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Hackers Mint Crypto-Currency With Technique In Global 'Ransomware' Attack
A computer virus that exploits the same vulnerability as the global "ransomware" attack has latched on to more than 200,000 computers and begun manufacturing digital currency, experts said Tuesday.
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After Ransomware, Next Global Cyber-Attack Likely On Monday, Say Experts: Report
Another major cyber-attack is imminent after Friday's global hit that infected more than 125,000 computer systems and could come on Monday, a security researcher warned on Sunday.
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Latvian Man Pleads Guilty in Worldwide Computer Virus Case
Deniss Calovskis, a soft-spoken and bespectacled, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit computer intrusion.
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Japan's Pension System Hacked With 1.25 Million Cases of Personal Data Being Leaked
Japan's pension service said today it suffered a hack attack that led to 1.25 million cases of personal data being leaked.
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Top US Regulators Warn Banks Over 'Shellshock' Bug
A group of top US financial regulators urged banks to quickly fix their software to protect it against the "Shellshock" computer bug, saying it could expose them to fraud.
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Agent.BTZ spyware hit Europe, Russia after US military attack: Kaspersky
According to the security firm, at least 400,000 computers across Russia and Europe were infected with the virus.
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Beware of bank account and password stealing Internet virus
A new virus has been found to be "spreading widely" in the Indian cyberspace which cleverly steals bank account details and passwords of the user once it is clicked.
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"Flame" can sabotage computers, attack Iran - expert
Results reveal that the Flame virus is capable of espionage as well as sabotage of systems.
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Powerful computer virus briefly hits Iran's oil industry
A senior Iranian military official said that Iran's oil industry was briefly affected by a powerful computer virus that had unprecedented data-snatching capabilities and could eavesdrop on computer users.Gholam Reza Jalali, who heads an Iranian military unit in charge of fighting sabotage, said on Wednesday that Iranian experts had found and defeat...
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Viruses hit almost one-third of EU Internet users
European Union data shows that almost one-third of the Internet users in the 27-country bloc gota computer virus last year, while three per cent lost money through online crime.The data released today shows that viruses were most prevalent in Bulgaria, where 58 per cent of Internet users were hit in 2010, followed by Hungary, with 47 per cent of us...
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Global alarm over deadly computer worm Stuxnet
As in real warfare, even the most carefully aimed weapon in computer warfare leaves collateral damage.The Stuxnet worm was no different.The most striking aspect of the fast-spreading malicious computer program -- which has turned up in industrial programs around the world and which Iran said had appeared in the computers of workers in its nuclear p...
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Hackers Mint Crypto-Currency With Technique In Global 'Ransomware' Attack
A computer virus that exploits the same vulnerability as the global "ransomware" attack has latched on to more than 200,000 computers and begun manufacturing digital currency, experts said Tuesday.
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After Ransomware, Next Global Cyber-Attack Likely On Monday, Say Experts: Report
Another major cyber-attack is imminent after Friday's global hit that infected more than 125,000 computer systems and could come on Monday, a security researcher warned on Sunday.
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Latvian Man Pleads Guilty in Worldwide Computer Virus Case
Deniss Calovskis, a soft-spoken and bespectacled, pleaded guilty to conspiring to commit computer intrusion.
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Japan's Pension System Hacked With 1.25 Million Cases of Personal Data Being Leaked
Japan's pension service said today it suffered a hack attack that led to 1.25 million cases of personal data being leaked.
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Top US Regulators Warn Banks Over 'Shellshock' Bug
A group of top US financial regulators urged banks to quickly fix their software to protect it against the "Shellshock" computer bug, saying it could expose them to fraud.
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Agent.BTZ spyware hit Europe, Russia after US military attack: Kaspersky
According to the security firm, at least 400,000 computers across Russia and Europe were infected with the virus.
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Beware of bank account and password stealing Internet virus
A new virus has been found to be "spreading widely" in the Indian cyberspace which cleverly steals bank account details and passwords of the user once it is clicked.
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"Flame" can sabotage computers, attack Iran - expert
Results reveal that the Flame virus is capable of espionage as well as sabotage of systems.
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Powerful computer virus briefly hits Iran's oil industry
A senior Iranian military official said that Iran's oil industry was briefly affected by a powerful computer virus that had unprecedented data-snatching capabilities and could eavesdrop on computer users.Gholam Reza Jalali, who heads an Iranian military unit in charge of fighting sabotage, said on Wednesday that Iranian experts had found and defeat...
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Viruses hit almost one-third of EU Internet users
European Union data shows that almost one-third of the Internet users in the 27-country bloc gota computer virus last year, while three per cent lost money through online crime.The data released today shows that viruses were most prevalent in Bulgaria, where 58 per cent of Internet users were hit in 2010, followed by Hungary, with 47 per cent of us...
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Global alarm over deadly computer worm Stuxnet
As in real warfare, even the most carefully aimed weapon in computer warfare leaves collateral damage.The Stuxnet worm was no different.The most striking aspect of the fast-spreading malicious computer program -- which has turned up in industrial programs around the world and which Iran said had appeared in the computers of workers in its nuclear p...
