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• Computer and biological viruses might eventually converge

  20.03.2012

  The term "computer virus" was coined by Fred Cohen in the early 1980s, because like its biological counterparts, the computer virus is essentially a sequence of information that codes its behavior in a host system.

• Beware of fake Google AV

  20.03.2012

  Cyber crooks are once again trying to take advantage of Google's name and logo to push malware onto unsuspecting users.

• The practice of insecure collaboration

  20.03.2012

  Most often sensitive information exchanged beyond the firewall with business partners and customers is still primarily conducted through email and consumer-grade file sharing tools such as FTP sites, according to a Harris Interactive survey of more than 1,000 IT decision makers in 7 countries.

• Europeans targeted with new ransomware

  19.03.2012

  In the last couple of years, malware that hijacks the users' machines and demands money to "unblock" it has become an often encountered threat.

• Fake LinkedIn emails serve malware

  19.03.2012

  Emails purportedly coming from business-related social network LinkedIn have been hitting inboxes in the last couple of days, ostensibly reminding recipients of invitations they received: Unfortunately, the offered links take the users to a website hosting the BlackHole exploit kit, and if successful in taking advantage of existing vulnerabilities, it installs the well-known credential-stealing Cridex Trojan on the victims' machine.

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Reactions from the security community to the NSA spying scandal

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