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  1. Secret NSA Cybersecurity Program Aims to Defend US Power Grid

    Fri, 4 Jan 2013

    power generation facility where both common and sophisticated malware had been discovered in the industrial control system environment those machines and "discovered signs of the sophisticated malware on two engineering workstations." Both machines were "critical

  2. Iran Media Report New Cyberattack by Stuxnet Worm

    Tue, 25 Dec 2012

    Iranian computer experts were able to "successfully stop" the worm. Iran has repeatedly claimed defusing cyber worms and malware , including Stuxnet and Flame viruses that targeted the vital oil sector, which provides 80 percent of the country's foreign

  3. Iran Media Report New Cyberattack by Stuxnet Worm

    Tue, 25 Dec 2012

    Iranian computer experts were able to "successfully stop" the worm. Iran has repeatedly claimed defusing cyber worms and malware , including Stuxnet and Flame viruses that targeted the vital oil sector, which provides 80 percent of the country's foreign

  4. Learn to Recognize Web Threats After Newtown Tragedy

    Mon, 24 Dec 2012

    like "Click here for exclusive photos from inside the school." Curiosity seekers who click will often unwittingly download malware that can disrupt their computer or give crooks access to sensitive personal information. Fake Fundraising I've preached

  5. Identity Theft in 2013: The Battle for Your Data

    Sun, 23 Dec 2012

    for: a malicious programmer sneaks a malware -bearing app past smartphone gatekeepers an email can get keyloggers and other malware inside the firewall to infect other computers allergies and looted insurance policies. Malware , Malware , Everywhere. These days any

  6. FBI, Facebook Team Up to Fight 'Butterfly Botnet'

    Wed, 12 Dec 2012

    for over $850 million in losses. The malware program gained access to many individual cyber criminals to distribute spam or malware or to steal information from private users perpetrators, and those affected by the malware ." ABC News asked Facebook how many users

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  1. How the SEC Almost Shut Down Wall Street

    Sun, 18 Nov 2012

    implemented to secure their systems against accidental data breaches and determined hackers. Sophisticated algorithms or complex malware were not required to crash the world's largest exchanges (and with them the world economy). No need for security clearance

  2. Good Morning America's Land of Lincoln Sweepstakes Official Rules

    Fri, 9 Nov 2012

    permitting). If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus , bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, human error, technical failure or other causes which corrupt or

  3. NSA Director on Cyberattacks: 'Everybody's Getting Hit'

    Wed, 7 Nov 2012

    Saudi Aramco, that resulted in vast amounts of company documents and emails being digitally vaporized by a malicious computer virus . "What we have is a huge concern: theft by crime, theft of intellectual property, and now disruption, destruction

  4. US Bank Cyber Attackers Deny Iran Connection

    Fri, 2 Nov 2012

    loose hackivist collective Anonymous , is a far cry from the complexity of powerful cyber weapons such as the Stuxnet or Flame malware that have been attributed to well-funded, coordinated efforts by nation states. The al-Qassam member who spoke to ABC

  5. Good Morning America's 'Target + Neiman Marcus Holiday Collection Giveaway' Sweepstakes -- Official Rules

    Mon, 15 Oct 2012

    permitting). If for any reason the Sweepstakes is not capable of running as planned, including but not limited to infection by computer virus , bugs, tampering, unauthorized intervention, fraud, human error, technical failure or other causes which corrupt or

  6. MiniFlame: Researchers Say 'Extremely Targeted' Cyber Attack Hit Lebanon, Iran

    Mon, 15 Oct 2012

    as cyber experts at Moscow-based Kaspersky Labs dubbed the malware , is an "info-stealing" virus designed to hit only a few keyboard inputs and wipe data on command. Researchers said that malware infected thousand of computers, mostly in Iran . In May

  7. Facebook Begins Eliminating Fake Likes

    Thu, 27 Sep 2012

    August. On Wednesday, the social network started weeding out bogus Likes caused by compromised accounts, deceived users, malware or purchased bulk Likes, it confirmed to TechCrunch . Less than 1% of Likes on a page would be removed, "providing they

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  1. DNS Changer Malware : 65,000 in U.S. Will Lose Internet

    Fri, 6 Jul 2012

    Computers worldwide. Are infected with the malware . Your computer's infected when you your personal information and passwords. Malware is any kind of computer program. That science department has known about the malware for some time. Last November the FBI

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    says more than 250000. Computers worldwide. Are infected with the -- malware . Your computer's infected when you try to go to web -- hackers reroute you to another site looks and acts the same
    Malware is any kind of computer program. That makes your computer do something that you do not want to do.
    with coastal Carolina university's computer science department has known about the malware for some time. Last November the FBI caught the hackers created new servers to patch the problem. But this Monday the agency
  2. Computer Virus Warning

    Sun, 8 Jul 2012

    A computer virus could shut down a quarter of the million personal computers around the world part of a giant cyber scam and so this evening Matt

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    A computer virus could shut down a quarter of the million personal computers around the world part of a giant cyber scam and so this
  3. March 6, 1992: Computer Virus Scare

    Fri, 4 Mar 2011

    The much heralded Michelangelo computer virus has turned out to be the epidemic that wasn't. It was supposed to hit computers around the world today wiping out electronic

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    The much heralded Michelangelo computer virus has turned out to be the epidemic that wasn't. It was supposed to hit computers around the world today wiping out --
  4. TechBytes: Internet Users Could Lose Access

    Mon, 9 Jul 2012

    today's tech fingers are crossed for malware Monday today's thousands of computers will not be able to connect to the Internet. Because of a virus but it's believed only

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    today's tech -- fingers are crossed for malware Monday today's -- thousands of computers will not be able to connect to the Internet. Because of a virus but it's believed
  5. TechBytes (04.20.12)

    Fri, 20 Apr 2012

    today's tech Macs are not invulnerable. Internet security researchers say Macintosh owners will be seen more botnets viruses and malware . Two person says the stocks always been out there but the attacks are increasing as become more popular. Well in just a few

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    security researchers say Macintosh owners will be seen more botnets viruses and malware . Two person -- says the stocks always been out there but the attacks are increasing as -- become more popular. Well in
  6. TechBytes: 'The Flame,' Facebook

    Wed, 20 Jun 2012

    In tech fanning the flame virus the sophisticated computer virus was reportedly developed by. US and Israel working together each day in shows millions of warnings about suspected malware but stay alert. Who will warns that the quote the threat

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    In -- tech -- fanning the flame virus the sophisticated computer virus was reportedly developed by. US and Israel working together the Washington Post says it was designed to. Gather information about Iran's nuclear
  7. Osama Bin Laden Virus Hits Facebook

    Wed, 4 May 2011

    Fake death photo of Osama bin Laden leads users to a computer virus .

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