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Vendors: Ample tests to nip tainted goods
News Major hardware manufacturers say there are enough processes in place to prevent malware-infected equipment from being shipped to customers.
Tags: Hardware, Network security, Security Management, Malware, Manufacturing, Seagate Technology LLC, Spokesperson, Singapore, removable storage, virus
Researchers: Conficker is all about money
News Conficker's ties to a large spamming and password-stealing botnet give credence to the speculation that money, and possibly malicious Eastern European hackers, are behind latest worm infection.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., Security, Antivirus Software, Worm, Trend Micro Inc., Waledac, Paul Ferguson, Marshale8e6, removable storage
Conficker also installs fake antivirus software
News In addition to dropping mystery payload on infected machines, it installs software that tries to dupe people into paying nearly US$50 for fake antivirus software.
Tags: Viruses and worms, IBM Corp., Security, Antivirus Software, Worm, Sophos Plc., Trend Micro Inc., Graham Cluley, removable storage, Infection
Microsoft tightens Windows 7 security for USB drives
News Windows 7 won't automatically launch programs using AutoRun when USB drives are inserted, company says.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Memory, Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Security, USB Flash Drive, Storage, removable storage
SanDisk fine-tunes SSDs for netbooks
News The flash memory firm has revealed two solid-state drives and a range of memory cards that are specifically tailored for use in small, cheap sub-notebooks.
Tags: Components, Hardware, Memory, Notebooks and tablets, Storage, Battery, SanDisk Corp., Storage, Ubuntu, removable storage
US govt spends over US$100M on cyberattack cleanup
News That's the price tag for the past six months. U.S. military officials say they would prefer to spend money to prevent cyberattacks and security breaches rather than pay to clean them up afterward.
Tags: Hacking, Security, Cybersecurity, Pentagon, Attack, Internet Attack, removable storage, virus, network, Air Force
All quiet on the Conficker front. Now what?
News Just because Conficker has been quiet doesn't mean it won't act in the future, turning unsuspecting PCs into spam-sending drones or stealthily stealing passwords, experts say.
Tags: Network security, Security Management, Security applications/tools, PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Worm, David Perry, Sasser worm, Graham Cluley
Countdown to Conficker
News Researchers say the worm is awake on computers in Asia where it's already April 1, but so far it hasn't taken much action.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Security, Asia, Worm, Domain, Conficker Worm, IBM ISS, Trend Micro Inc., computer, removable storage
Latest Conficker worm gets nastier
News Conficker.C blocks access to protective services, downloads a Trojan, and is programmed to seek out 50,000 domains on Apr. 1, as the authors of worm try to outsmart security vendors.
Tags: Viruses and worms, PC security, Microsoft Corp., Security, Worm, Domain, Sophos Plc., Conficker Worm, Conficker.C, removable storage
Experts: Gumblar attack is alive, worse than Conficker
News Gumblar Web site compromise attack adds new domains, steals data and continues to propagate after infections are cleaned up, making it worse than Conficker, ScanSafe says.
Tags: Viruses and worms, ScanSafe, Malware, Security, Domain, Attack, removable storage, Password, FTP, computer
Conficker infected critical hospital equipment, expert says
News Hundreds of PCs and medical devices at hospitals in the U.S. were found to be infected with the Conficker worm recently, a security expert says.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Access Control, removable storage, Hospital, computer, SCADA, Worker, Marcus Sachs, network, Microsoft Windows
Conficker flaw reveals which computers are infected
News Researchers find flaw in Conficker that lets them detect which computers have the legit Microsoft patch and which were "patched" by the worm itself.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Microsoft Corp., Security, Worm, Scanner, Honeynet Project, Tool, removable storage, Flaw, computer
New variant of Conficker worm circulates
News New variant of Conficker opens backdoor on infected machines that an attacker could use to install malicious programs later.
Tags: Viruses and worms, Data security, PC security, Microsoft Windows, Variant, Microsoft Corp., Malware, Worm, SRI International, Conficker.A
Exiting workers taking confidential data with them
News New Ponemon Institute survey finds that people who lost or left a job in 2008 are sneaking confidential data out with them.
Tags: Layoffs, Security Management, Data security, PC security, Data, Survey, USB Flash Drive, removable storage, layoff, Social Security
Attack exploits unpatched Excel security hole
News Windows users are warned to avoid opening suspicious attachments as Microsoft races to get a fix out for security hole in Excel.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Applications and tools, Security applications/tools, Microsoft Corp., Security, Autorun Functionality, Storage, removable storage, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Excel
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