Phony Antivirus Software Pushers Have New Trick Up Their Sleeve – CRN

Phony Antivirus Software Pushers Have New Trick Up Their Sleeve
CRN
ThreatTrack Security researchers found that the Winwebsec malware family, which pushes rogue antivirus sofware, has been using stolen digital certificates, said Dodi Glenn, director of security intelligence at Clearwater, Fla.-based ThreatTrack

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This Chef Taught Herself How To Catch Hackers Then Got A Great Job As A … – Business Insider

This Chef Taught Herself How To Catch Hackers Then Got A Great Job As A
Business Insider
In one big jump, Ashley Hamilton changed careers from a line cook at a popular San Francisco eatery to a computer security guru. She didn't know how to program. She didn't know how to hack. But by studying books, using some free websites and entering 

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Eugene Kaspersky’s roadshow on cyber-nasty woes of modern life – Irish Times

Eugene Kaspersky's roadshow on cyber-nasty woes of modern life
Irish Times
In 2010, it revealed the existence of an American-Israeli bit of computer spyware that Kaspersky Lab dubbed “Flame”. The Washington Post revealed Flame was a malware program jointly developed by the US and Israeli governments to infiltrate PCs in Iran

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Cyber ‘mass shooter’ poses future threat to computer security, ex-intel … – Washington Times

Cyber 'mass shooter' poses future threat to computer security, ex-intel
Washington Times
The fastest-growing cyber threat is from a kind of digital mass shooter, a deranged or outraged hacker able to obtain cyberweapons currently available only to nation-states and organized crime, a former senior U.S. intelligence official said Thursday

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