Caught offside with Trojan downloader code
Hackers have successfully planted malware on a website selling tickets for the upcoming Euro 2008 Championships.…
Posted in News, Security | No Comments »
Booby trap threat
Compromised websites are staying infected longer. Some infected sites stay up and running for as long as two months, according to an annual report from web security firm ScanSafe.…
Posted in News, Security | No Comments »
Fear of a Black Hat
Apple is trailing way behind Microsoft in security patch responsiveness, according to a study by security researchers from IBM.…
Posted in News, Security | No Comments »
Iliad reader carries unwelcome surprise
An adware package has turned up on the latest e-book devices from iRex, and will install itself automatically onto a connected PC if it gets the chance.…
Posted in News, Security, Virus | No Comments »
Contestant overcomes bout of ‘hacktile dysfunction’
CanSecWest A laptop running a fully patched version of Microsoft’s Vista operating system was the second and final machine to fall in a hacking contest that pitted the security of Windows, OS X and Ubuntu Linux. With both a Windows and Mac machine felled, only the Linux box remained standing following the three-day competition.…
Posted in News, Security | No Comments »
