Tag Archive for: Researchers

Security Researchers Identify New Phishing Scam – PRLog (free press release)

PRLog (Press Release) – Mar 21, 2011 – Security researchers have warned users against a new phishing scam. The scam is allegedly directed at Bank of America, TSB, Lloyds and PayPal users. The new phishing attack, first identified by Rodel Mendrez of …
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Apple asks security researchers to dig into Mac OS X Lion – YAHOO!

Apple has never had particularly warm relations with the computer security community, and has been frustratingly tight-lipped about the status of known problems and vulnerabilities in Mac OS X: sometimes Apple jumps right on top of security problems in Mac …
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Researchers turn USB cable into attack tool – CNET News

Two researchers have figured out a way to attack laptops and smartphones through an innocent-looking USB cable. Angelos Stavrou, an assistant professor of computer science at George Mason University, and student Zhaohui Wang wrote software that changes the …
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Virus attacks Android phones in China: researchers – Reuters

BOSTON (Reuters) – A powerful virus targeting smart phones in … A botnet is an army of enslaved computers that its controllers can compromise for identity theft, use to launch attacks to shut down websites or turn into spam email servers.
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