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Hotmail targeted by zero-day attack

Hotmail accounts were recently targeted by an attacking against a zero-day vulnerability in the Microsoft Webmail system. The attack is more insidious than some because it executes without user...

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Is MacDefender malware a sign of the Macpocalypse?

There is a new world order. MacDefender, and subsequently MacGuard, demonstrate that the inherent security by obscurity of the Mac is fading, and that attackers are looking at the bigger picture.

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Malware spikes, spam plummets, says report

It has been the busiest quarter on record for malware according to a new report from McAfee. The McAfee Threats Report: First Quarter 2011 claims six million unique malware samples were recorded during...

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MacDefender evolves, cat-and-mouse security comes to Mac

Mac users and those who offer administration and support to them find themselves in the security rat race for the first time, as MacDefender scareware has rapidly adapted to avoid Apple's detection.

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Experts disagree on Android call recording 'Trojan'

According to some headlines, the sky is falling on Android. No, I am not referring to the headlines predicting that the iPhone 5 will double Apple's smartphone market share and leave Android in its...

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Android users least prepared for rise in mobile malware

An explosion in mobile malware in the first half of 2011 has exponentially increased the chance of an Android device getting infected according to one study. Unfortunately for Android users, another...

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Scammers shift targets beyond the PC

Career criminal Willie Sutton was often quoted saying that he robbed banks "because that's where the money is." The legend sounds good, but Sutton actually said in his biography, "Go where the money...

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Report: Spam is at a two-year high

Spam - particularly the kind with malicious attachments - is exploding, reaching a two-year high overall, which includes the spike last fall just before the SpamIt operation folded its doors, a...

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Google's war against scraper sites continues

Google appears to be getting ready to launch another offensive against website scrapers.

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Microsoft, Adobe unleash flood of security updates

Today is Patch Tuesday again. The ninth of the year already. Microsoft has released five new security bulletins, and Adobe has joined the party with some security patching of its own today. With all of...

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Hotmail's 'graymail' filter will help business

All the major Web-based email services have junk mail folders and spam filters that strain out obvious offenders. Categorizing messages and filtering out those you don’t want may help, but limits...

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Ronaldo and Messi lead McAfee’s red card malware team

Searching for football stars Cristiano Ronaldo and Lionel Messi during the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil will be risky, according to McAfee.

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In Pictures: Top 10 botnet targets in the US and worldwide

Level 3’s research report analyses botnet activity around the world

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Google, Yahoo tighten spam filtering

Google and Yahoo are expanding their use of a successful system used to detect spam.

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When it comes to spam, IBM's SoftLayer is the host with the most

IBM may be the fastest-growing vendor in the worldwide security software market, but it's also the owner of the world's largest source of spam.

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