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| Malware infects Merriam-Webster | | Fanboys drop dirty bomb on collegiate dictionary
Worshippers at the altar of Jobs rejoice: Merriam-Webster’s latest edition of its Collegiate Dictionary has embraced fanboys among more than 100 new entries gracing its updated pages.
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| Malware bots as papercraft |  These are fun, paper craft malware bots from Symantec to educate folks on PC viri/bad software via Boingboing.
Bots:
Denial of Service Bot, aka “DoS Bot”
Extortion Bot, aka “Bling Bot”
Identity Theft Bot, aka “Bot Simpson”
Spambot, aka “Spam-a-bot,” “Canned Spam”
Fraud Bot, aka “Phishing Bot,” “Bot Water”
Read mo [..] Read complete article | | Published 27-Jun-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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| This Week In Silicon Alley (Sept. 15 - 19) | | SAI's guide to events of interest in New York City. All times New York EDT.Monday, September 15
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NextWeb NY Web 2.0 Meetup, Webster Hall, 125 East 11th Street, 6:30 pm, RSVP required. [..] Read complete article | | Published 15-Sep-2008 by Silicon in PALMADBE
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| NovaShield AntiMalware 2.0 | | NovaShield AntiMalware 2.0 tries to protect against malware by detecting malicious behavior. Not only did it fail in testing, it also disabled two test machines.
PCmagazine [..] Read complete article | | Published 04-Aug-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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| Firefox Infects Vietnamese Users With Trojan Code | | Vietnamese users of the open source Firefox browser may have nasty Trojan horse code inside their browsers, thanks to rogue code that sat inside a Vietnamese language pack for more than two months. Mozilla, the maker of the browser, is now changing how it scans for Trojans and viruses in the add-ons it offers for [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 08-May-2008 by Nerdblog in General
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| GlobalSign revokes cert of rogue security app | | Certified malware exposes shortcomings of digital certificates
GlobalSign has revoked the digital certificate of a rogue security application, which acquired the veneer of respectability by parading the credentials while trying to scam users.
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| Security vendors say Mac OS X Trojan and backdoor tool are on the loose |  Ruh roh, as Scooby would say. Once relatively untouchable, security experts have now found what they claim to be two new pieces of malware specifically targeting OS X. The first, ‘OSX.RSPlug.D’, is a Trojan capable of rerouting internet traffic to a malicious DNS server which will draw users to phishing sites and ads. So far [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 22-Nov-2008 by Zach Epstein in AppleDesktopsLaptopsMac OSNewsSoftwareBackdoorMacMaliciousMalwaresecuritytrojanViruses
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| Mozilla CEO: Safari = Malware? |  Sure, as far as the business of browsing is concerned Apple and Mozilla are competitors, but Mozilla CEO John Lilly makes a good point here. Apple’s attempts to sneak Safari for PC past unsuspecting updaters this past week is hardly the first time Apple has used tactics that some might consider to be less than [...] [..] Read complete article | | Published 22-Mar-2008 by Zach Epstein in SoftwareAppleOpinions
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