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Kaspersky Released an Analysis on SecureList
Jan 15, 2013A major cyber-attack that steals encrypted files, believed to have been targeted at embassies, nuclear research centres and energy organisations, has been uncovered by anti-virus software vendor Kaspersky. The company claims that it has ...
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Cyber-Attack Has Been Targeted at Embassies, Nuclear Research Centres
Jan 15, 2013A major cyber-attack that steals encrypted files, believed to have been targeted at embassies, nuclear research centres and energy organisations, has been uncovered by anti-virus software vendor Kaspersky. The company claims that it ...
Tags: cyber attack, software, Kaspersky
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A Deeper Look Into The Flame Malware
Dec 31, 2012IDG News Service - A deeper look into the Flame malware, linked to the infamous Stuxnet, has revealed that it may be just one of four pieces of malware created by the same unknown development team. Flame became public in May after Iran ...
Tags: Flame malware, virus, malware, cyber security
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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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Businesses Should Start Leaning on Vendors Now to Upgrade Applications
Aug 13, 2012Businesses should start leaning on vendors now to upgrade applications that use less than 1,024-bit encryption before it's too late. What is currently a voluntary upgrade request from Microsoft is likely to become mandatory within a few ...
Tags: Microsoft, applications, encryption, encryption keys, Microsoft platforms
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The Attackers Are Still in Control of Some Command-and-Control Servers
Jun 11, 2012The 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 ...
Tags: Malware, Command, Flame, Cyber Weapon
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Microsoft Has Released a Security Update for Its Windows Operating System
Jun 6, 2012Microsoft 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 ...