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Ten computer viruses that changed the world

Ten computer viruses that changed the world

...Stuxnet, while still mysterious, left nobody in any doubt that viruses and worms can be used in the highest-stake game there is. Along the... Read more

3 August, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins

Ramnit worm steals 31,000 UK Facebook logins

...Hackers have used a Ramnit worm variant to harvest 31,000 Facebook usernames and passwords from British users... Read more

6 January, 2012 by David Meyer

Report: Conficker still biggest threat for businesses

...The Conficker worm is the largest threat to enterprises, and the worm continues to spread... Read more

26 April, 2012 by Ellyne Phneah
McAfee: Why Duqu is a big deal

McAfee: Why Duqu is a big deal

...as Stuxnet.Duqu uses Microsoft Windows-exploiting code similar to Stuxnet, a worm designed to attack Siemens industrial software, which has been linked to cyber... Read more

26 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Aldi confirms malware in hard drives

...Card Reader product offered by Aldi contains the components of the Conficker worm. Aldi told ZDNet Australia that the worm was limited to a small... Read more

1 August, 2011 by Michael Lee

Expert: Stuxnet's primary target was Iran

...Symantec Ralph Langner has been studying the code used in the Stuxnet worm, which exploited a Windows hole to target industrial control systems used in... Read more

15 February, 2011 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft plugs Stuxnet hole in Patch Tuesday update

...feature fixes for 49 holes, including one being exploited by the Stuxnet worm. Microsoft recently fixed two of the four unpatched holes being used by... Read more

13 October, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Stuxnet threat rings EU alarm bells

...of different attack techniques and blends the characteristics of a rootkit, a worm and a Trojan to infect systems. "The attackers have invested a substantial... Read more

8 October, 2010 by Jack Clark

Twitter holes exploited by worms

...Pranksters hit Twitter with a battery of worms on Tuesday, confirming that the microblogging site is now a prime target... Read more

22 September, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Microsoft patches critical Stuxnet hole

...in Windows and Office, including a hole being used by the Stuxnet worm to infect PCs. The security bulletin MS10-061 addresses a vulnerability in... Read more

15 September, 2010 by Elinor Mills

Cleveland Police hit by Conficker infection

...a major outage after its computer systems were infected by the Conficker worm in February, ZDNet UK has learnt. The North of England police force... Read more

30 June, 2011 by Tom Espiner
Conficker Removal Tool 3.0

Conficker Removal Tool 3.0

Safely remove the Conficker Worm, including Conficker.A and Conficker.B variants, from your system. Conficker is... Read more

3 February, 2011

Iran admits Stuxnet hurt nuclear programme

...The Iranian president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, has acknowledged that the Stuxnet worm impacted on his country's nuclear programme. According to a report in... Read more

30 November, 2010 by Larry Dignan
How botnets' rise foretells malware's future

How botnets' rise foretells malware's future

...the botnet ball rolling: Sub7 and Pretty Park — a Trojan and a worm respectively. They both introduced the concept of the victim machine connecting to... Read more

15 October, 2010 by Rik Ferguson

Microsoft to patch a record 49 holes

...whether two unpatched Windows holes that are being exploited by the Stuxnet worm will be fixed next week. Microsoft previously patched two other zero-day... Read more

8 October, 2010 by Elinor Mills

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

1 hour ago by Dean Talboys via Facebook on Assange loses extradition battle in Supreme Court
SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

2 hours ago by SoapyTablet on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

5 hours ago by Lonnie on Screenshots: Photoshop CS6 Beta
BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

13 hours ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

16 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

17 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

18 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

18 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

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

20 hours 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...

21 hours 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

22 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

23 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
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....

24 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...

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

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

1 day 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

1 day ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

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

1 day ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
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...

1 day ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths