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Two more worms appear to attack Windows
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Two more worms appear to attack Windows

Security experts say that two computer worms have been targeted to exploit the new security vulnerability announced in Windows. However, these computer worms have not sp…

December 13, 2018
PayPal and eBay tops the list
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PayPal and eBay tops the list

Users of two websites eBay and PayPal are the target of more than 75% of phishing email phishing, security vendor Sophos warned. Often, phishing emails always lead the v…

December 13, 2018
Users are the central target of hackers
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Users are the central target of hackers

Hackers are moving attack targets to users instead of attacking systems. The most obvious evidence for the trend of switching targets in hackers is the continuous disclo…

December 12, 2018
Microsoft privacy violation?
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Microsoft privacy violation?

Microsoft became the target of a new civil lawsuit after a man living in California accused the company of violating spyware regulations. The lawsuit was officially file…

December 12, 2018
New worm alerts attack Yahoo Mail!
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New worm alerts attack Yahoo Mail!

A new worm targeting Yahoo's popular email service is spreading to the Internet, drilling into the hole in JavaScript. Called Yamanner, the worm attacks all versions of…

December 12, 2018
The massive attack collapsed millions of blogs
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The massive attack collapsed millions of blogs

LiveJournal's 10 million personal blogs and TypePad were taken offline for many hours yesterday - the result of a massive denial of service attack. The attack began arou…

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
Net is being attacked violently abnormally
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Net is being attacked violently abnormally

Security experts have simultaneously warned of an unusually strong Internet attack, capable of burying the most popular websites and blocking global email traffic.

December 12, 2018
The bank is the number one target for hackers
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The bank is the number one target for hackers

According to US security firm Counterpane and e-mail management company MessageLabs, financial units suffered nearly 40% of Trojan attacks last year, while production fa…

December 12, 2018
Office and Vista become legal targets
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Office and Vista become legal targets

An alliance called European Committee for Interoperable Systems (ECIS), which includes big names such as IBM, Nokia, Oracle, Red Hat RealNetworks Sun Microsystems, Corel…

December 12, 2018