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Lenovo computers in early next year are planning to present a new security system for notebooks. System allows you to disable your notebook by sending it an SMS message. If the notebook is turned on the lock down happens immediately or, if it’s turned of, the next time the system signs into cellular network.
The system […]

There must be someone at AVG Technologies trying to sabotage reputation of products developed by this company. Users of AVG anti-virus were forced to delete regular files as those were malicious three times of late month.
First incident happened a month ago, when AVG detected a dangerous trojan and recommended deleting it while it was actually […]

Adult websites are known for spreading various computer parasites. Visiting porn sources may result adware, trojans and malicious toolbars secretly installed on a computer. Nevertheless, people keep risking their privacy and security being compromised in exchange for a glance at spicy pictures and videos. The new wave of porn websites is great disappointment for such […]

People often believe that cyber scammers and malware creators are impossible to catch and punish. Fortunately, that’s not true. Although, malware makers are rarely identified, October 2008 brings some losses for scammers’ community as distributors of Antivirus XP rogue application are being sued.
People behind scams like AntiVirusXP are known for the lack of information about […]

PandaLabs had reported recent increase of fake antivirus applications. Frequently appearing as free downloads on the internet, these applications pass through antivirus and firewall as utilities; also they can be embedded in other type of files like music or video files downloaded by user.
When installed on the machine they invite user (who often do not […]

NASA admitted that several laptops at International Space Station were infected with worm dedicated to steal passwords. NASA spokesman claimed it wasn’t the first incident of this kind, but he also assured it doesn’t happen frequently. The infected computers were not responsible for any critical tasks; therefore worm hadn’t made any major harm.
According to security […]

What should be expected in hackers’ conference? If we put talks about cool tricks and security problems aside, the least you can expect is some action. That’s probably what two French journalists wear seeking for when they virtually stole logins of their colleagues. Ironically, hacking wasn’t allowed in Black Hats conference and curious reporters are […]

Every popular website is a potential target of scammers, hackers, spammers and all the other bandits of World Wide Web. There’s no surprise that the Twitter, fast growing microblogging website, got hackers attention. They created a scheme to lure Twitter users into downloading malware voluntarily.
The problem of Twitter profiles is the advantage of the website […]

We could hope for more secure days of the internet to come, if only security researches forecasted anything positive. Unfortunately, when it comes to safety of the World Wide Web, each computer user is as vulnerable as a fly on spiders net.
ScanSafe Global Threat research reported malware rates were 278 percent higher first half of […]

Each country is limited by its laws and territory, while cyber crimes are global. You can easily come to the conclusion on your own: fighting cyber crimes should be international deal, otherwise it’s doomed. Politicians of Japan and France apparently are familiar with the situation online and met on 12th June to discuss the matter. […]