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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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- News to know: Logitech-LifeSize; Macworld; Droid sales; Tandberg; e-book readers
- 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.: Larry Dignan: Logitech gobbles up LifeSize; Enters video conferencing Dave Greenfield: Logitech Buys LifeSize. Now what about Polycom?...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Sales, Ryan Naraine, Sam Diaz, E-book Reader, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, E-books, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-11-11
- Microsoft patches Windows worm holes, drive-by download flaws
- HolesIt is like trying to patch a rotten ship!Does that mean Linux is a rotten ship too?NTAnd unfortunately most of the world is on that ship And unfortunately most of the world is on that ship RE: Microsoft patches Windows worm holes, drive-by download flawsAll OS are subject to "Intrusion...
- Tags: Linux, Patches, Construction, Operating systems, SECURITY, Microsoft patches Windows worm hole, Microsoft patches Window, worm hole, Microsoft Patches, flaw, Microsoft Corp., patch management, attacked, window, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Open source needs successful champions
- Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...
- Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Android opens doors for Google's next-gen search, ads and tools
- Current problem with Android devicesI am Android fan, but nevertheless my next mobile phone will be HTC HD2 - i.e. Windows device. And the reason: all Andorid devices currently available have relatively small screen size and resolution. I am wandernig why Google doesn't urge on phone makers to offer...
- Tags: INTERNET, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Cellular phones, Smart phones, advertisement, tool, Android Devices, phone, smart phone, Linux, operating system, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-16
- Does social media reward whining?
- The worm is turningIt's taken a while, but it's clear the social media world is waking up to the fact that companies using Twitter as a back-door customer service channel staffed by PR personnel isn't a sustainable practice.I think it's great that PR people I am one are using social...
- Tags: Public relations, Twitter Inc., social media
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- News to know: Windows 7; Verizon; RightNow; Salesforce; Palm; HP
- 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. Ryan Naraine: Windows 7, Vista exposed to 'teardrop attack' Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes Firefox to run...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Larry Dignan, Patent, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., RightNow Technologies, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Microsoft Windows 7, Cable, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- Blog posts 2009-09-09
- 10 Windows XP services you should never disable
- You guys are pitiful. DNS clientOnly deals with cacheing. This below is from XP's description of the DNS client. This is why bloggers suck as journalists. You are a joke and never do your homework. The DNS Client service dnscache caches Domain Name System DNS names and registers the full...
- Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, Microsoft Windows, DNS, DNS Client, Disabling Services, Windows XP Services, IP, Microsoft Windows XP
- Discussion threads 2009-08-24
- While the EC wastes time with IE, Russia tackles bigger issues
- While the EC wastes time with IE, Russia tackles bigger issuesConsumer Issue. Congress can enact same legislation.ntWell over due {nt}.Lack of SuperstructureThese are all independent companies. Without proof that there is some collaboration between them that results in a monopoly, can their independent actions,...
- Tags: Operating systems, Economies-of-Scale, OS Installed, OEM, Linux, DVD, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer
- Discussion threads 2009-07-31
- News to know: Chrome OS; Azure; Cable speed; Google Apps; Internet radio
- 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: Google goes after Windows with launch of Chrome OS Matthew Miller: Google Chrome OS announced, It should...
- Tags: Google Inc., Google Apps, Larry Dignan, Sony Vaio, Internet Radio, Radio, Microsoft Corp., Cable, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows 7, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- McAfee Avert Stinger 10.0.1.624 (Windows)
- Stinger is a stand-alone utility used to detect and remove specific viruses. It is not a substitute for full anti-virus protection, but rather a tool to assist administrators and users when dealing with an infected system. Stinger utilizes next generation scan engine technology, including process scanning, digitally signed DAT files,...
- Tags: McAfee Inc., Microsoft Windows, Stinger
- Software downloads 2009-07-06
- 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
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