Iran is going nuclear over a malicious computer worm targeting the country’s atomic energy facilities. The Stuxnet worm has targeted not only Iran’s Bushehr nuclear plant — scheduled to go online in a matter of weeks — but also the personal computers of …
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Comcast to Monitor Customer Computers for Malware — Comcast is expanding a test of a service that will monitor customer’s computers for infiltration by botnets, a particularly threatening form of malware. It appears to be the first U.S. provider to directly monitor for malware in its customer’s computers.
… disguised as a PDF … the worm onto the victim’s computer- without the user knowing! Initial analysis indicates that the worm disables many common antivirus products (but it does not successfully attack Norton/
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LANCASTER –Public computers at the Fairfield County District Library might be safe for use today after officials discovered a password-stealing virus had infected them Wednesday. Library Director Marilyn …
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