Friday, July 23, 2010

AVG Research Discovers 1.2 Million Computers Infected by Cybercriminals Using Eleonore Exploits Toolkit

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AVG Technologies, makers of the world’s most popular free anti-virus software, today announced that AVG’s Web security research team has discovered a network of 1.2 million malware-infected computers controlled by cybercriminals who were using the Eleonore exploit toolkit – a commercial attack software enabling cybercriminals to infect and monitor compromised PCs.

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Apple software has the most holes

A new report from security software provider Secunia shows that despite considerable security investments, the software industry at large is unable to produce software with substantially fewer vulnerabilities.

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Dell replaces server parts infected with virus

BOSTON, July 22 (Reuters) - Dell Inc (DELL.O) is giving customers replacement parts for servers that were infected with a computer virus designed to steal private data.

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Thursday, July 8, 2010