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- Tored-A email worm for Mac OS X called "lame"
- Last week fellow ZDNet blogger Dancho Danchev posted a piece about a new email worm that has been discovered for Mac OS X called OSX/Tored-A. Most of the examples of Mac malware that have surfaced recently (like OSX.Trojan.iServices.A and OSX/RSPlug-F) are actually Trojan...
- Tags: E-mail Worm, Apple Macintosh, Malware, E-mail, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- New Mac OS X email worm discovered
- A newly discovered email worm dubbed OSX/Tored-A once again puts the spotlight on the potential worm-ability, and malware spreading tactics targeting Apple's OS X. The worm propagates through emails harvested from infected hosts, and has a backdoor functionality allowing its author to perform the following actions if...
- Tags: E-mail Worm, Apple Macintosh, Malware, Worm, Apple Mac OS X, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Apple Mac OS, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Google accidentally sends out e-mail worm
- Google accidentally sends out e-mail wormIts trueLook at whats been happening to Google as of lately. Purchasing like no other, coming up with apps that are hardly being used, wasting stock holders money. When you add all this up it makes a lot of sense that they deliberately...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Operating systems, SECURITY, UNIX, e-mail, Google Inc., Linux, Google Accidentally, worm, virus, Microsoft Windows, e-mail worm
- Discussion threads 2006-11-08
- E-mail worm graduates to IM
- E-mail worm graduates to IMHow many times to we have to worry about Worms/VirusesThis is ridiculous. You don't have to worry about any viruses/worms in Linux. After switching our systems to Linux, Network performance and security was immediatly improved.From on insecure MS application to another..!Thank goodness their one trick pony...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, UNIX, Instant messaging, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Viruses and worms, IM Worm, e-mail, e-mail worm, Linux, virus, IM
- Discussion threads 2005-04-04
- The end of the mass e-mailer worm era?
- In a recent column, Larry Seltzer [eWeek] suggests that lack of innovation and qualified virus writers signals the end of malicious e-mail worms. I don't agree that e-mail worms are going away--they're merely taking a rest until a clever author figures out how to bypass the minimal security within e-mail clients,...
- Tags: e-mail, e-mail worm
- Blog posts 2004-07-19
- New e-mail worm targets antispammers
- New e-mail worm targets antispammersSpammers are the lowest form of lifeSpammers should all be subjected to the same kind of garbage they inflict on the world. Make it so that everything in their whole life is clogged up to uslessness. Make them always spend hours trying to get...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, e-mail, virus, virus writer, spammer, Microsoft Corp., e-mail worm
- Discussion threads 2003-12-03
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- Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XP
- Survey: 45% of IT departments will move to Windows 7; 43% refuse to migrate off Windows XPPenny wise, pound foolish.XP is unsecurable. Enterprise AV, all the tools, etc, it is fundamentally broken. All these enterprises deal with constant and unrelenting security threats. It really has no place...
- Tags: Operating systems, survey, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Death to Windows AutoRun!
- Death to Windows AutoRun!autorun was invented for the masses...it's enough tho to follow the linux lead and just put an icon on the desktop representing the cd or dvd. that way you don't have to guess at which drive you put the disk into. linux also does this...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Windows AutoRun, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-30
- Mac malware not a big deal - yet
- Mac malware not a big deal - yetNot your daddys hackersThese attacks were clumsy and unsophisticated. Merely a fake keygen program which installed an easily detectable service. This is what attacks looked like in 1995.Which leads me to suspect that this is not one of the highly sophisticated groups attacking...
- Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, ONLY WIndows, Apple Macintosh, operating system, attack, Apple Mac OS X, security, Apple Inc., Snow Leopard, malware
- Discussion threads 2009-04-24
- News to know: Windows 7; U.S. CTO; Quickoffice; Ubuntu
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Brian Sommer: The immediacy of value: Where SaaS must go next Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Home Entertainment, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Many still vulnerable to Conficker
- Many still vulnerable to ConfickerThis just proves...that regardless of what you do - stupid people can and will continue to exist. Why in the WORLD these folks have not patched (legit or NOT - MS provides this patch free to both) is beyond me. I guess stupid and clueless people...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Patches, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, stupid user, Conficker, Microsoft Corp., Automatic Update
- Discussion threads 2009-04-16
- Map one user account to another (Inside the Windows 7 Easy Transfer Utility)
- Map one user account to another (Inside the Windows 7 Easy Transfer Utility)Windows 7 transferFirst of all I would not use the easy transfer system. I would simply install the old hard drive into my new computer set it as a slave. Then I would just copy files as I...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows 7, old hard drive, Windows 7 Easy Transfer Utility, hard drive, user account, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- Even large institutions not immune to Conficker
- Even large institutions not immune to ConfickerWindows Software Update Service and NAPWSUS is what larger corporations, enterprises and larger institutions use to ensure stability of their platform.It basically lets the administrator decide which patches to apply when. He can also set up policies so that different patches are applied to...
- Tags: Patches, Operating systems, Network Access Protection, ONE-Way, patch management, large institution, network, administrator
- Discussion threads 2009-04-13
- Making sense of the latest Conficker update
- Making sense of the latest Conficker updateBe VigilantSince it is apparent that Conficker is a 'rootkit' there is all the more reason to scan your systems using a tool which reads your Windows partitions in an 'off-line' manner.I describe such a tool here:http://www.dtschmitz.com/dts/2009/04/a-must-have-security-tool-bitdefender-rescue-cd-for-unicies.htmlAlso, admins can scan subnets collectively in a...
- Tags: Piracy, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Conficker Update, latest Conficker update, Making Sense, Microsoft Corp., Conficker Worm
- Discussion threads 2009-04-10
- Fake "Conficker Infection Alert" spam campaign circulating
- Researchers at Marshal8e6's TRACElabs have intercepted a spam campaign that's issuing bogus "Conficker Infection Alerts" and redirecting users to rogue security software upon clicking on the links. The event-based social engineering campaign is also impersonating various Microsoft security departments in order to improve its truthfulness. This is...
- Tags: Infection, Domain, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so far
- Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so farInteresting...... since the amount of spam I've received today is much greater than it has been in the past. Somebody has ramped up the effort on the bad guys' side.RE: Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so farHrmmm well no duh! Did you...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Linux, E-mail, Viruses and worms, Conficker, quiet, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- Retina Network Security Scanner - Conficker Worm 1.0.0.6 (Windows)
- The Conficker worm utilizes a variety of attack vectors to transmit and receive payloads, including: software vulnerabilities (e.g. MS08-067), portable media devices (e.g. USB thumb drives and hard drives), as well as leveraging endpoint weaknesses (e.g. weak passwords on network-enabled systems). The Conficker worm will also spawn remote access backdoors...
- Tags: eEye Digital Security, Microsoft Windows, Worm, Conficker Worm, Cyberthreats, Remote Access, Viruses And Worms, Security, Telecommunications
- Software downloads 2009-04-01
- News to know: IBM layoffs, Google, T-Mobile, Microsoft, Dell
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: WSJ: More IBM layoffs in U.S.; jobs shifting to India Larry Dignan: Union: IBM layoffs accelerating as...
- Tags: Google Inc., Layoff, Dell Computer Corp., Dana Blankenhorn, T-Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., Revenue Recognition, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Software As A Service (SaaS), Workforce Management, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Human Resources, Finance
- Blog posts 2009-03-26
- 'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modems
- 'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modemsCould we have a list as to what routers are affected?And maybe instructions or a link to instructions on how to tell if our router is infected with this junk?RE: 'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modemsROTFLMAO!!!Oh yes, the linux only worm!...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, Cyberthreats, Linksys Inc., modem, NetGear, router, Psyb0t, Linux, worm, home router
- Discussion threads 2009-03-25
- Open source patent law panhandling
- Open source patent law panhandlingthen someone should help thenIBM should step up and provide aid just the step up to MS ..you Wanna war punk ill give you one and push it until the case is done prove it one and for all .... prepare the way...
- Tags: Operating systems, Tom-Tom, Microsoft Corp., TomTom, Linux, SCO Group Inc., patent, Octoshaft, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-03-05
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