Posted in Network World on July 29th, 2010 by John E Dunn
Google has been crowned the ‘king of malware’ by security company Barracuda Networks, linking to twice as much malware as search rivals Bing, Yahoo and Twitter combined.
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Posted in Network World on July 29th, 2010 by NetworkWorld
Details from 100 million Facebook profiles have been made available on the web by a security consultant.
Posted in Network World on July 29th, 2010 by NetworkWorld
Researchers at the Black Hat conference this week said that China is becoming a hotspot for hacking activities at least partly de to easy access to malware tools.
Posted in Network World on July 29th, 2010 by Ian Paul
A number of popular Android applications can reportedly collect your mobile device's personal information and then send that data to a Chinese-owned Website. The information in question includes your device's phone number, subscriber identifier number and, in some cases, your voicemail password, according to Phandroid.
Posted in Network World on July 29th, 2010 by NetworkWorld
The Microsoft Vulnerability Research program said Wednesday that third party developers have patched less than half the bugs it reported to them over the past 12 months.
Posted in Network World on July 28th, 2010 by NetworkWorld
A PC Advisor poll has found that 30.3 percent of respondents believe accused NASA hacker Gary McKinnon should not face trial.
Posted in Network World on July 28th, 2010 by NetworkWorld
Adobe and Microsoft are now working together to give security companies a direct line into their bug-fixing efforts.
Posted in Network World on July 28th, 2010 by NetworkWorld
Just a few short years ago, all a PC needed for protection was a basic antivirus program to guard against any malware that arrived via an e-mail attachment, embedded in a shareware application or piggy-backed on a floppy disk.
Posted in Network World on July 28th, 2010 by NetworkWorld
Slovenian police will hold a press conference on Friday to discuss the arrest of three men in connection the massive Mariposa botnet that was disabled late last year.
Posted in Network World on July 28th, 2010 by NetworkWorld
Google this week issued patches for five vulnerabilities in the Chrome browser, including three rated 'high.'