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After Takedown, Botnet-linked ISP Troyak Resurfaces
11 Mar 2010 at 12:24pm

Last week FBI Director Robert Mueller called the fight against hackers "the cyber equivalent of cat-and-mouse." On Wednesday security experts trying to take down the Zeus botnet got a taste of what he meant.

AVG Research Reveals +40% of World's Malicious Websites are Hosted in USA
11 Mar 2010 at 7:56am

AVG monitoring of active web servers serving exploits around the world indicates that 44 percent of the corrupted servers are hosted in the United States, followed by Germany and China at just 5 percent each.

Hackers exploit latest IE zero-day bug
11 Mar 2010 at 3:06am

Hackers are exploiting the just-disclosed unpatched bug in Internet Explorer to launch drive-by attacks from malicious Web sites, security researchers said today.

Hackers love to exploit PDF bugs, says researcher
10 Mar 2010 at 10:34pm

Gregg Keizer ) 11 March, 2010 08:25 Hackers adore Adobe Reader, and have pushed it into first place as the software most often exploited in targeted attacks, a Finnish security company said today.

Google attack driven by amateur, not Chinese government
10 Mar 2010 at 5:54pm

The cyber attacks that targeted Google Inc. were carried out by "amateur-level" botnets -- networks of computers commandeered by hackers -- according to U.S. security company Damballa Inc.

Britain fends off daily cyber-attacks by states and terrorists, warns Governm...
10 Mar 2010 at 1:23pm

Britain's security services are fending off daily attacks on UK computer systems by foreign states and terrorists, it was revealed today.

Microsoft warns of new IE bug; attacks under way
10 Mar 2010 at 8:43am

Article:Microsoft warns of new IE bug; attacks under way:/g/a/2010/03/09/urnidgns852573C400693880002576E1006A4E53.DTL Article:Microsoft warns of new IE bug; attacks under way:/g/a/2010/03/09/urnidgns852573C400693880002576E1006A4E53.DTL 11:27 PST -- Microsoft today warned of a critical vulnerability in Internet Explorer that is already being ...

AOptix Technologies Announces DaonAdvantage Partnership
10 Mar 2010 at 4:08am

AOptix Technologies, Inc., , a leading edge developer of advanced iris biometrics products and long-distance wireless optical communications solutions, today announced it has signed a partnership agreement with Daon, a leading provider of identity assurance software products, to participate in the DaonAdvantage Program.

Mariposa Botnet Malware Found On Vodaphone HTC Magic
9 Mar 2010 at 11:35pm

Following Energizer's acknowledgment last week that it had been distributing infected software in conjunction with its DUO USB charger comes a report that malware has been found on a Vodafone HTC Magic running Google's Android OS.

Trend Micro Threat Research Report: 9 Million ZeuS Attacks Blocked by ...
9 Mar 2010 at 6:58pm

Trend Micro has seen a recent rise in average of around 300 unique ZeuS samples per day, according to a recent threat report that examines the Eastern European criminal enterprise behind one of the world's most prolific crimeware kits designed for wholesale monetary theft.

Watch The Story
9 Mar 2010 at 2:22pm

Chicopee's municipal website is up and running after being temporarily compromised by hackers from Argentina.

FDIC: Hackers Took More Than $120M in Three Months
9 Mar 2010 at 10:03am

Ongoing computer scams targeting small businesses cost U.S. companies US$25 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to the U.S. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Google-China attack led by amateurs
9 Mar 2010 at 5:26am

On the face of it, research by Damballa appears to support Beijing's claims. If the security hole in Internet Explorer was the smoking gun of the attacks, what Ollmann and his researchers looked at was "the occupants and driver of the getaway van," he said.

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9 Mar 2010 at 12:59am

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Ford Offers Security Features To Protect Owners' Personal Information As Cars...
8 Mar 2010 at 8:33pm

DEARBORN, Mich., With the rapid convergence of in-car technology and the Internet, Ford Motor Company said today it is offering a suite of security features to protect the personal information of millions of Ford owners from the threat of computer hackers and viruses.

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