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Microsoft’s Live Search (finally) adds malware warningsOpen in New Window
Microsoft’s Live Search team has officially announced the integration of warnings for potentially malware infected sites within Live Search, following last week’s introduction of a malwar read more »
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Trusteer offers up malware search toolOpen in New Window
Don Reisinger writes "Trusteer, a company that provides online protection services, announced Wednesday that it launched a malware search tool that allows users to see what kind of attacks are targe read more »
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CBS Web site bitten by iFrame hackOpen in New Window
"TV network CBS has become the latest big name to have it Web site used to host malware, a security company has reported.It appears that Russian malware distributors were able to launch another iFra read more »
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Despite what blogs (and Apple) say, Macs will eventually have malwareOpen in New Window
People seemed to get into a tizzy about Apple posting an announcement recommending Anti-Virus software for Macs. Even though it was retracted, I do think that Apple priming Mac users for the eventua read more »
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Antivirus programs unreliable during critical coverage gapOpen in New Window
Joel Hruska talks about the ever-present anti-malware problem of reactivity. The fact that antivirus providers can't preemptively write cures for viruses not yet invented and that analytical algorit read more »
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The 2008 geek gadget gift guide: Gatekeeper PicoOpen in New Window
Galen Gruman reviews Gatekeeper Pico from Yoggie. "It's a small Linux-based minicomputer that -- get this -- runs a baker's dozen of security apps, from anti-virus to stateful packet inspection, a read more »
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U.S. Army Goes Bot HuntingOpen in New Window
Thomas Claburn writes about BotHunter, a free malware-detection application for Mac OS X, Linux/Unix, and Windows that monitors network activity. Unlike intrusion detection system (IDS) tools that sc read more »
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AVG and Rising signatures update detects Windows files as malwareOpen in New Window
"Yesterday, a signatures update pushed by AVG falsely labeled a critical Windows file as a banker malware, prompting the company to quickly fix the issue and issue a workaround..." read more »
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