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Has the NSA Been Hiding Viruses in Hard Drive Firmware?
A new report from Kaspersky Lab suggests that the NSA might just have developed quite an interesting way to hide viruses. They say that they may well be hiding malicious software inside the firmware of Hard Drives, including those made by a host of famous manufacturers, such as Seagate, Western Digital, Maxtor,…
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Up to $900 Million Stolen Online in Biggest Bank Robbery Ever
In a 21st Century bank job, thieves don’t even need to step foot on the premises, let alone have a getaway car primed: all you need is a computer and the right software. According to a report from The New York Times, tech security firm Kaspersky has been tracking a…
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Microsoft Is Leading PC Anti-Virus Vendor According To Report
New research figures by software and IT solutions company OPSWAT suggest that Microsoft dominates the desktop and laptop anti-virus markets with its free Microsoft Security Essentials offering. Microsoft has an impressive 25.4% of the market with all its products combined, though this is mainly comprised of MSE and Windows Defender. Microsoft…
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41% Of Online Fraud Victims Never Recover Lost Funds Says Kaspersky Report
According to a recent Kaspersky Labs report and survey, things do not look good for online fraud victims. Apparently 41% of victims did not recover any of the lost funds while 45% recovered them all and 14% partially recovered them. 33% of victims had the money stolen during an e-Payment checkout operation,…
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99.9% Of New Mobile Malware Is For Android
It is funny yet worrying that if you talk to your “average Joe” about malware/viruses on Android, most of them believe that Android devices can’t get malware/viruses. This is one of those common misconceptions on the same level as the “Macs don’t get viruses” myth. Yet it is totally incorrect…
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Bitdefender Is Best Windows 8 Internet Security, AVG is Best Free Security
According to the well respected, comprehensive and independent test of internet security packages, done by AV Test, Bitdefender has come out on top as the best overall internet security package. Bitdefender received 17 out of 18 points, followed closely by BullGuard with 16.5 points and Kaspersky with 16. The test…
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New Skype Malware Uses Its Victim’s System To Mine Bitcoins
It is recently being found that there’s a new type of malware which is spread via Skype has been discovered. This works once the recipient clicks on a link that he receives via Skype. Once this is done, the malicious code installs a Bitcoin miner application on the victims’s system…
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