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Trojans make up 85% of dangerous software in May
British security firm Sophos said the number of e-mail containing viruses and worms is continuing to decline as hackers have switched to using Trojan to selectively atta…
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The World Cup virus appeared again
Security firm Sophos has just warned football fans about a new worm that could steal their personal information. Sophos said W32 / Zasran-A computer worms are distribute…
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The most exclusive Yahoo Messenger worm ever
Security experts have uncovered a new type of wicked, spreading crossword through Yahoo Messenger and hijacked IE's homepage, leading users to a ghost website.
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70% toxic use for stealing purposes
Panda Software has announced the results of a study showing that up to 70% of malicious software is used for stealing purposes.
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Virus is out of date, rebel Trojan
It seems that the end of the worms spreading through e-mail in bulk has come close when spy programs account for 86% of the total number of infections that Sophos (UK) s…
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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
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Be wary of viruses against anti-virus software
The Rontokbro computer worm virus has the ability to steal Windows' IDs and make unstable computers discovered in October 2005, so far there are many dangerous and sprea…
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Bagle worm is upgraded on victim computer
Starting Sunday night (April 16), the famous virus authoring team Bagle transmitted a new spam dispersal tool, originating from a server located in Slovakia, to thousand…
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Cybercrime: 'making small business' safer
Today's cybercriminals take smaller steps and focus on more targeted attacks to avoid detection and gain more profits.
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Deep Bagle-DO: 'I have nude photos of Paris Hilton.'
Security experts are now warning about a new computer worm that spreads strongly on the Internet by using various impersonation techniques. This new type of worm can for…
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New worm hacked Linux via PHP application
Security experts yesterday warned users about a new computer worm that attacks Linux systems by exploiting security holes in a PHP application. Mare.D worm application t…
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New worms spread through the winter Olympics
Experts at Sophos have just warned users about the new Bagle worm that is spreading online with the message of providing free winter Olympics tickets to Italy. W32 / Bag…
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At least half a million computers are infected with Nyxem.D virus
This Internet worm carrying pornography did not cause data destruction as predicted but security experts estimate it also penetrated between 469,507 and 946,835 PCs betw…
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Deep Nyxem.e 'massacre' data periodically
F-Secure said that the Nyxem.e worm contains dangerous code that instructs it to replace data in files such as '. DOC, .XML, .MDB, .MDE, .PPT,' .PPS, .ZIP, .RAR, .PDF, .…