Tagged: Worm
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US created Stuxnet – went to ‘cyber war’ with Iran on Obama’s orders News
01.06.2012 The US is at cyber war with Iran. Actually it has been at cyber war with Iran since the start of the Obama administration and authored the Stuxnet virus that has since spun out... -
92pc of Conficker infections down to stolen passwords - report News
26.04.2012 The Conficker worm has been detected about 220m times worldwide in the past two and a half years, making it one of the biggest ongoing threats to enterprises, the Microsoft... -
Facebook locks down 45,000 accounts to block Ramnit worm News
06.01.2012 Facebook has locked down 45,000 accounts infected by a new strain of the Ramnit worm that was recently adapted to enable cyber crime gangs to target Facebook details as a means... -
Strategy 2011 - the year of high-profile hacker attacks News
28.12.2011 The year 2011 was the year of Anonymous and LulzSec, and of course WikiLeaks, in terms of how the established order of things were shook to the very core by the internet world.... -
Pirates punked as KOOBFACE targets Torrent P2P file sharing News
18.08.2011 The notorious KOOBFACE botnet, known for maliciously targeting popular social networking sites, is now propagating via a torrent peer-to-peer network through Trojanised shared...Categories: Software & Web Development, Software, Social Media, Security, Networking, Enterprise, Computers -
Cyber warfare: the battle has barely begun News
02.06.2011 With the US developing cyber weapons and resolving to treat attacks on its computer networks as an act of war requiring a military response, it is clear that information warfare...Categories: Software & Web Development, Servers, Security, IT Organisation, IT Management, Government, Data Centre, CIO -
Twitter is keen to avoid Facebook’s privacy nightmare News
19.05.2011 Twitter’s decision to give consumers more control over what information they share with third-party applications is a prudent step that could help the microblogging site avoid... -
Twitter ad-spreading worm ‘Profile Spy’ has gone viral News
05.04.2011 Microblogging network Twitter is under attack from fast-spreading worm called ‘Profile Spy’ that promises to allow users to see who has viewed their profiles. Instead, it... -
New Twitter worm sends users to virus-ridden websites News
21.01.2011 Users should beware of a new worm on Twitter that posts links on Twitter users’ accounts that redirects them to a fake anti-virus website. -
Cyber warfare doesn’t have capacity to cause global shock News
19.01.2011 The recent Stuxnet attack which originated in Israel and succeeded in disabling and damaging Iran’s nuclear programme indicates that cyber warfare is already upon us.Categories: Web 2.0, Social Media, Security, Search Engines, Internet, Government, Global CIO, Enterprise Applications, CIO -
Weekend news roundup News
17.01.2011 A quick glance at some of the technology stories breaking in the weekend papers. -
Twitter worm spreads through goo.gl links News
07.12.2010 A Twitter worm is spreading through mobile links shorted with Goog.gl, which gets pushed out further when people click on them. -
SPECIAL REPORT: Bruce Schneier on the future of IT security News
11.11.2010 A security guru has debunked cyber war and cyber terrorism myths. -
Economic cyber terrorism attacks forecast to rise in 2011 News
10.11.2010 Next year could see more targeted attacks on website content as well as a new form of cyber attack that takes cyber terrorism onto the political and nationalistic stage.Categories: Software, Social Media, Security, Risk Management, Networking & Telecoms, Global CIO, Data Management, Data Centre -
Cyber attack - Stuxnet worm hits Iranian nuclear plant News
27.09.2010 Iran’s first nuclear power plant has been attacked by a sophisticated computer worm designed to disrupt power grids and other industrial facilities using SCADA systems. The... -
Has Facebook jut been hit with a new IM spam attack? News
06.08.2010 A security expert has reported there may be a new worm circulating on Facebook via instant message (IM). The jury is out on whether the spam attack is in conjunction with a... -
Findings of Conficker worm showed massive increase last month News
07.07.2010 Conficker infections in Ireland almost doubled last month from a previous high of 15pc, according to the latest monthly figures from antivirus firm Eset. -
New worm targets online Xmas shoppers News
23.11.2009 A new malicious worm is making its presence felt strongly in Ireland and appears to be taking advantage of seasonal goodwill to get into systems.Categories: CIO -
100pc increase in worms infecting enterprises, Microsoft says News
03.11.2009 The first half of 2009 has seen worm infections in enterprises rise by nearly 100pc, according to the seventh volume of Microsoft’s Security Intelligence Report (SIRv7).Categories: CIO