(Reuters) – The Department of Homeland Security urged computer users on Tuesday to disable a common networking technology feature, after researchers warned that hackers could exploit flaws to gain access to tens of millions of vulnerable devices.
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The 30yearold prank that became the first computer virus • The …
Interesting article about the birth of computer viruses … The beginning was Elk Cloner ….
To the author of Elk Cloner the first computer virus to be released outside of the lab it’s sad that 30 years after the selfreplicating code’s appearance …
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A Newly-Discovered Computer Virus Is Wiping Data From Iranian Hard Drives
| Iranian computers are being targeted by a new malicious virus that clears large portions of hard drives, according to Iran’s Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT). Cybersecurity researchers don’t know where the virus came from. All they know is that … |  | Business Insider |
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For PC Virus Victims, Pay or Else
Don’t Pay the RansomWare Virus. They very rarely unlock your computer. Have your local computer guy remove the virus manually.
… compromised because account owners independently clicked on a malicious link or were compromised by a computer virus that stole password credentials.
Spear Phishing Remains Preferred Point of Entry in Targeted …
Spear phishing attacks remain the preferred means of entry for attackers conducting advanced persistent threat attacks against critical infrastructure, government …
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‘Miss, a virus stopped me from doing my homework!’
How times have changed, the dog is second fiddle now ….
According to Slashdot, pupils at the Lake Washington School District had been issued laptops in order to improve remote working, however a computer virus caused havoc for the district as it worked its way through the laptops. Geekwire reported that the …
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Go Daddy Attributes DNS Hack to Phishing | threatpost
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When many people get a computer virus they go to some forum and post stuff … Generally sites that ask for logs and similar are either scams trying to get …
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John McAfee Owes Me Dinner
Hitting back at cyberattackers: Experts discuss pros and cons
MIAMI — The questions are being asked more often: When a cyberattack hits your network, is it right to launch a counter-attack of some type to try to at least identify the source if not stop it? Since the wheels of justice do indeed grind slowly, should frustrated IT professionals with security skills take matters into their own hands or hire others to do so?
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