Malware

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  Cadbury factory in Hobart hit as ransomware attacks Aussie businesses

  At least two Australian companies hit following global ransomware outbreak, with Cadbury factory in Hobart one of the local businesses impacted.

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  Android malware steals access to more than 1 million Google accounts

  A new Android malware has managed to steal access to more than 1 million Google accounts, and it continues to infect new devices, according to security firm Checkpoint.

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  Free tool protects PCs from master boot record attacks

  A new open-source tool called MBRFilter can protect the master boot record of Windows computers from modification by ransomware and other malicious attacks.

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  Why ransomware criminals need great customer service

  Yes, even bad-guy malware developers have to keep their "customers" happy. Read what happens when F-Secure tests the "help desks" of four crypto-locking malware makers.

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  This fake Pokemon Go game will secretly drive porn ad clicks

  A newly discovered fake Pokemon Go game will actually lock your phone and then secretly run in the background, clicking on porn ads.

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  How to remove malware from your Windows PC

  Has a malware infection taken your PC hostage? Here's how to clean it out and restore your PC to a pristine state.

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  Flash Drive 101: Protecting Your Drive from Viruses

  Flash drives are virus magnets. This is a generally accepted truth, but today I learned it firsthand.

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  Am I mailing spam?

  Tami asked the Antivirus & Security Software forum why friends are receiving spam that appears to come from her.

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  How did my protected PC get infected?

  SUPERAntiSpyware found three Trojans on a reader's PC. He asked the <a href="http://forums.pcworld.com/index.php?/forum/2000-windows/">Windows</a> forum how this could happen when his PC is protected.

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  Keep kids safe online with OpenDNS FamilyShield

  You wouldn't let your kids walk the streets of Amsterdam's Red Light District, but giving them unrestricted access to the Web is practically the same thing. The problem is, how do you block out all that inappropriate Web content?

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  Consiloon malware found in hundreds of Android devices

  Throughout May alone Avast Threat Labs saw the latest version of the adware on around 18,000 devices belonging to Avast users located in more than 100 countries including Russia, Italy, Germany, the UK and some users in the U.S.

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  Security Basics: What’s the difference between ransomware and malware?

  While ransomware and malware can both sound pretty scary to an everyday user, it’s easy to get the two terms mixed up. Here’s a quick explanation designed to help you learn the differences and how the two relate to one another.

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  How machine learning helps fight advanced persistent threats

  Advanced Persistent Threats (APTs) are the plague of enterprise security, crippling businesses and IT careers through costly data breaches and massive losses. Their goal is to steal intellectual property, and confidential company information. They ro...

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  ​Windows 10 'upgrade' attacked my PC like a virus

  Many people will know what it’s like to regularly click ‘close’ on the nagging Windows 10 ‘upgrade’ notification. It’s been happening every day for many months. But apparently something on one of these hundreds of fade-into-the-background notificatio...

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  PDF files most trusted...and most targeted

  PDF files are one of the most common, and most trusted document formats out there. However, that trust, combined with the cross-platform use of PDFs makes the Adobe file format one of the most targeted and exploited by malicious attacks as well.

Whitepapers about malware

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  Ponemon Institute Report: 2014 Cost of Data Breach Study: Australia

  This whitepaper discusses the results from the 2014 Cost of Data Breach Study: Australia. In this year’s report, the fifth of its kind, the total average cost paid by a company in a breach increased to $2.8 million, while assessing the likelihood of a company having data breaches in the next 24 months.

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  The F5 DDoS Protection Reference Architecture part 3 of 3

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  The F5 DDoS Protection Reference Architecture part 2 of 3

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  The F5 DDoS Protection Reference Architecture part 1 of 3