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Google detects more malware than Bing

Google detects more malware than Bing

by Joseph Forbes | Apr 19, 2013 | DATA, INTERNET, Malware Reports, SECURITY

From August 2011 to February 2013, AV-TEST investigated malicious code in approximately 40 million search results from major search engines. The results of their research are now out and show that Google comes out on top, returning only 272 infected web pages in a...

Social Media Widget for WordPress a source of spam

by Joseph Forbes | Apr 15, 2013 | Cloud Apps, DATA, INTERNET, Internet Scam Notices, SECURITY, Web Hosting

Researchers at Sucuri have found that version 4.0 of the WordPress Social Media Widget, also referred to as social-media-widget, has been injecting spam advertisements into sites. It is recommended that anyone using the widget, which has over 900,000 users, remove or...

Patch Tuesday: Microsoft to plug holes in Windows Defender

by Joseph Forbes | Apr 12, 2013 | INTERNET, SECURITY, SOFTWARE, Technical Support

Microsoft’s Patch Tuesday on 9 April will be an important spring cleaning day; the company plans to implement nine security bulletins. One of the bulletins deals with vulnerabilities in Windows Defender for Windows 8 and RT; the hole is rated as important and...
Russian malware spies on US ATMs

Russian malware spies on US ATMs

by Joseph Forbes | Mar 31, 2013 | DATA, HACKING, HARDWARE, INTERNET, MONEY, SECURITY, Technicals

Security firm Group-IB has identified a malware program called Dump Memory Grabber that can take debit and credit card data from point-of-sale (POS) terminals and ATMs. The researchers say that the program has already been used to steal data from clients of US banks...

US-CERT warns of HP LaserJet printer backdoor

by Joseph Forbes | Mar 12, 2013 | HACKING, Malware Reports, SECURITY

A number of HP LaserJet printers can be accessed through the network and unencrypted data can be read from them without authentication. The US-CERT has issued an advisory that warns users of these printers and is calling on them to update the printer’s firmware...
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