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Displaying items by tag: Conficker

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Wednesday, 17 August 2011 17:45

Hacktivists getting more sophisticated while other threats burgeon

Several current trends in the security landscape are likely to continue, according to a McAfee executive. But some are expected to be reversed, and that's not good news for those of us on the right side of the law.

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Saturday, 30 July 2011 02:12

Aldi's 4-in-1 hard drive has Conficker sticker shock

Oops - Aldi's 4-in-1 320GB hard drive, CD/DVD burner, USB hub and card reader comes with an unadvertised fifth feature: Conficker malware.

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Monday, 25 October 2010 08:34

Virtualisation can blend individual freedom with organisational control

"Virtualisation is a consequence of Moore's Law," according to Citrix's Simon Crosby. What does he mean?

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Friday, 29 January 2010 14:51

Russia & Brazil now the major source of cyber attacks

According to Akami's latest state of the Internet report, Russia and Brazil have unseated the US and China as the leading sources of Internet attacks and between them now account for 22 percent of the total.
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Tuesday, 10 November 2009 09:26

PC Tools launches 'Toyota' class security solution

Sydney based Symantec subsidiary, PC Tools has launched its latest series of security tools aimed at value conscious customers.
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Wednesday, 07 October 2009 08:00

Adware trojan most widespread e-threat

The Clicker adware trojan is the most widespread threat on the Web right now possibly due to it regaining popularity as an infection tool of choice.

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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 02:01

Report: most security efforts misdirected

A new report from security researchers at the SANS Institute indicates that many organizations are focusing their security efforts in the wrong place. Operating system attacks are on the decline but get addressed quicker than the more frequent application and Web-based vulnerabilities.
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Monday, 31 August 2009 10:23

Conficker, back with a vengeance as top worm

The infamous Conficker worm first spread its malicious infection across the Internet more than eight years ago and just last month it shot back into prominence, infecting 43 percent of machines in use worldwide in the space of four weeks and, for good measure, it now installs rogue security software on compromised machines.

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Sunday, 02 August 2009 10:57

Trojans on the march, Conficker still stalking

Trojans continue to dominate e-threats for the second month in a row, with the infamous Conficker also still prevalent, with threats from the worm – otherwise known as Downadup.Gen - increasing from 3.33 percent in June to 4.15 percent of all infections during July.      


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Wednesday, 01 July 2009 07:53

How Microsoft benefits from Conficker

An attack by the Conficker worm, that infects Windows systems, has cost the Manchester Council in England around £1.5 million - and Microsoft has benefitted too, according to a report in the Manchester Evening News.
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Wednesday, 03 June 2009 18:26

Clever infection techniques top e-threats list

Those naughty, malicious little malware writers are becoming increasingly clever and creative in the way they go about spreading infections and misery across the Internet.

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Thursday, 28 May 2009 17:55

Six Foot Orc is King of Malware

Forget Facebook and tip Twitter out with trash, when it comes to malware threats a new king has been crowned and he's a six foot tall Orc.

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Thursday, 07 May 2009 09:29

Trojans remain the biggest e-threat

Trojans continue their proliferation and spread across the Internet, still dominating the list of the most pernicious threats facing Internet users, according to BitDefender in its April survey released today.

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Tuesday, 05 May 2009 16:04

China hardest hit as malware attacks increase

China received the brunt of a rise in malware attacks around the world in April, doubling its share of attacks from the previous month as the lucrative online gaming market attracted hits from cybercriminals.

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Thursday, 16 April 2009 14:30

Conficker likely to cause rise in spam levels

That devil of a Conficker worm that’s never far from the surface these days is likely to cause a significant increase in spam levels over the next three months, according to a report by yet another security firm that’s closely monitoring the worm’s exploits.
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Tuesday, 14 April 2009 17:02

Forget Conficker, there's a new threat driving past your computer!

Security warnings about the impending Conficker worm attacks on computers around the globe have been with us for a while now, and as iTWire reported just a few days ago, while the predicted apocalypse didn’t engulf the world after all, the worm’s still out there.  But, be warned, we’re now in the midst of a new security threat of large-scale proportions, according to Kapersky!
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Friday, 10 April 2009 04:25

Warning: Conficker worm finally wakes up

Could the speculation surrounding the Conficker payload be coming to an end as the latest variant of the virulent worm reveals its hand in the form of links to the Waledac malware family and talk of rogue antivirus installations?

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Wednesday, 01 April 2009 18:22

Media left feeling foolish after Conficker fails to strike

Relax, despite numerous scare mongering reports to the contrary the Conficker worm has not triggered the predicted tech apocalypse on April 1st. But does that mean the Conficker threat has diminished?


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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 20:02

Repeat after me: Conficker is a Windows virus

Over the past three days, I've heard several general news broadcasts touch on the topic of the Conficker worm, no doubt because it has been widely reported that April 1 will see some real action from this payload of really creative code.
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Tuesday, 31 March 2009 15:38

Letter from a CIO: why Conficker won't hurt our company

You know a virus is making it in the news when your network’s users start asking you about it (instead of the latest round of "good news virus" hoaxes.) It's prudent for those in technical leadership roles to send out encouraging messages why nobody need panic. Here’s a template e-mail you can copy-and-paste, with versions for Windows, Linux and Mac infrastructures!
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