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Hackers are wanted ... to teach security
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Hackers are wanted ... to teach security

A British hacker about to be extradited to the United States on charges of infiltrating the US military computer network said: executives have completely failed to detec…

December 12, 2018
New serious vulnerability threatens IE
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New serious vulnerability threatens IE

For the second time in a week, hackers found a new vulnerability in Microsoft's IE browser that could be exploited to run unauthorized software on Windows computers.

December 12, 2018
Appears IM virus capable of encryption
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Appears IM virus capable of encryption

Security firms, yesterday (2/5), warned users about a new worm that spreads through an instant messaging network (IM). The goal of this computer worm

December 12, 2018
A series of Cisco products have serious errors
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A series of Cisco products have serious errors

Cisco Systems has just had to release patches for a series of wireless products after security firm Net Assurance detected security flaws in these products.

December 12, 2018
Microsoft announced the IE version of the new test
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Microsoft announced the IE version of the new test

The new beta version of IE will include a patch for problems that have been broken out in the previous beta. With the previous version of IE7, the biggest problem was ne…

December 12, 2018
A series of errors in Scan Engine were detected
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A series of errors in Scan Engine were detected

Symantec has just warned users about a number of security holes in the Scan Engine product. However, the security firm only ranks these security errors as medium.

December 12, 2018
Phishing threatens VoIP
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Phishing threatens VoIP

On April 25, a security firm said it had discovered a phishing campaign targeting Internet phone service (VoIP) attacks.

December 12, 2018
An Oracle error exploit code appears
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An Oracle error exploit code appears

On Wednesday (April 19), malicious code that could exploit a new security vulnerability published in Oracle database application has been widely distributed on the Web.

December 12, 2018
Many hackers voiced criticism of DDoS evils
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Many hackers voiced criticism of DDoS evils

Right after the online Stake, many websites were attacked with a larger scale. While businesses do not dare to speak DDoS, actions are said to destroy network resources,…

December 12, 2018
Danger of new generation security
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Danger of new generation security

In January of this year, a 20-year-old boy was accused of infiltrating US government computers and controlling them into fraudulent missions. Jeanson James Ancheta impla…

December 12, 2018
Asia became the boss of oysters about spam
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Asia became the boss of oysters about spam

Asia accounts for 42.8% of the spam that Sophos' global spam monitoring network has recorded, far ahead of North America at No. 2 with 25.6%. No other continent has spam…

December 12, 2018