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Some visitors to the Google Italy site are getting an unwelcome surprise this week, as a look-alike site hijacks their browsers and installs malware on their machines. Researchers at IT.
Microsoft also bent to demands from security vendors and the EU's antitrust agency that it change its Vista plans for Windows Security Center, the operating system's security dashboard. It will.
The Strider HoneyMonkey Exploit Detection System, as the research project is code-named, was created to help detect attacks that use Web servers to exploit unpatched browser vulnerabilities and install malware.
Two Moroccan hackers have been jailed for creating and distributing the Zotob worm that squirmed through Windows 2000 networks in August 2005. According to law enforcement authorities, the online names.
Everyone (except the hackers) would agree that having a built-in Administrator account with no password is not a good idea. Therefore, Microsoft has decided to disable the built-in Administrator account.
SecureWorks, a leading Managed IT Security Services Provider, announced that it has seen a dramatic increase in the number of hacker attacks attempted against its banking, credit union and utility.
Not Again! On May 11, 2006 Apple Computer announced 43 Mac OS X and QuickTime security patches (Security Update 2006-003). This included 31 flaws in the Mac OS X, most.
A new Trojan horse is so good at hiding itself that some security researchers claim a new chapter has begun in their battle against malicious-code authors. The new pest, dubbed.