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Java and Flash vulnerabilities being exploited by cyber spies
Cyber spies have planted Java- and Flash-exploiting malware on websites focused on human rights, defense and foreign policy.
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FBI issues warning about using hotel Internet connections
The FBI today warned travelers there has been an uptick in malicious software infecting laptops and other devices linked to hotel Internet connections.
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Twitter says leaked passwords mostly inaccurate or for suspended spammers
Twitter logins and passwords leaked on the web this week are mostly inaccurate or belong to accounts already suspended for spamming, the company said last night.
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Religious and ideological sites carry more malware than porn sites
Religious and ideological websites can carry three times more malware threats than pornography sites, according to research from security firm Symantec. The firm?s annual Internet Security Threat Report also found that threats to mobile devices continue to grow, almost exclusively for Google?s Android mobile OS.
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Botnet shutdowns cause big 2011 spam drop, Symantec finds
Botnet shutdowns have stemmed the Internet spam flood, taking daily message volumes back to levels last seen as long ago as 2006, Symantec has reported in its 2011 Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR).
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Facebook teams up with Microsoft, McAfee, Symantec to sell antivirus
Facebook promotes the products as "free", however some, such as Symantec's Norton and McAfee, similar to pre-installed desktop antivirus trial versions, must be paid for after 6 months, while Microsoft's Security Essentials for Windows and Sophos'Home Edition for Macs are actually free products.
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Russian cybercrime market doubles in 2011, says report
Russian-speaking criminals grabbed more than a third of the entire global cybercrime market in 2011 as a growth in online fraud activity turned the country into a major digital crime superpower, a new report has suggested.
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India overtakes US as the world's leading source of email spam
More email spam originated from India during the first three months of 2012 than from the US, making the south Asian country the world's leading spam source.
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Google penalising 'over-optimisation' on websites
Google is making a change to its search algorithm to penalise what the company's head of Web spam called "over-optimisation" and instead favour websites with high-quality content and less refined search-engine optimisation.
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Twitter spammers infect users with fake antivirus programs
A large spam campaign observed on Twitter during the last couple of days directed users to malicious websites that exploited vulnerabilities in browser plug-ins to infect their computers with rogue antivirus programs, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab.
