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Microsoft issues its biggest-ever security fix – Calgary Herald

“This is a huge jump,” said Amol Sarwate, a research manager with computer security provider Qualys … to fix a vulnerability exploited by the Stuxnet virus — a malicious program that attacks PCs used to run power plants and other infrastructure …
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Iran accuses Siemens of computer virus attack – Calgary Herald

TEHRAN . An Iranian military commander has accused German engineering company Siemens of helping the United States and Israel launch a cyber attack on its nuclear facilities, Kayhan daily reported on Sunday. Gholamreza Jalali, head of Iran’s civilian …
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Information is valuable loot in digital age – Calgary Herald

A variant of the “qakbot” virus infected the city’s computer network on Wednesday … To think that staff in Nanaimo have the expertise to rebuff hacker attacks on the city’s computer network is unreasonable. What they have proved capable of doing is …
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Security firm says that business is booming for cyber criminals – Calgary Herald

WASHINGTON (AFP) – Cyber criminals are selling stolen credit card details for as little as two dollars each and renting computer networks for spam for 15 dollars as part of a vast online black market, according to a report released Thursday. PandaLabs, the …
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