Kaspersky Reveals Three Flame-related Malware Threats – Social Barrel


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Kaspersky Reveals Three Flame-related Malware Threats
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Kaspersky has found three spyware related to Flame malware threats said to use “sophisticated encryption methods”. The security firm says it exposed three new unfriendly programs while studying several Command and Control (C&C) servers used by

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Straight Talk: Beware of computer ‘security checks’ – Canton Repository

Straight Talk: Beware of computer 'security checks'
Canton Repository
The growing number of computers per household worldwide gives scammers a variety of fraud opportunities. A recent telephone scam has criminals calling every house number they can, claiming to be Microsoft technicians. They offer “free security checks.

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No Target Is ‘Too Small’ For Flame – PC Magazine

No Target Is 'Too Small' For Flame
PC Magazine
As PCMag.com reported Monday, the Flame malware discovered earlier this year was developed as early as December 2006, and was in active development until this year, researchers at Kaspersky Lab found. The command-and-control servers that

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FTC Disconnects Tech Support Telemarketing Scams – InformationWeek


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FTC Disconnects Tech Support Telemarketing Scams
InformationWeek
"The defendants scare consumers into believing that their computers are in imminent danger of crashing to sell consumers otherwise free software protection products and unnecessary computer security or technical support services," according to the FTC
Multinational Crackdown on Computer Con ArtistsNew York Times
"Hello, I'm definitely not calling from India. Can I take control of your PC?"Ars Technica

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