Lucian Constantin - Author - PC World Australia

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Article | 21/01/2013 Security researchers cripple Virut botnet

Many of the domain names used by a cybercriminal gang to control computers infected with the Virut malware were disabled last week in a coordinated ta...

Article | 18/01/2013 Researchers find critical vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11

Researchers from Security Explorations, a Poland-based vulnerability research firm, claim to have found two new vulnerabilities in Java 7 Update 11 th...

Article | 17/01/2013 Shylock banking malware updated to spread via Skype, researchers say

The Shylock home banking malware has been updated with new functionality that allows it to spread automatically using the popular Skype Voice-over-IP ...

Article | 17/01/2013 Foxit patches critical vulnerability in PDF viewer browser plug-in

Foxit released version 5.4.5 of its Foxit Reader PDF viewer plug-in on Thursday in order to address a critical remote code execution vulnerability tha...

Article | 16/01/2013 Adobe patches actively exploited ColdFusion vulnerabilities

Adobe released security patches for its ColdFusion application server on Tuesday, addressing four critical vulnerabilities that have been actively exp...

Article | 15/01/2013 6Scan launches free website vulnerability and malware scanning service

6Scan, a Web security startup based in Tel Aviv, Israel, launched a new service on Tuesday that can scan websites for security issues, like vulnerabil...

Article | 15/01/2013 Java exploit used in Red October cyberespionage attacks, researchers say

The hundreds of government, military and research organizations targeted in a large-scale cyberespionage operation dubbed Red October were not only at...

Article | 14/01/2013 Diplomatic and government agencies targeted in years-long cyberespionage operation

Unidentified attackers stole sensitive information from hundreds of diplomatic, government, research and military organizations from around the world ...

Article | 11/01/2013 Firefox getting built-in HTML5-based PDF viewer to improve security

A built-in PDF viewer component based on JavaScript and HTML5 Web technologies has been added to the beta version of Firefox 19, Mozilla said Friday.

Article | 10/01/2013 Java zero-day vulnerability actively exploited by attackers

An exploit for a previously unknown and currently unpatched vulnerability in Java is being used by cybercriminals to infect computers with malware, ac...

Article | 10/01/2013 Foxit Reader vulnerable to critical remote code execution flaw

Foxit Reader, a PDF viewer application often used as an alternative to the more popular Adobe Reader, contains a critical vulnerability in its browser...

Article | 9/01/2013 Botnets for hire likely used in attacks against US banks, security firm says

Evidence collected from a website that was recently used to flood U.S. banks with junk traffic suggests that the people behind the ongoing DDoS attack...

Article | 9/01/2013 Adobe patches critical vulnerabilities in Flash Player, Reader and Acrobat

Adobe Systems released new versions of Flash Player, Adobe Reader and Adobe Acrobat on Tuesday in order to address a total of 28 critical security vul...

Article | 8/01/2013 Privacy advocates welcome Yahoo Mail HTTPS roll-out

Digital rights and privacy advocates have welcomed Yahoo's decision to provide its users with an option to enable HTTPS (HTTP Secure) for their entire...

Article | 7/01/2013 Adobe warns of actively exploited ColdFusion flaws

Adobe Systems warned users of its ColdFusion application server software that hackers are reportedly exploiting unpatched vulnerabilities in the produ...