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NASA confirmed, at a recent space operations meeting (ISS 30P SORR), that a worm had been discovered on laptops on the International Space Station. Even if NASA has not disclosed its name, the malware in question appears to be W32.Gammima.AG and it spreads by copying itself to removable devices. The NASA officials no... |
27 August 2008
19:24 GMT |
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Viruses have always been part of our evolutionary process, constantly mutating in order to defeat the immune system, at the same time triggering changes in the structure of the DNA, which eventually gave us defense mechanisms that still work today. Some types of viruses, known as retroviruses, even have the capabilit... |
22 July 2008
10:47 GMT |
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Although the first dengue viral infection is painful, it is often harmless. However, if contracted for a second time, it can turn deadly. With all that, there are some cases in which getting infected for the second time with the dengue virus can in fact be beneficial for the body, helping the immune system fight both... |
16 July 2008
11:14 GMT |
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Some people say that anti-viruses are must-have applications because computer infections, no matter if we're talking about viruses, Trojan horses or any type of malware, have become extremely dangerous and may even damage hardware components. However, a security expert considers that buying such an application i... |
23 May 2008
08:47 GMT |
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Not long after we informed you of the SQL injection threat that has been found last week loose on the web, a new similar massive attack compromises more than half a million websites. As reported on the TrendLabs Malware blog, the threat comes in the form of a standard SQL injection, which some of you might already ha... |
15 May 2008
10:26 GMT |
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A report conducted by PandaLabs a month ago revealed that approximately 1 in 5 home computers which have up-to-date security software installed were infected and according to the security company, the situation is almost the same today. According to the findings of the study which included 1.5 million users, 72 perce... |
15 May 2008
05:46 GMT |
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Today's hackers use extremely advanced techniques, which makes it quite difficult to block their attacks and prevent similar actions in the future. But what's worse is that more and more attacks are now relying on web-based malware which obviously affect thousands of pages and their visitors. According to a... |
13 May 2008
06:32 GMT |
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If you work in the military and think your email is safe, think again. A rather large scheme has been recently detected by security researchers at the Romanian company BitDefender. The company's head of AV Research, Sorin Dudea, has declared "It's not every day that you stumble on the workings of an honest-... |
6 May 2008
10:49 GMT |
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Security company Sophos has just published the latest Security Threat Report concerning the first quarter of 2008, revealing that a new malicious website is now detected and blocked every five seconds. This is a time decrease of 9 seconds as the company detected similar websites every 14 seconds, according to the 200... |
22 April 2008
06:53 GMT |
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There are bacteria everywhere around us, and in infinite quantities. Some are good, some are neutral, but most people have in mind only the bad ones. 1. Tetanus is caused by the bacterium Clostridium tetani. It enters the body via an open wound and releases a powerful toxin, tetanospasmin. The incubation period lasts... |
14 April 2008
09:09 GMT |
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Security company ESET, the creator of the well-known NOD32 antivirus, published the "Global Threat Trend - March 2008" report, underlining, once again, that our USB sticks are in danger due to the popularity of INF/Autorun. Thus, no less than 10.3 percent of the total number of threats discovered in March 2008 was re... |
11 April 2008
17:31 GMT |
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Security company Sophos has published an advisory concerning one of the most popular instant messaging clients on the web, namely Yahoo Messenger. According to the security notification, there's a new worm spotted in the wild which only targets Yahoo Messenger users and attempts to propagate by sending links of ... |
11 April 2008
10:37 GMT |
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Scientists still debate if they are alive or not, but look what they can inflict in us (and this is just a selection of the most common ones):1. Flue is caused by a virus transmitted through air. The incubation lasts 1-2 days. The symptoms include fever, cough, loss of appetite, headaches. Ordinary flue can be treate... |
11 April 2008
10:13 GMT |
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Human habits are extremely diverse worldwide. But some really leave you stunned. And while we are searching for remote galaxies and worlds in the sky, some things seem to belong to other worlds. You can imagine the shock of Shamsunnahar Hena, a gynecologist in a Bangladesh hospital, when her pregnant patient said she... |
2 April 2008
14:21 GMT |
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HIV does not kill by itself. It just leaves humans defenseless against other killers. About 50% of all HIV-positive African adults die of Salmonella infection, a disease that otherwise is treated after a seven-day bout of diarrhea. A new research made at UC Davis School of Medicine and published in the "Nature Medici... |
25 March 2008
14:06 GMT |
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Maybe some people believe syphilis is something from the past, but this would be a big mistake: a new research published in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases shows that our negligence enabled the old deadly sexual bug to have a spectacular comeback in developed countries, boosted by drug consumption and high-ris... |
21 March 2008
14:06 GMT |
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'Things just ain't the same for gangsters,' Dr Dre said in his album, 2001. He couldn't have said it better to explain the situation AvSoft Technologies' situation even if he had wanted to. It seems it's not enough to be developing antivirus software in order to protect your clients'... |
