Virus sends costly messages from Android phones
Mobile security firm Lookout on Tuesday warned that a booby-trapped Movie Player application is infecting Android phones in Russia with a virus that sends costly text messages.
Mobile security firm Lookout on Tuesday warned that a booby-trapped Movie Player application is infecting Android phones in Russia with a virus that sends costly text messages.
Consumer & Gadgets
Aug 11, 2010
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Microsoft this week will stop issuing security fixes for computers running the Windows XP operating system updated with Service Pack 2.
Software
Jul 12, 2010
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Self-propagating worms are malicious computer programs, which, after being released, can spread throughout networks without human control, stealing or erasing hard drive data, interfering with pre-installed programs and slowing, ...
Software
Feb 1, 2010
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Do-it-yourself cybercrime kits are driving a surge in Internet-borne computer infections.
Internet
Jan 26, 2010
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(AP) -- Microsoft Corp. says it's not to blame for a problem that is causing a "limited" number of Windows computers to boot up to a blank black screen.
Software
Dec 2, 2009
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(AP) -- Of all the sinister things that Internet viruses do, this might be the worst: They can make you an unsuspecting collector of child pornography.
Internet
Nov 8, 2009
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Even well-defended computers can leak shocking amounts of private data. MIT researchers seek out exotic attacks in order to shut them down.
Computer Sciences
Oct 30, 2009
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(AP) -- Internet criminals might be rethinking a favorite scam for stealing people's personal information.
Internet
Aug 26, 2009
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(AP) -- A piece of anti-theft software built into many laptops at the factory opens a serious security hole, according to research presented Thursday.
Software
Jul 31, 2009
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(AP) -- Minutes after any big celebrity dies, Internet swindlers get to work. They pump out specially created spam e-mails and throw up malicious Web sites to infect victims' computers, hoping to capitalize on the sudden ...
Internet
Jun 30, 2009
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