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Websense Labs 2013 Security Predictions

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Nov

2012

From mass WordPress compromises to a spear-phishing attack on the White House, there is no doubt cybercriminals gained confidence and momentum in 2012. The Websense Security Labs looked at recent security and attack trends to come up with hypotheses of the anticipated evolution of threats in 2013. Forecasting threats is a challenging task, especially when […]

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Cross-platform Trojan controls Windows and Mac machines

25

Jul

2012

Russian anti-virus company Doctor Web is warning users about a dangerous cross-platform Trojan horse that provides criminals with full control over infected machines and can render a system non-operational. The malicious application, dubbed BackDoor.DaVinci.1, runs both in Windows and Mac OS X. Notably, the version for Mac OS X for the first time features rootkit […]

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Adware on Mobile Devices an Evolving Privacy Threat

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Feb

2012

Potentially Unwanted Programs (PUPs) are often legitimate software that pose a risk to users’ privacy or systems. A reasonably secure–or privacy-minded–user may want to be informed of the presence of certain PUPs and in some cases remove them. One very common type of PUP is adware, which exists to make revenue through advertising. Some adware […]

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