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Kaspersky Lab has urged smartphone users to be more vigilant against the growing menace of mobile malware, especially if it threatens to compromise sensitive corporate information. In January 2011, Kaspersky Lab recorded 154 different mobile malware families with 1,046 strains, two per cent of which are already targeting Android. “As a result of mobile workers,
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   January 24, 2011 – BitDefender®, an award-winning provider of innovative Internet security solutions, announced today the results that show that Internet pornography remains a main source of e-threats. BitDefender’s study, which exposes data security risks and implications when accessing adult content web sites,confirms that 63% of the users attempting to find adult content on
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- An Internet portal offers bots designed for a range of activities at prices ranging from $95 to $225. The entire catalog of bots costs $4,500 - The creators claim that all bots are undetectable, as they randomly change users, agents and headers. They also include automated CAPTCHA generators PandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory of Panda Security -The
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- Internet portal offers bots designed for various activities at prices ranging from $95 to $225; entire catalog of bots costs $4,500 - Creators claim that all bots are undetectable, as they randomly change users, agents and headers; also include automated CAPTCHA generators PandaLabs, the anti-malware laboratory of Panda Security, The Cloud Security Company, has just issued an
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Introduction In later years dangerous malicious software for mobile phones and other handheld devices has been predicted and expected by several analysts. Norman, however has traditionally been among those more reluctant in predicting that the explosion of if malicious software for mobile devices is imminent. In retrospective it seems safe to say that our view has proven
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Introduction  In the previous article in this series about self-protection, we discussed examples of attempts to trick you to expose yourself for malicious software. Infected web sites are currently the most used technique for propagation of malware. By increasing your own awareness of the techniques the cyber criminals use, you can avoid this exposure. Infected
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Cyber criminals abuse an open security vulnerability in all Windows versions to inject malware into PCs Tettnang, 21 July 2010 – In Windows operating systems there is currently a vulnerability which attackers can abuse to smuggle in viruses. It suffices to open a specially prepared USB stick or a folder containing a manipulated link with
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Introduction In this Norman report on security issues during the first half of 2010, we will go through some incidents and tendencies. We will focus on those that Norman perceives as most important in these past six months. General tendencies and trends The growth in malicious software One indicator which shows the growth in malicious software during a
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The summer is here Indeed, summer is associated with long, lazy, relaxing days in the sun. Nothing to worry about in the world. Unfortunately everyone does not take their vacation at the same time as you. Cyber crime does not stop during summer – in fact cyber criminals have their heyday during this season. By
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