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Spanish security firm detects 'swine flu' computer virus
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Cyber criminals are taking advantage of swine flu fears with e-mails promising news on the illness which then infect computers with a virus, a Spanish computer security firm warned Friday.
Facebook users hooked in new 'phishing' scam
May 15, 2009 |
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Facebook on Friday was blocking links to bogus websites set up to look like the home page of the popular social network in a "phishing" attack by hackers.
Facebook fights 'phishing' scam
May 01, 2009 |
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Facebook Thursday said it has blocked a link at the heart of a "phishing" scam being used to dupe members into revealing passwords to accounts at the social networking website.
Conficker worm digs in around the world
Apr 01, 2009 |
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Computer security top guns around the world watched warily as the dreaded Conficker worm squirmed deeper into infected machines with the arrival of an April 1st trigger date.
Cyber-crooks targeting social-networking websites
Mar 03, 2009 |
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Computer security specialists warn that Facebook users have been hit with a series of data-stealing attacks in the past week as cyber crooks increasingly stalk social-networking websites.
Downadup Worm Hits Over 3.5 Million Computers
Jan 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Security firm F-Secure has advised that the Downadup worm has spread to more than 3.5 million computers by exploiting a vulnerability Microsoft patched last October. This is achieved by trying ...
