DDoS bot masquerades as Java update

DDoS bot masquerades as Java update


DDoS bot masquerades as Java update

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:58 AM PDT

An especially virulent Trojan variant with DDoS capabilities has been spotted masquerading as a regular Java update and is being served both from legitimate and malicious sites, says BitDefender's Lor...

Security recommendations to prevent cyber intrusions

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 10:41 AM PDT

Cyber thieves, hacktivists, pranksters, nation-states, and malicious coders for hire all pose serious threats to the security of both government and private sector networks. A comprehensive security p...

Internet activist charged with hacking, theft of millions of digital documents

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 08:51 AM PDT

24-year-old Aaron Swartz, renowned programmer and Internet activist, stands accused of having stolen over 4 million digital documents from MIT's JSTOR archive with the intent on distributing them free...

Apple releases Mac OS X Lion

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 07:42 AM PDT

Apple released Mac OS X Lion (v10.7), which takes some of the best ideas from iPad and brings them back to the Mac. Security-wise, Lion brings an improvement to Address space layout randomization...

How to secure patient records on mobile devices

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 05:16 AM PDT

Mobile devices have become as common as the stethoscope in patient's rooms. Physicians routinely review patients' electronic health records (EHR), read test results, access diagnostic tools and take p...

Google warns users about active malware infection

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 04:09 AM PDT

Google has begun notifying its users that a particular piece of malware is installed on their computers by showing a big yellow notification above their search results (click on the screenshot to enla...

16 arrested for Anonymous-branded cyber attacks

Posted: 20 Jul 2011 02:56 AM PDT

Fourteen individuals were arrested on Monday by FBI agents on charges related to their alleged involvement in a cyber attack on PayPal's website as part of an action claimed by the group "Anonymous," ...

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