Archive for the 'Internet' Category

Vodafone ships Mariposa-infected HTC Magic

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010

Android phone comes riddled with bots
Vodafone has been blamed for shipping Mariposa botnet malware and other nasties on HTC Magic Android smartphones it distributes.…
Case Study: WhatsUp keeps Legoland turnstyles ringing

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Scareware sellers fool Google with file switch

Friday, March 5th, 2010

Replacing pdfs with dodgy Flash files
Cybercrooks have developed a new technique for manipulating search engine results in order to promote the crud they sell, such as scareware packages.…
What is your recession sales strategy?

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MS confirms ‘F1 to pwn’ IE bug

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Looking for help can be dangerous
Microsoft has confirmed that an unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability makes it potentially dangerous to press F1 if you are running earlier versions of Windows.…
Offloading malware protection to the cloud

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