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A look back at the Michelangelo virus scare

Twenty years ago tomorrow, PC owners cowered in fear

Mar 5, 2012 2 mins
McAfee Network Security Security
opinion

DARPA shows off running “cheetah” robot

Cheetah bot can hit 18MPH, a new land record for “legged robots”

Mar 5, 2012 2 mins
Enterprise Applications Security
news

US senator asks FTC to investigate Apple, Google

Schumer calls on the agency to investigate apps that access the photos of mobile phone users

Mar 5, 2012 2 mins
Apple Government Small and Medium Business
news

User hacks GitHub to showcase vulnerability after Rails developers dismiss his report

Ruby on Rails developers reanalyze mass assignment security implications after GitHub gets hacked

Mar 5, 2012 4 mins
Network Security Networking Vulnerabilities
news

Yahoo dropped from objectionable content lawsuits in India

Earlier Microsoft was dropped from one of the lawsuits after it pointed out that the content was not from its websites

Mar 5, 2012 2 mins
Cybercrime Internet Service Providers Telecommunications Industry
news

Hacker on hacker: Zeus bot master dupes Anonymous backers into installing password stealer

Someone switched Anonymous-recommended DDoS attack tool for malware that filches banking credentials, email passwords

Mar 5, 2012 3 mins
Cybercrime Malware Twitter
news

CITE Conference to tackle BYOD issues

The bring-your-own-device trend brings IT challenges

Mar 5, 2012 6 mins
Data Breach File Sharing Small and Medium Business
opinion

Anonymous supporters find themselves victims of Zeus Trojan Horse

Supporters of the hacktivist group Anonymous recently found themselves victimized by the infamous Zeus Trojan Horse

Mar 5, 2012 2 mins
Malware Security
analysis

Should You Allow Inbound E-mail Over IPv6?

Why you may not want to allow inbound e-mails over IPv6 transport?

Mar 4, 2012 11 mins
Cisco Systems IPv6 Malware
opinion

Steal Internet service? Go to jail

Federal jury convicts Ryan Harris/TNiSO of wire fraud in connection with Internet service thefts

Mar 2, 2012 3 mins
Cybercrime Mobile Security