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Sleuths Trace New Zero-Day Attacks to Hackers Who Hit Google

Graphic showing how the Elderwood gang conducts its attacks. Image: Courtesy of Symantec It’s been more than two years since Google broke corporate protocol by revealing that it had been the victim of...

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Friday, September 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Does Cybercrime Really Cost $1 Trillion?

NSA head Gen. Keith Alexander speaking in June 2010 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Credit: CSIS/Flickr Gen. Keith Alexander is the director of the National Security Agency and oversees U.S....

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Wednesday, August 1st, 2012 Net News 1 Comment

Anti-Viral: Facebook Partners with Security Vendors to Stop Malware

Facebook is partnering with the net’s top security software vendors in a bid to crackdown on users sharing urls that lead to phishing and virus-laden websites, the company announced Wednesday. Users can also...

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Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Dropbox: A Gateway For Spammers And Malware?

Dropbox, the popular service providing network storage for users who wish to share files between each other, is now targeted by spammers who are abusing its system by adding malware and pharmaceuticals to...

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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012 Net News No Comments

Hacked Hackers: Anonymous Falls Prey To Zeus Trojan

TGDaily.com reports how Anonymous members have been tricked into downloading the Zeus Trojan after launching DDoS attacks on federal websites in sign of protest to Megupload’s shutdown. According to Symantec, the whole thing...

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Wednesday, March 7th, 2012 Net News No Comments

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