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City of Norfolk Hit With Code That Takes out Nearly 800 PCs

Malicious code that mysteriously found its way onto an internal virtual print server took out nearly 800 computers used by the city of Norfolk, Virginia.
The code apparently was activated when workers shut down their computers, said Hap Cluff, IT director for the city of Norfolk. “It was triggered by the action of logging off,” he [...] Read more »

Social networking threat continues to increase

A report by security firm Sophos has revealed a substantial increase in attacks on social network sites. The report consists of a survey the company sent out to over 500 organizations.
The report highlighted focused attacks on social networking sites over the last 12 months including spam and malware. 57% of users report they have been [...] Read more »

Fighting the Aurora Malware: Real-Time Detection & Monitoring.

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McAfee Labs identified a zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer that was used as an entry point for “Operation Aurora” to exploit Google and a rapidly-growing list of other companies. Microsoft has issued a security bulletin and McAfee is working closely with them on this matter. “Operation Aurora” was a coordinated attack [...] Read more »

German ISPs team up with gov agency to clean up malware

The German government is planning to establish a botnet cleanup helpline for computer users affected by malware infection.
ISPs are teaming up with the German Federal Office for Information Security (BSI) to set up an operation geared towards cleansing consumer systems from botnet infestation. ISPs will track down infected machines, before directing users towards a website [...] Read more »

Official Google Blog: A New Approach to China

Like many other well-known organizations, we face cyber attacks of varying degrees on a regular basis. In mid-December, we detected a highly sophisticated and targeted attack on our corporate infrastructure originating from China that resulted in the theft of intellectual property from Google. However, it soon became clear that what at first appeared to be [...] Read more »

Google may exit China after ‘highly targeted’ attack

Updated Google plans to curb its controversial practice of censoring search results in China after uncovering a “highly sophisticated and targeted attack” designed to steal information about human rights activists from its Gmail service and at least 20 other large companies.
The attack that hit Google in mid-December originated in China and was aimed at accessing [...] Read more »

Government Web Pages Baited With Sex Scandal

Two government websites, one county level and one state, were found to be infected with malware, according TrendMicro. Both infected sites lured victims to other malicious webpages with the promise of a nude celebrity.

Government Web Pages Baited With Sex Scandal

San Bernardino County’s probation page was found to have been injected with malicious frames directing users [...] Read more »

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