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Proof-of-concept Mac Trojan surfaces
Security vendor Sophos say it has spotted a new backdoor Trojan that specifically targets the Mac OS X. After examining a sample that the company received, Sophos named it MusMinim and say that the
Companies issued failing grade in social engineering experiment
Companies are failing the social engineering test, big time. This was the conclusion of a contest held at the DEF CON 18 Hacking Conference last weekend, in which volunteers took turns to call
Is antivirus software indispensable after all?
Dell has warned that a small number of its server motherboards may be harboring malicious software . The issue came to light after a customer wrote on a Dell support forum about being contacted by a
Malware found on some server motherboards
A small number of its server motherboards may be harboring malicious software, warns computer maker Dell. According to the company, the issue has been discovered in a limited number of replacement
Symantec identifies top rogue security software
Security vendor Symantec did a study of 250 fake security programs and concluded in a report that the software known as "SpywareGuard" and "AntiVirus" were the top two such software around. We ran a
DDoS attacks get cheaper
Cybercrime may pay, but providing the tools for the criminals to operate in this netherworld have become so flooded with entrants that the prices for renting malicious software have dropped.
Survey: One in six consumers respond to spam
Spam is an IT shop's worst nightmare: A new survey finds that about one in six consumers have acted on a spam message at some point during their work careers. The survey was sponsored by the
Thousands of websites hit in mass attack
Hackers are getting more sophisticated and dangerous. Security vendor Websense reports that as many as 40,000 websites have been hacked in order to redirect victims to another website that tries to
Beware of holiday cyber scams
It's that holiday time of year again, when the spirit of giving and the spirit of taking abounds. And when it comes to taking, watch out for those email solicitations and dummy e-commerce sites that
Hard times attract cybercrime boom
As the economy struggles, some online crime watchers see signs that a portion of newly unemployed skilled tech workers are turning to the theft of sensitive data. This is taking place even as the
