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September 9, 2009

Wednesday, September 09, 2009 11:14 PM/EST

Mozilla Warning Users with Vulnerable Adobe Flash Plug-ins

Mozilla has built-in new detection to its Firefox browser to warn users if they are using an older version of Adobe's Flash Player plug-in.

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September 3, 2009

Thursday, September 03, 2009 7:33 AM/EST

Smartphone Users Ignoring Security Risks

A new survey of 1,000 smartphone users conducted by Trend finds that people are not yet sensitive to matters of mobile security, while threats to handheld devices do appear to be on the rise.

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September 2, 2009

Wednesday, September 02, 2009 7:07 AM/EST

Koobface Crew Keeps Foot to Floor

Koobface continues to spread its tentacles using the same old template and shows no signs of slowing down, security experts have observed.

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August 27, 2009

Thursday, August 27, 2009 7:38 AM/EST

Google: Malware Sites on the Upswing

Google reports that it is seeing a rapid increase in the sheer volume of malware sites it encounters, while returning fewer infected URLs to search users.

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August 11, 2009

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:57 PM/EST

Open Source Web Anti-Malware Tool Released

Dasient launched a free open source iteration of its URL anti-infection software.

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July 29, 2009

Wednesday, July 29, 2009 9:45 AM/EST

Black Hat: Security Research Celebs Prepare to Rock Black Hat

All the ethical hacking and vulnerability management rock stars are ready to go in Vegas at Black Hat.

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July 28, 2009

Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:19 AM/EST

Twitter Attacks Getting Smarter

Twitter-borne attacks just keep on getting slicker. It might not be long before they so well mimic real user interactions that it's impossible to tell the difference.

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July 27, 2009

Monday, July 27, 2009 9:38 PM/EST

In Malware Schemes, Sex Still Selling

Sex still sells in the world of malware, if evidenced only by attackers' continued devotion to the world's oldest social engineering tactic.

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June 25, 2009

Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:28 AM/EST

Apps Whitelisting Proponents Tout Growing Acceptance

Applications whitelisting vendors maintain that the current malware environment and demand for tools to address the shortcomings of traditional AV are speeding their push to market.

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June 13, 2009

Saturday, June 13, 2009 7:56 AM/EST

More Banks As Anti-Malware Brokers

Providers of technologies used by banks and other financial services companies to protect their online customers maintain that emerging solutions will foster improved security.

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