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Sober is not scary!  We are ready
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Sober is not scary! We are ready

Security experts believe that network security administrators need not worry about the Sober virus outbreak that was predicted and early January 2006, so be prepared to…

December 12, 2018
New IM worm ... chat with the victim himself
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New IM worm ... chat with the victim himself

For the first time, a worm automatically chat with users via IM programs, enticing them to click on a malicious link to attack the victim's computer. Fortunately, this w…

December 12, 2018
Sober will return on January 5, 2006
Computer science

Sober will return on January 5, 2006

VeriSign iDefense has just released a prediction that the next Sober virus attack will be on January 5, 2006. Ken Dunham, VeriSign's senior expert iDefense, said that Ja…

December 12, 2018
Adware and spyware are now ... rootkits
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Adware and spyware are now ... rootkits

According to security firm F-Secure, the number of rootkits that attacked Windows-based systems discovered this year has increased rapidly. This is the result of the adv…

December 12, 2018
2005: Five failures of cyber security
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2005: Five failures of cyber security

Network security is a hot issue as the number of newly emerging viruses, worms, and Trojans in 2005 increased by nearly 50% compared to 2004. If continuing with this mom…

December 12, 2018
Cannot resist denial of service attacks
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Cannot resist denial of service attacks

DDoS attacks on a number of recently launched business and organization websites in Vietnam have caused victims to be frustrated but there is no way to deal with or sear…

December 12, 2018
Hackers: 10 famous attacks through all time
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Hackers: 10 famous attacks through all time

Every year there are millions of hacker attacks on websites of different companies or organizations around the world. However, most of them are single attacks, do not ca…

December 12, 2018
Sober attacks Hotmail and MSN
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Sober attacks Hotmail and MSN

A new variant of the Sober virus is known as Win32/Sober.Z@mm running on servers of Hotmail and MSN through the loading of incredible emails in bulk, delaying sending. a…

December 12, 2018
Immune to the web with a solution of
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Immune to the web with a solution of

Researchers at Tel Aviv University (Israel) have proposed a plan to eliminate viruses on the Internet with a network of many automated prevention systems. They believe t…

December 12, 2018
Windows continues to be attacked
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Windows continues to be attacked

In the past two days, the Windows operating system has continued to become the target of hackers through the vulnerabilities discovered in the past. First, the exploitat…

December 12, 2018
Attack on IE via Google Desktop Search
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Attack on IE via Google Desktop Search

An Israeli security expert, Matan Gillon, has discovered a method of stealing information using Google Desktop Search through an unpatched security flaw in Internet Expl…

December 12, 2018
RSS is the next target of the virus
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RSS is the next target of the virus

Security research firm Trend Micro said that RSS (Really Simple Syndication) technology would be a powerful attack target for future attacks by computer worms.

December 12, 2018