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Technical paper – Fake anti-virus: The journey from Trojan to a persistent threat

May

2012

Fake anti-virus (also known as scareware) has grown over the years into a persistent and prevalent threat and is now one of the largest families of malware that we’ve seen in recent history. In this new technical paper from SophosLabs, threat researcher Jagadeesh Chandraiah studies the evolution of fake anti-virus over the last three and […]

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Anonymous attacks UK Prime Minister and Home Office websites with DDoS assault

Apr

2012

Anonymous hacktivists have launched a distributed denial-of-service attack against the websites of 10 Downing Street and the British government’s Home Office website, preventing legitimate users from visiting the sites by flooding them with unwanted internet traffic.The hacktivists, operating under the Anonymous banner, say that they have launched the action in support of Pentagon hacker Gary […]

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Is This SCADA Hacking Friday?

Nov

2011

Today’s infosec news focuses on several possible incidents of penetrations at water utility companies. Elinor Mills at C|Net posted a story on a potential compromise last week at a Springfield, Ill., water company that may have resulted in physical damage. Meanwhile Gareth Halfacree at thinq has a writeup on a potential South Houston water supply […]

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