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Malware compromising BIOS and other September virus events

03

Oct

2011

September 2011 was relatively quiet and did not bring any major burst of viral activity; apparently, malware makers, back from summer vacation, decided to devote themselves to more pragmatic pursuits. However, the month did see the discovery of a Trojan horse of unique architecture capable of infecting BIOS. Also a new backdoor for Mac OS […]

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Investment Scammers take to social networking sites

17

Sep

2011

The North American Securities Administrators Association has issued an alert warning potential investors of scammers using social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter LinkedIn and dating sites. The typical modus operandi of the scam is to approach groups and even individual users to attempt to gain trust and rapport. (We have warned several times in the […]

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Missouri Judge issues injunction on “Facebook Law” for teachers

27

Aug

2011

This story is a follow-up to an article we wrote previously this week. The “Facebook Law” as it has been commonly called would have kept teachers from engaging in private conversations with students on social networking sites, via email and text messaging.A preliminary injunction has been issued by the presiding Circuit Court Judge, and the […]

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