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Article | 25/04/2012 LAN attack can put some Samsung TVs in endless restart loop
A vulnerability in the firmware of several network-enabled Samsung TV models and possibly Blu-ray players allows potential attackers to put the vulner...
Article | 25/04/2012 Macs more likely to carry Windows malware than Mac malware, study finds
One in five Mac computers is likely to carry Windows malware, but only one in 36 is likely to be infected with malware specifically designed for the M...
Article | 24/04/2012 India overtakes U.S. as the world's top email spam source
The volume of email spam that originated from India during the first three months of 2012 exceeded the volume coming from the U.S. and transformed the...
Article | 24/04/2012 WordPress security update patches external libraries, several vulnerabilities
The WordPress development team released WordPress 3.3.2 on Friday in order to address several vulnerabilities in the popular blogging platform as well...
Article | 24/04/2012 Most IT and security professionals see Anonymous as serious threat to their companies
The majority of IT and security professionals believe that Anonymous and hacktivists are among the groups that are most likely to attack their organiz...
Article | 21/04/2012 Proof-of-concept Android Trojan app analyzes motion sensor data to determine tapped keys
A team of researchers from Pennsylvania State University (PSU) and IBM have designed a proof-of-concept Android Trojan app that can steal passwords an...
Article | 20/04/2012 Twitter spam campaign infects users with fake antivirus programs
A large spam campaign observed on Twitter during the last couple of days directed users to malicious websites that exploited vulnerabilities in browse...
Article | 19/04/2012 Android malware writers exploit Instagram craze to distribute SMS Trojan horse
In an attempt to take advantage of the popularity of free photo-sharing app Instagram among smartphone users, malware writers have created fake Instag...
Article | 19/04/2012 Computer Trojan horse steals credit card details from hotel reception software
A remote access computer Trojan (RAT) designed to steal credit card details from hotel point-of-sale (PoS) applications is being sold on the undergrou...
Article | 18/04/2012 Hackers ramping up attacks against Tibetan activists
Hackers are ramping up their attacks against Tibetan activists and are using increasingly sophisticated techniques to deliver malware, according to re...
Article | 14/04/2012 Upcoming Firefox click-to-play feature will stop automated plug-in exploits
Mozilla developers are working on a new Firefox feature that will block the automated display of plug-in-based content like Flash videos, Java applets...
Article | 13/04/2012 Ransomware prevents Windows from starting by replacing the master boot record
A new ransomware variant prevents infected computers from loading Windows by replacing their master boot record (MBR) and displays a message asking us...
Article | 12/04/2012 Samba security patch fixes critical remote code execution hole
The developers of Samba, the open source software that enables file and print sharing between Linux, Windows and Mac OS X computers, released security...
Article | 11/04/2012 Adobe Reader update patches vulnerabilities, removes bundled Flash Player
Adobe Systems released new versions of Adobe Reader 10.x and 9.x on Tuesday, addressing four arbitrary code execution vulnerabilities and making sever...
Article | 11/04/2012 Kaspersky launches free Flashback removal tool and website to check for infections
Antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab has launched a free removal tool for the Flashback Mac OS X malware and a website where users can check whether their c...

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