Tag Archives : Symantec

A server that hosted 44 million of stolen credentials, gamers around the world, was discovered by Symantec, which said the most surprising aspect is that the accounts were being validated by a Trojan, distributed on several infected computers. According to the Network World site, the trojan apparently had the ability to figure out which credentials [...]

A study organized by the antivirus software company Symantec, between February and December 2009 showed that children under the age of seven are now seeking in the Internet pages of sexual content. The survey, entitled Kids’ Top 100 Searches of 2009, there 14.6 million search queries on computers protected with Norton control system for parents, [...]

One of the oldest and most widely used of all web browsers, Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is now in one heck of a pickle, with its security been violated by hackers. In the most recent attempt to humiliate the internet explorer, a hacker has developed a series of codes designed to exploit the flaws within the IE and attack the browser. As per [...]

According to Symantec, ‘more than 40 million people have fallen victim to the “scareware” scam in the past 12 months.’ The security firm has identified 250 versions of scareware. The scam has been fetching more than £750,000 each a year for online criminals. These perpetrators convince computer users to download fake anti-virus software. [...]

With the increase of the adhesion of the Internet users to social networks like Facebook and Twitter, it also increases the hackers’ interest for the vulnerabilities of that type of site. A specialized company in safety informed that never the index of attacks was so big. The report “Web Hacking Incidents Database 2009” of the company Breach [...]

Microsoft plans to launch a beta version of its free antivirus next Tuesday (23). Called Microsoft Security Essentials, the application is made in order to find and remove malicious software that steal passwords and other personal information, or to put the computers into “virtual hubs” for distribution of spam. The program will provide [...]

There are only two drugs approved to treat the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, formerly called swine flu. Only Relenza and Tamiflu are approved to cure the viral infection. Other medicines that are advertised as approved over Internet sites that sell online medications may either be counterfeit or a health risk. “Protect yourselves and your computer [...]

In 2008, the dissemination of harmful software such as viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and the like grew by 265% on a global scale. More than 60% of currently known threats were detected during the past year. Much more today than in the past, cyber criminals are in the Web business with the intent to make money. Illegally, of course. The practice of [...]

No, it didn’t show up on April Fool’s Day, it squirmed out 7 days later. Computer experts have confirmed that the Conficker worm is, indeed, for real and has started to make good its promise on late April 8. The virus variants are said to be ‘mutating’ inside millions of PCs across the globe, approximately three million units at the minimum. [...]

Spam is doing well! According to the experts of security technologies at Symantec, between 150 and 200 billion spam mails were sent each day worldwide, in 2008. This represents between 80 percent and 90 percent of mails sent to individuals, and even 97 percent to professionals. The amount of spam is also said to be steadily increasing, following the [...]