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More than 200,000 websites have been invaded by criminal gangs that have acquired administrative log-in credentials and have used the compromised domains to attack unsuspecting users’ PCs. Ian Amit,… Read more…
Traditionally, the debate over Internet security has involved the battle between the industry that seeks to protect companies and individuals from intruders, and the companies that make their profit… Read more…
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research Kris Kaspersky plans to demonstrate how processor bugs can be
leveraged to remotely attack a computer with nothing more than JavaScript or
TCP/IP packets. The scary thing here… Read more…
Thirty-eight people in the U.S. and Romania have been charged in two federal indictments, alleging they used a complicated Internet phishing scheme to steal thousands of credit and debit card… Read more…
Every time a security expert devises a new way to protect computer users from hackers, there is always someone who finds a way around the defense. University researchers recently developed two new… Read more…
In the age of iTunes and Safari on Windows, Quicktime is just about as common a piece of software as any you’ll find on the average Windows PC. That’s why it’s troublesome that a previously unknown… Read more…