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Graphic: Cross-Platform Malware: A Growing Threat For Computers
By: Computer monitoring Software MobiStealth
Cross-platform malware is a huge issue today, and it will continue to be a menace in 2014.
Perhaps the most dangerous cross-platform malware came up in 2009. ...
Security breach exposes Tufts alumni records
7,000 records exposed by unknown malware
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Don't click everything you Google
Local high school students are serious researchers
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Free anti-malware tool Microsoft Security Essentials is live
No excuses, protect yourself
Harry Potter and the half-virus-infected computer
Malware artists are targeting the Harry Potter craze to infect your computers.
The how and why of IT lockdown
The best thing to arm yourself with is a good education.
Microsoft to offer free anti-malware software
I'm a PC and I don't have a communicable disease.
Conficker what?
Well, if you're reading this, you've apparently survived the Conficker Disaster of 2009. Congratulations!
Actually, the Conficker worm, which has been quietly distributing itself across Windows PCs since 2...
Do you have a digitally transmitted disease?
Security software vendor PC Tools says that February presents a new risk to consumers who frequent virtual networking websites and who are searching for love online-a group otherwise known as the "digitally act...
Dangerous celebs to Google?
Research from security firm McAfee shows that some celebrities are just dangerous to Google and search for around the web because of the litany of fake websites out there that try to infect your computer with v...
McAfee identifies “Downloader-UA.h,” first medium risk malware in three years
McAfee Avert Labs reported Tuesday the most significant malware outbreak in three years with more than 500,000 detections of a Trojan horse they're calling "Downloader-UA.h," which is spreading by masquerading ...
Case mod of the year?
It's Friday afternoon. It's been a long week. Here's one of those email forwards that was too hilarious to ignore.
After going through a virus attack,
losing a hard drive,
fighting off hackers,
u...
MySpace page sends fake XP update
McAfee Avert Labs announced Friday a Trojan horse attack disguised as a Microsoft update on a particular MySpace profile.
Attackers send friend requests to the victim MySpace users. Clicking on the person's...
11-year-old hacks iPhone
What appeared to be a legitimate iPhone application, "iPhone firmware 1.1.3 prep," turned out to be a piece of malicious software intended to ruin functionality on affected phones.
The programmer of this dan...
Worm found on Google Orkut
Almost 400,000 members of Google's social networking site, Orkut, were victimized by a new spam worm spreading around the site, said McAfee's Avert Labs.
"While the worm doesn't appear to harm users' PCs, it...