11 February 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Google has long been the target to many attacks and on the odd occasion it redirects to infected pages. This was the case noticed last week, of many Google Groups links that supposedly had pictures or movies of stars performing various actions (more into the pr0n area, none were giving money away to charity). That wa... |
5 February 2008
12:31 GMT |
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Every race has a different gene pool impacting the vulnerability or resistance to various diseases. A new research published in the American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine shows that blacks are twice more likely to die of severe sepsis (a general blood infection connected to acute organ dysfunction... |
5 February 2008
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You have heard about blood groups. And you've been told about blood incompatibility: put A, B or AB blood type into an O type receiver, and you will kill him/her. But this new case published in The New England Journal of Medicine has amazed the scientific world and it is an absolute first.A 15 years old Australi... |
25 January 2008
02:39 GMT |
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The Windows functions are always under attack because disabling a vital function of the operating system automatically means an open door for the hacker, who would be able to infiltrate into the computer and conduct his malicious activities. Today, a new worm has been spotted in the wild and, according to security co... |
24 January 2008
14:16 GMT |
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Most of the semen is produced by this gland located at the base of the bladder: the prostate. And here is the issue: up to 50 % of the American males (and not only) will have prostatitis during their lifetimes. About 5 to 10 have it at a particular time. This condition denotes infection or inflammation of the prost... |
24 January 2008
05:14 GMT |
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On one hand, vaginal sex is the main entrance gate for the HIV into our bodies; on the other hand, women in many countries (like Sub-Saharan Africa) have little control on imposing safe sex (read condom use). That's why this new research made at the UT Southwestern Medical Center, U.S., could save millions of l... |
18 January 2008
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You may call pizza any thick mass of dough with added ordinary cheese and, a crime for any real pizza connoisseur, ketchup. But real pizza is made with mozzarella cheese, a delicacy made from the fat rich water buffalo milk. Now, the Italian production of mozzarella is threatened by a deadly disease spreading th... |
18 January 2008
06:08 GMT |
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Diseases can be genetic or (most often) determined by the environmental factors. World Health Organization says that annually 25 million adults and children die of causes that could be prevented. 1.Clime. Too hot or too cold is bad. In warm climes, hot weather makes people experience "tiredness", fainting, lack of e... |
11 January 2008
14:31 GMT |
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And... it's here! What seems to be the first Trojan targeting your bank account information is finally here! TROJ_BANKER.MQH comes with a medium damage potential, which underlines the Trojan's capability to reach its goals, in our case - stealing the bank account info. According to security vendor Trend Mic... |
10 January 2008
16:06 GMT |
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It has an 8" high resolution (800x600) and comes with 128MB of built-in memory. It supports CF type (I and II), SD, XD, MS and MMC. It is able to insert multiple transition effects and background music during slide shows. It costs only $129.87 and if you buy it right now, you also get a FREE computer infection that i... |
10 January 2008
09:13 GMT |
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A few days ago, the first iPhone threat spotted in the wild made the tour of the virtual world, as security companies warned the owners of the Apple device that a fake firmware update might be more dangerous than they had expected. But before getting into today's piece of news, let's do some recap. As you m... |
10 January 2008
05:32 GMT |
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All organisms catch infections, from plants to whales. Even some bacteria can get infected. 1.Pathogen microbes are of three types: viruses, bacteria and protozoans. Not all the microbes are infectious. Most bacteria are inoffensive. Escherichia coli from our gut has a role in digestion. Diseases appear when our immu... |
9 January 2008
16:21 GMT |
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I must mention from the beginning that every unpatched system connected to the web is vulnerable to this rootkit, so in case you're running an outdated version of Windows XP, you may be in danger pal! Now, let's see some juicy (if you're one of those loving computer infections) details about the rootki... |
9 January 2008
14:31 GMT |
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A new worm has been spotted in the wild and, as far I can see, all the addicted gamers out there are vulnerable unless they got their computers protected. Security vendor Trend Micro writes that WORM_LEGMIR.FU affects most versions of the Microsoft operating system, including Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and Server 2... |
9 January 2008
08:37 GMT |
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I bet you first thought I was talking about a real antivirus... You know, that software application especially created to discover and block harmful files... But AlfaAntivirus is not that kind of program, it is actually a fake antivirus solution that wants to trick people and make them believe they are installing a s... |
7 January 2008
16:06 GMT |
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Christmas has come and gone so the use of infected ecards and season greetings is not so popular anymore. But today's hackers / attackers / spammers / whatever you want to name them seem to be working 24 hours a day, as new techniques, exploits and computer infections are released in the wild every day. Today, w... |
7 January 2008
13:31 GMT |
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MSN Messenger is once again under attack, as Trend Micro detected one more Windows worm attempting to spread itself through the famous instant messaging application. WORM_IRCBOT.EL may infect Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and Server 2003, having a medium damage potential and a medium distribution potential. The worm c... |
