attack ...
Tags: Bugs, Microsoft, Patches, Steve Ballmer, Trojan, vulnerabilities
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Security Researchers Have Identified Another Piece of Malware
Oct 15, 2012Security 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 ...
Tags: Kaspersky, malware, code, espionage tool, USB disks
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Microsoft Will Issue Two Security Updates Next Week
Sep 6, 2012Microsoft 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 ...
Tags: Microsoft, USA, security updates, malware, vulnerabilities