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Update: Android Market spiked with malware-laced apps

More than 50 applications have been found to contain code that steals personal data from Android smartphones

Mar 2, 2011 4 mins

Data and Information Security Malware Technology Industry

Should we cheer or fear cyber vigilantes like Anonymous?

Hacktivists continue to demonstrate their ability to bend or break rules for the subjective greater good, but should they be embraced?

Mar 2, 2011 5 mins

Hacking

Cyber criminals strike at ad networks — again

The London Stock Exchange website spread malware in yet another case of malvertising. When will ad networks clean up their act?

Mar 1, 2011 3 mins

Careers Malware Social Engineering

Anonymous forces HBGary Federal CEO to step down

Hacker activist group wins skirmish with the network security firm whose emails were stolen and posted on the Internet

Mar 1, 2011 2 mins

Hacking

Google patches 19 Chrome bugs week before Pwn2Own hacking contest

Google paid researchers $14K in bounties for finding flaws in the WebGL 3D graphics API, SVG rendering and animation, and the browser's address bar

Mar 1, 2011 3 mins

Application Security Patch Management Software Technology Industry

New Trojan informs Mac users that their machines aren’t immune

Variant of a popular Windows-based Trojan targets Mac OS X, again demonstrating that security isn't just a PC problem

Feb 28, 2011 2 mins

Malware Software Development

Infected Android app runs up big texting bills

Hackers up ante by adding more malicious features to legitimate smartphone apps, says Symantec

Feb 28, 2011 3 mins

Malware Technology Industry

Hacker writes easy-to-use Mac Trojan

The BlackHole RAT isn't being used in attacks yet, but it's easy to use, Sophos says

Feb 28, 2011 2 mins

Hacking Malware Software Development

China cleans up its spam problem

The U.S. remains the top-spamming country and the source of about one-fifth of the world's spam, while China has dropped to number 18 on the list

Feb 28, 2011 4 mins

Malware

20 years of innovative Windows malware

Ingenuity to nefarious ends: The evolution of groundbreaking Windows malware sheds light on what's to come

Feb 28, 2011 16 mins

Hacking Malware Small and Medium Business

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