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Memories of the Nimda virus

16

Sep

2011

This weekend is the tenth anniversary of the infamous and pervasive Nimda virus. In this article, we take a look back in time at the outbreak. After all, as the US philosopher George Santayana warned a century ago, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” Nimda first showed itself on 18 […]

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Spitmo vs Zitmo: Banking Trojans Target Android

15

Sep

2011

SpyEye and Zeus are probably the most prevalent and active Trojan “banker” families seen in the wild. (Bankers steal bank passwords and other financial data.) At the beginning of the year there was a rumor about the “merger” of both toolkits into a new generation of banking Trojan. It is not clear yet whether leaked […]

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Maine voter registration system breached. Or not.

26

Aug

2011

Reports surfaced on Wednesday that the US state of Maine – in the north-eastern tip of that country’s Atlantic seaboard – might have suffered a breach in its voter registration system. According to Maine’s Bangor Daily News, a malware infection in a municipality might have given unlawful access to the state’s voter records. Maine voter […]

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