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Free Removal Tools Released as ‘Blackworm’ Approaches
With the clock ticking on a Feb. 3 D-Day for the activation of the destructive ‘Blackworm’ worm payload, anti-virus vendors are rushing to release free…
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Security Conflict: Auditing the On-Demand Realm
Marc Maiffret is a worried man. The chief hacking officer and co-founder of eEye Digital Security looks at the rising popularity of hosted Web applications…
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Symantec Caught in Norton ‘Rootkit’ Flap
Symantec Corp. has fessed up to using a rootkit-type feature in Norton SystemWorks that could provide the perfect hiding place for attackers to place malicious…
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McAfee President Quits
Anti-virus security vendor McAfee Inc. announced Tuesday the sudden departure of its president, Gene Hodges. Hodges, an 11-year McAfee veteran who was responsible for the…
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Anti-Spyware Suits: New Era for Security Industry?
The legal battle against adware and spyware programs has taken a new turn with a pair of putative class action complaints against Direct Revenue and…
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Black Hat Confab to Spotlight Database Security
LAS VEGAS—Rootkits. Zero-day exploits. Social engineering. Encryption cracking. Cryptography. File format fuzzing. Kernel exploitation. These are just some of the buzzwords making the rounds at…
