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Metro Interface Improves Windows 8 While Increasing Some Risks

Jul

2012

This is our second look at security-related changes to Windows 8 and the new Metro interface. Our first post introduced the topic and examined some of what’s new and potentially risky in Internet Explorer 10. Today, we’ll discuss improvements and possible problem points in the Windows Store, background tasks, the Windows 8 interface, and more.Let’s […]

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AVG Threatwatch Week: 16

Apr

2012

Android malware poses as Angry Birds Space game What’s the story? The latest version of the immensely popular “Angry Birds” series has already seen fake imitations in the Android Marketplace. The infected version of the fake “Angry Birds Space” contains a Trojan which security company Sophos has detected as Andr/KongFu-L. While the imitation appears to […]

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Windows Phone 7.5 susceptible to SMS hack

Dec

2011

Phones running Microsoft’s newly released Windows Phone 7.5 mobile operating system are vulnerable to having their text messaging service’s knees kicked off in a denial of service attack. The flaw is simple as pie to exploit: An attacker simply sends an SMS to a Windows Phone user. According to WinRumors’s tests, Windows Phone 7.5 devices […]

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Metro Interface Improves Windows 8 While Increasing Some Risks

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Windows Phone 7.5 susceptible to SMS hack

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