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Fake Antivirus Peddlers Helped by Microsoft, IRS
(PC World)
PC World - Just weeks after the U.S. Federal Trade Commission shut down two companies accused of selling fake antivirus software, a new player has moved into the market, aided by glitches in the Microsoft and U.S. Internal Revenue Service Web sites. |
Chinese hackers to face up to seven years in jail: report
(AFP)
AFP - Hackers in China could face up to seven years in jail according to a draft law, as the country moves to fight rampant computer data theft, state media said Tuesday.
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Symantec unveils Norton Internet Security for Mac 4.0
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Symantec on Thursday unveiled a significant upgrade for its Norton line of security software. Norton Internet Security for Mac features a variety of security tools in one application. |
EMSI Releases Free Antivirus/AntiSpyware Tool
(PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - Just in time for Christmas, EMSI Software has released "a-squared Free 4.0", a free tool designed to find and destroy viruses, Trojans, and spyware. But it's better on a clean system than one that's already infected. |
As Phishing Evolves, Criminals Switch to Malware
(PC World)
PC World - The scammers began to see serious problems with their phishing scams sometime around April. |
Microsoft releases emergency patch for IE
(AFP)
AFP - Microsoft on Wednesday released an emergency patch to fix a perilous software flaw allowing hackers to hijack Internet Explorer browsers and take over computers.
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Microsoft issuing emergency fix for browser flaw
(AP)
AP - Microsoft Corp. is taking the unusual step of issuing an emergency fix for a security hole in its Internet Explorer software that has exposed millions of users to having their computers taken over by hackers.
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Microsoft releasing emergency patch for perilous IE flaw
(AFP)
AFP - Microsoft will release an emergency patch on Wednesday to fix a perilous software flaw allowing hackers to hijack Internet Explorer browsers and take over computers.
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iPhone 3G successfully unlocked by hackers
(Macworld.com)
Macworld.com - Five months after the release of the iPhone 3G last July, a team of hackers has finally figured out a way to alter the device’s software so that it can be unlocked for use on networks other than AT&T’s. That team is, of course, the infamous iPhone Dev-Team, most recently seen hacking the iPhone to run Linux. |
About 90 percent of all email is spam: Cisco
(AFP)
AFP - Armies of hijacked computers are flooding the world with spam as hackers devise slicker ways to take over unwitting people's machines, according to a Cisco report.
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