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iPads in the kindergarten? Some tips for better security and safety

29

Aug

2011

I was chatting with a friend of mine whose 5-year-old twins start school this year. She was telling me about the list of school supplies they need: pencils, crayons, paper, iPad.. Say again?? Yep, she said iPad. It was a new policy this year for all students at the school to have an iPad. Apparently […]

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New worm targeting weak passwords on Remote Desktop connections (port 3389)

29

Aug

2011

We’ve had reports of a new worm in the wild and that generates increased RDP traffic for our users on port 3389. Although the overall numbers of computers reporting detections are low in comparison to more established malware families, the traffic it generates is noticeable. The worm is detected as Worm:Win32/Morto.A and you can see […]

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Xpaj Botnet Intercepts up to 87 Million Searches per Year

26

Aug

2011

W32.Xpaj.B is one of the most complex and sophisticated file infectors Symantec has encountered. In an older blog post, Piotr Krysiuk calls it an “upper crust file infector.” He describes several different approaches that the infector uses to increase the difficulty in detecting infected samples. The techniques W32.Xpaj.B uses to conceal itself within an executable […]

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