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Flashback Trojan: wake-up call for Mac users

Flashback Trojan: wake-up call for Mac users

The Flashback Trojan assault on 650,000 Macs should make the Apple world sit up and start taking security seriously, says Rik Ferguson Read more

29 April, 2012 by Rik Ferguson

McAfee: Spam in retreat in UK

...now address lists are more accurate, McAfee said in its report (PDF).Botnets, or computers tricked into running malicious software, surged in growth in November... Read more

22 February, 2012 by Lance Whitney

Online UK banking fraud falls

...and by pursuing more diverse data, Ferguson added. "We've seen Zeus botnets not just stealing financial information, but email accounts, FTP accounts and social... Read more

6 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Intel: Data loss from cyberattacks is inevitable

...APT) targeting or the orchestration of network penetration by distributed, large-scale botnets, means Intel cannot stop data leaking from its organisation, according to Perry... Read more

13 September, 2011 by Jack Clark

Wikileaks.info denies malware claims

...Spamhaus, a non-profit volunteer organisation that seeks to curtail spam, phishing, botnets for network attacks and malware, issued a 'malware warning' on Tuesday for... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Stephen Shankland
Facebook Pages: If it ain't broke...

Facebook Pages: If it ain't broke...

Recent changes to Facebook Pages designed to help developers also aid cybercriminals, says Rik Ferguson Read more

19 February, 2011 by Rik Ferguson
Crooks steal past multi-factor authentication

Crooks steal past multi-factor authentication

Online banking security needs tightening because malware can already breach existing measures, says Rik Ferguson Read more

16 July, 2010 by Rik Ferguson
How <endeca_term>botnets</endeca_term>' rise foretells malware's future

How botnets' rise foretells malware's future

...Since the ancestors of today's botnets emerged a decade ago, criminal innovation has been unrelenting. The paths the... Read more

15 October, 2010 by Rik Ferguson

Botnets meet money mules in fake cheque scam

...A Russian group is doing cheque counterfeiting in the US using malware, botnets, virtual private networks and money mules recruited online, according to research revealed... Read more

29 July, 2010 by Elinor Mills
Characterizing <endeca_term>Botnets</endeca_term> From Email Spam Records

Characterizing Botnets From Email Spam Records

...map botnet membership using traces of spam email. To group bots into botnets they look for multiple bots participating in the same spam email campaign... Read more

1 January, 2012
<endeca_term>Botnets</endeca_term>: The Dark Side of Cloud Computing

Botnets: The Dark Side of Cloud Computing

Botnets are based on similar principles as legitimate clouds, but serve malicious business... Read more

21 December, 2011
BotCloud: Detecting <endeca_term>Botnets</endeca_term> Using MapReduce

BotCloud: Detecting Botnets Using MapReduce

Botnets are a major threat of the current Internet. Understanding the novel generation... Read more

28 September, 2011
BotTrack: Tracking <endeca_term>Botnets</endeca_term> Using NetFlow and PageRank

BotTrack: Tracking Botnets Using NetFlow and PageRank

With large scale botnets emerging as one of the major current threats, the automatic detection of... Read more

5 August, 2011
Detecting Stealthy P2P <endeca_term>Botnets</endeca_term> Using Statistical Traffic Fingerprints

Detecting Stealthy P2P Botnets Using Statistical Traffic Fingerprints

Peer-To-Peer (P2P) botnets have recently been adopted by botmasters for their resiliency to take-down... Read more

7 June, 2011
On <endeca_term>Botnets</endeca_term> That Use DNS for Command and Control

On Botnets That Use DNS for Command and Control

...they correctly detected DNS C&C in mixed office workstation network traffic. Botnets, i.e., sets of computers that are infected with a specific malicious... Read more

19 August, 2011

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Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

7 minutes ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

55 minutes ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

5 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

5 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

21 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

21 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

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SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

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Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report