Stories about: F-Secure

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    iPhone worm rickrolls jailbroken phones 10/11/2009 06:38:00

    A mischievous iPhone worm that targets Australian jailbroken phones is changing the phone's wallpaper to an image of Rick Astley.
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    iPhone 'rickroll' worm is no threat to most users 10/11/2009 02:07:00

    The first worm to infect the iPhone will not affect most users of Apple's smartphone, despite worrying reports. The ikee worm only affects jailbroken iPhones, representing a minority percentage of iPhones on the market.
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    First iPhone worm spreads Rick Astley wallpaper 09/11/2009 08:25:00

    The first worm written for Apple's iPhone has been unleashed and is infecting phones in Australia.
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    F-Secure Q3 Security Threat Summary: Social Media Continue to Attract Criminals 01/10/2009 16:10:00

    F-Secure reports on major security developments, including leaner and more secure operating systems, the growing importance of safe search results, cybercriminals exploiting social networking websites and celebrity deaths and the re-emergence of past mobile threats.
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    World of Warcraft players targeted by 'free mounts' phishing scheme 30/09/2009 08:31:00

    The popular online game World of Warcraft (WoW) is being hit with a new phishing scheme that lets attackers steal players' accumulated "gold" and other treasure by luring players with offers of free "mounts" used in the online game, say security researchers at F-Secure.
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    F-Secure upgrades customers’ Internet Security 15/09/2009 14:17:00

    F-Secure is providing its existing customers with an automatic upgrade to the F-Secure Internet Security 2010™ software, which is safer and more efficient than ever.
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    Twitter continues to battle DDoS attack 10/08/2009 10:00:00

    More than two days after experiencing a complete outage as a result of a distribute denial-of-service (DDoS) attack, Twitter and other social networking sites such as Facebook are still battling a surge in traffic related to the attack. Twitter has taken some steps to mitigate the spike in traffic and ensure that the site is not knocked offline again, but some of those steps are having an impact on third-party tools that link to Twitter through API's (application programming interface).
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    F-Secure Online Backup 07/08/2009 09:20:00

    We found a lot to like in F-Secure Online Backup, especially for more experienced users.
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    Twitter now blocking bad URLs, but imperfectly 04/08/2009 05:23:00

    Hoping to deal with a growing problem, Twitter has quietly introduced a feature to prevent users from posting links to malicious Web sites. But security experts say that it can be easily circumvented.
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    Defense Department eyes hacker con for new recruits 03/08/2009 04:18:00

    The U.S. Air Force has found an unlikely source of new recruits: The yearly Defcon hacking conference, which runs Thursday through Sunday in Las Vegas.
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    Analysts see alarming development in mobile malware 17/07/2009 05:35:00

    The first worm that spreads between mobile devices by spamming text messages has developed a new communications capability that one security vendor says signals the arrival of mobile botnets.
 
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