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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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UAC plays defense against Malware

03

Aug

2011

User Account Control (UAC) was probably the first new feature of Windows Vista that most users encountered, and received considerable attention when the OS was released. UAC gives a way for users to act as computer administrators just for administrator tasks. This is important to only allow software that requires elevated rights to run with […]

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Could hackers set fire to your Apple battery with a virus?

25

Jul

2011

Could hackers set fire to your Apple battery with a virus? Some recent news stories seem to suggest that they might. One uncompromising headline certainly implies that battery-based malware – whether inferno-related or not – is an inevitability, trumpeting proudly that “Apple laptop batteries are the new attack vector.” That remains to be seen, as […]

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