http://www.physorg.com/ en-us Physorg.com internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. Cisco on Friday announced the release of a free iPhone application for anyone who wants to stay on top of the latest trojans, worms, or other threats marauding on the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news177945860.html Technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 13:40:03 EST news177945860 A Microsoft security report released Monday warns that cyber crooks are digging into computers for weak spots to penetrate with worms -- malicious software that steals control or data. http://www.physorg.com/news176401722.html Technology Mon, 02 Nov 2009 16:29:50 EST news176401722 Verbatim Americas, LLC, continues to produce innovative storage devices for users on the go. The latest include additions to their portable line of USB drives. http://www.physorg.com/news171746648.html Electronics Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:00:02 EST news171746648 Netbooks are a popular choice for people buying laptop computers, and they seem sized appropriately for kids. http://www.physorg.com/news168109069.html Electronics Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:00:02 EST news168109069 (AP) -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden high demand for information. http://www.physorg.com/news165555432.html Technology Tue, 30 Jun 2009 04:37:40 EST news165555432 (AP) -- For about 90 minutes Wednesday, visitors to the Oregon University System's Web site found themselves taken for a ride they didn't ask for. They were redirected to another site under the control of a hacker, who posted an 89-word screed criticizing the protests in Iran. http://www.physorg.com/news165124927.html Technology Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:10:01 EST news165124927 Hackers appear to be beefing up armies of "zombie" computers to recover from a major hit scored in the battle against spam email, according to software security firm McAfee. http://www.physorg.com/news160894469.html Technology Thu, 07 May 2009 06:21:02 EST news160894469 (PhysOrg.com) -- Security researchers have uncovered one of the most notorious zombie networks, the Torpig botnet, by collecting 70GB of data that was stolen in just 10 days. http://www.physorg.com/news160749834.html Technology Tue, 05 May 2009 13:44:23 EST news160749834 The Conficker worm's creators are evidently toying with ways to put the pervasive computer virus to work firing off spam or spreading rogue anti-virus applications called "scareware." http://www.physorg.com/news160130587.html Technology Tue, 28 Apr 2009 09:44:02 EST news160130587 (AP) -- One economy apparently isn't hurting these days - the one run by identity thieves in the dark corners of the Internet. http://www.physorg.com/news158907571.html Technology Tue, 14 Apr 2009 06:00:23 EST news158907571 Hackers are increasingly hiding viruses in bogus computer security software to trick people into installing treacherous programs on machines, Microsoft warned on Wednesday. http://www.physorg.com/news158396026.html Technology Wed, 08 Apr 2009 07:54:13 EST news158396026 (AP) -- The Securities and Exchange Commission says it has dropped its lawsuit against McAfee Inc.'s former general counsel which accused him of illegally tampering with stock options. http://www.physorg.com/news156715215.html Technology Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:08:27 EST news156715215 A new risk management tool can help software developers identify security vulnerabilities in their programs early in the planning process, effectively solving problems before they exist, simply by having the developers lay their cards on the table. The system, called "Protection Poker," was developed by computer security experts at North Carolina State University and is already being used in a pilot project to identify security problems. http://www.physorg.com/news154694556.html Technology Tue, 24 Feb 2009 10:43:13 EST news154694556