Tag: virus
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Goldblum Plans to Save the World Again – with Antivirus Software?
After containing a dinosaur threat on several occasions and preventing the complete destruction of Earth by aliens, our personal Hollywood hero Jeff Goldblum has yet another plan to save the world – his very own anti-virus software called, appropriately enough, GOLDBLUM. That’s right – the star of Jurassic Park and Independence Day is here in […]
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Malware Found On Unblocked Torrent Sites
It’s always the same story with sites online that serve up content for free – they’re usually blocked here in the UK, but before long a ‘mirror’ site, or a proxy, shows up to make it available despite the restrictions. However, a research initiative into just how safe these unblocked torrent sites are has shown […]
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Empty BUDA Folder on USB Flash Drive – What is it? How do I get rid of it?
Have you ever gone to transfer some videos or media to your USB flash drive to watch via your Blu-Ray player and discovered a mysterious folder named BUDA? The folder appears to be completely empty and has no real reason for existing, so you’ve thrown it in your computer’s waste basket – only to find […]
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Phishing Emails Still Major Security Problem
Phishing e-mails are certainly one of the oldest methods of infecting a computer with a virus – the rogue mail lands in an inbox and awaits a user clicking on a link or attachment within that leads to a virus being downloaded. According to Verizon, in a new Data Breach investigations report, users are still […]
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Virus Holds Video Games To Ransom
A tricky computer virus has been discovered which amazingly manages to hold people’s video games at ransom in exchange for extortionate amounts of money. The virus is a variant of crypto-ransom software TeslaCrypt, which notoriously hold people’s computers to ransom for massive amounts of money by locking out their programs. File extensions associated with games, […]
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Apple unwittingly admits security flaws in iOS 8
Apple may have just accidentally admitted that iOS isn’t as secure as the flocks might like to believe. iOS 8.2 has been plagued with some issues from malware and viruses. Attacks from things such as WireLurker, Masque Attack and Xagent have been able to infect iPhones from third party app markets. Apple’s excuse to […]
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Mac OS X ‘Thunderstrike’ Bug Patched
It was Google that spotted several Mac OS X flaws as part of their ongoing crusade against looming security holes known as Project Zero. The initiative scours the internet for zero day exploits, security holes which are present in a system from the moment it is released that the manufacturer is unaware of. Google’s pet projects […]
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“Regin” Malware Infecting computers since 2008 – Explained
Regin is the latest piece of malware identified by Symantec researchers, why is that newsworthy I hear you ask? Well let me try and explain. Regin is not like your run of the mill Malware, the like that would infect your pc via malicious websites you clicked by “accident” are easily found and removed by […]
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NotCompatible.c Android Virus Discovered
A previously discovered threat for Android which was dealt with two years has once again reared its ugly head – the malware, then known as ‘NotCompatible’ has returned under the NotCompatible.c – the main difference between the original and version c is that those employing it are using new tactics that seem to be taking […]
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Researchers Find iOS App Virus ‘Wirelurker’
Researchers checking the new Mac OS X version, OS X Yosemite, have unfortunately discovered an interesting virus which is alarmingly able to make the jump between computers using OS X onto iOS mobile devices. The team at Palo Alto Networks responsible for the research have managed to find the virus, a piece of Malware which […]
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Google Cloud Messaging hacked – Android users at higher risk of Malware
Google’s service gets hacked, leaving gates open for hackers to send harmful malware to Android devices…
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Thousands Affected by Malware Virus in Over 30 Google Play Store Apps
Mobile security firm Lookout reports up to 9,000,000 dodgy downloads have been made recently via the Google Play Store.