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SIRv12: The obstinacy of Conficker

25

Apr

2012

Conficker is one of the most significant threat families facing organizations worldwide today; its initial impact along with its continued obstinacy shows that clearly. In the fourth quarter of 2011 – three years after its initial release – it attempted to infect just over 1.7 million computers. Conficker’s persistence is illustrated not only by the […]

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March 2012 virus activity review: political spam keeps company with new threats to Mac OS X and Android

02

Apr

2012

The first spring month in 2012 was unusually “hot” with the emergence of a whole series of new threats to Windows and other platforms. In particular, attackers came up with another way to spread Trojans for Mac OS X, and new malicious applications for Android were discovered. In early March, immediately following the Russian presidential […]

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There’s a cream for that

12

Mar

2012

The other day, while previewing messages in my inbox, I saw a conspicuous message with the following parameters, typos included: To: (email address)CC: (email address),…Subject: Your ex sent me this pciture of you.Body:Hey (email address),Your ex sent me this picture claiming it’s you. Is it really so? You probaly should see a doctor:) They can […]

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