4 January 2008
16:36 GMT |
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A new Facebook application brings the popular social networking service back in the spotlight, as it attempts to take users on a dangerous website and deploy malicious files on their computers. 'Secret Crush' is a Facebook application claiming that it is able to disclose the friend's name that has a "s... |
4 January 2008
12:56 GMT |
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Gmail and Yahoo have always been two of the most popular email services on the web and this obviously caught the hackers' and spammers' attention. A few days ago, it happened again: a new infection has been spotted in the wild, being used by attackers to gather new email addresses for other spamming purpose... |
4 January 2008
11:41 GMT |
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Remember that pay-by-phone exploit that attempted to infect your computer and steal your money? Well, it seems like it is much more dangerous than we've expected. Security company Trend Micro today published an advisory concerning TROJ_RANSOM.B, the Trojan horse that supports the entire attack, saying that it af... |
4 January 2008
02:45 GMT |
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Another day, another scam spotted in the wild. This time, it's a pay-by-phone attack, as the Sunbelt officials named it, because it attempts to steal people's money by phone. Remember that rogue antispyware attacks? Today's scam is pretty similar and let me explain why. First of all, the rogue antispyw... |
3 January 2008
15:11 GMT |
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So, we've seen a Trojan horse, a worm and now we get file infector with high damage potential and high distribution potential. Well, this is the beginning of the year I've always dreamed about (NOT). Security company Trend Micro spotted PE_PROYO.A-O in the wild and today rolled out a report informing that i... |
3 January 2008
12:06 GMT |
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Earlier this day, security company Trend Micro has published an advisory concerning a malicious JavaScript that attempts to open Internet Explorer in order to download additional infections on an affected computer. Now, another Microsoft Windows component is affected by a pretty dangerous infection: Windows Task Sche... |
3 January 2008
05:58 GMT |
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McAfee managed to cause a serious problem these days as it flagged several legitimate websites as infected. According to several reports, users who installed McAfee's Antivirus were alerted that multiple pages, including Verizon Wireless, Ars Technica, Friendster and ESPN.com, got infected with JS/Exploit-BO, a ... |
3 January 2008
05:34 GMT |
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The new year has come with an avalanche of threats that may seriously harm our computers if we don't protect them as we should. JS_PSYME.AZ has been spotted in the wild by security company Trend Micro, which wrote that this malicious JavaScript affects most Windows versions including 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and eve... |
3 January 2008
04:20 GMT |
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Here we go again! If 2007 was a pretty busy year when it comes to computer infections, worms, Trojan horses and other types of threats, it seems like 2008 wants to become at least as dangerous as its predecessor. January 1st came with the first Trojan horse of the year as security vendor Trend Micro noted in the last... |
1 January 2008
10:08 GMT |
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Backdoor.Hupigon.aahh is the newest threat that may assault your computer, but this time, it may be a really important danger. According to SpywareRemove.com, the backdoor attempts to deploy its files through browser vulnerabilities discovered on your computer, but it may also be installed by email. It seems like Bac... |
28 December 2007
09:41 GMT |
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WORM_RBOT.HBZ is the latest threat spotted in the wild that targets the Windows systems and attempts to drop its files on most versions of the Microsoft operating system including 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP and Server 2003. The worm was discovered by security company Trend Micro, which wrote that it could easily reach your... |
28 December 2007
04:24 GMT |
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We've seen similar infections in the past, but since this is a new one, it may bypass your antivirus and reach the files stored on your drives. PE_PAGIPEF.AD-O is that kind of infection that targets your executable files, so that some of them may become unusable because the file infector adds its codes at the be... |
27 December 2007
14:26 GMT |
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In case you thought you're safe this Christmas because you have applied the latest definitions for your security software, I'm sorry to disappoint you, but you're not safe at all. And a recently-spotted worm comes to support this statement. WORM_DLOADER.TBW is a Windows infection discovered by security... |
27 December 2007
06:02 GMT |
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OK, I get it, Christmas is one of those times of the year when all sorts of infections rise up and become extremely dangerous for every unpatched system. There have been so many security reports that it makes me think no one is safe these days. But, let's see one more threat which seems to be placed among the mo... |
27 December 2007
05:32 GMT |
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Christmas is only history now and we're all expecting the New Year celebrations. Hackers, attackers and scammers are also preparing for the new event, but, as usual, they like to do it in an unique way: by building Trojan horses, infections and other types of malware designed to be installed on people's com... |
27 December 2007
05:00 GMT |
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Remember the latest Storm that infected a huge number of computers? Well, it's back. This time, it comes with Christmas-related offerings. Just like usual, the most dangerous threat is delivered by email, so in case you receive suspect messages, you're advised to delete them as soon as possible. Most emails... |
27 December 2007
04:01 GMT |
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