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Technology

The Worms that Scared Twitter

The Worms that Scared Twitter

Twitter, the micro bloggig site that has exploded recently in terms of popularity and still has...
» read full story April 14th, 2009 - 14:29
Conficker Worm Still Out There, Evolving

Conficker Worm Still Out There, Evolving

The Conficker worm, which was feared that it would bring the Internet on its knees on April 1 but...
» read full story April 10th, 2009 - 14:30

Global computer virus begun mutating, German agency warns

Bonn, Germany  - A computer virus which has spread worldwide began mutating overnight, German...
» read full story April 09th, 2009 - 19:13
Conficker Worm Threat Still There

Conficker Worm Threat Still There

April 1 has passed and no major cyber attacks from the Conficker worm occurred yet. However, most...
» read full story April 03rd, 2009 - 14:58
Number of Conficker.c-Infected PCs Much Bigger than Thought

Number of Conficker.c-Infected PCs Much Bigger than Thought

There are several estimations on the number of computers the Conficker.c worm infected since it was...
» read full story April 02nd, 2009 - 14:01

Conficker virus quiet on deadline day, but threat remains

San Francisco - Conficker, the April Fool's worm, began contacting pre-designated websites for...
» read full story April 01st, 2009 - 22:07

As April 1 deadline looms, researchers advance on Conficker worm

Researchers have discovered the first easy way to detect the presence of the Conficker computer...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 10:58
Smart Grid Is Hackable, Cyber Security Experts Said

Smart Grid Is Hackable, Cyber Security Experts Said

Recent tests showed that the Smart Grid, which delivers electricity from suppliers to consumers...
» read full story March 23rd, 2009 - 14:59
Facebook Hit by New Variant of Koobface Worm

Facebook Hit by New Variant of Koobface Worm

Facebook users beware!   Yet another rogue app has taken the popular social-networking site...
» read full story March 03rd, 2009 - 14:30
Microsoft Places $250,000 Bounty on Conficker’s Head

Microsoft Places $250,000 Bounty on Conficker’s Head

Microsoft announced it will offer a $250,000 bounty for the one who helps them track down and...
» read full story February 15th, 2009 - 14:19
Quarter of a Million Dollar Reward for Information on “Conficker” Worm

Quarter of a Million Dollar Reward for Information on “Conficker” Worm

Microsoft not only gathered round the most important security companies, but it has also offered a...
» read full story February 14th, 2009 - 13:33
Microsoft Offers A $250,000 Reward On Worm Details

Microsoft Offers A $250,000 Reward On Worm Details

After last year’s announcement made by Microsoft, which stated that a...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 14:49
Microsoft Gives $250000 Reward for Information about Conficker/Downadup Worm

Microsoft Gives $250000 Reward for Information about Conficker/Downadup Worm

Microsoft has decided to take its computer security out from the company’s walls. After being...
» read full story February 13th, 2009 - 14:14
Conficker Worm Infecting Millions of Systems

Conficker Worm Infecting Millions of Systems

During recent weeks, a worm has been affecting corporate, educational and public computer networks...
» read full story January 25th, 2009 - 13:52
Intego Announces Trojan Hidden In iWork ‘09

Intego Announces Trojan Hidden In iWork ‘09

The Internet security firm Intego has just announced that it has discovered a new Trojan horse in...
» read full story January 25th, 2009 - 12:55
New Computer Worm Detected

New Computer Worm Detected

Computer security specialists at antivirus companies have detected a new infection, which spreads...
» read full story January 24th, 2009 - 17:54
Worm Infects 9 Million PCs So Far

Worm Infects 9 Million PCs So Far

Disturbing as it sounds, experts have just announced that a malicious worm which exploits a...
» read full story January 24th, 2009 - 12:46
Watch Out For Downadup Worm’s Vista Tricks!

Watch Out For Downadup Worm’s Vista Tricks!

The Downadup or Conficker worm continues its journey through PCs worldwide, and has managed to...
» read full story January 21st, 2009 - 16:04
Downadup Virus Infects 1 Million PCs In One Day

Downadup Virus Infects 1 Million PCs In One Day

Disturbing as it sounds, the computer worm that exploits a month-old Windows bug has infected more...
» read full story January 21st, 2009 - 12:14

Downadup Infects 8 Million Computers

Most of the corporate life now is highly dependable on computers and networks, making a virus one...
» read full story January 20th, 2009 - 02:22
Report: Conficker Worm Infects 7 Million Computers In 4 Days

Report: Conficker Worm Infects 7 Million Computers In 4 Days

  Security company F-Secure warned about a rapidly spreading ‘Downadup’ worm,...
» read full story January 19th, 2009 - 15:59
Close Your Windows Blinds and Watch Out for Kido

Close Your Windows Blinds and Watch Out for Kido

Security researchers at F-Secure Corp. today said that 6.5 million Windows PCs have been infected...
» read full story January 17th, 2009 - 01:22
Prolific Worm Attacking Windows PCs

Prolific Worm Attacking Windows PCs

A prolific new worm has managed to infect over 3.5 million computers that run on the Windows...
» read full story January 15th, 2009 - 17:03
Top 25 Programming Errors Released

Top 25 Programming Errors Released

A media event in Washington, D.C., will probably include the disclosure of 25 of the most dangerous...
» read full story January 13th, 2009 - 15:12
Koobface Virus Affecting Facebook Users

Koobface Virus Affecting Facebook Users

Malicious software dating back from August this year has been altered recently and has begun...
» read full story December 06th, 2008 - 12:36
Facebook Worm Resurfaces, Resumes Attacks

Facebook Worm Resurfaces, Resumes Attacks

The Koobface virus which Kaspersky Lab reported in July this year has hit again, and is targeting...
» read full story December 06th, 2008 - 09:09
If Facebook Says You’re the Star of a New Video, Run As Fast As You Can

If Facebook Says You’re the Star of a New Video, Run As Fast As You Can

Just weeks after Facebook won an $873 million lawsuit against several people accused of hacking...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 20:46
Koobface Virus Still Attacking Facebook

Koobface Virus Still Attacking Facebook

On December 4, rumor started to spread about a worm attacking Facebook, although the malicious...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 19:20

Srizbi Botnet Back in Hands of Spammers

One of the most harmful types of malware around of late, and one which is extremely difficult...
» read full story November 28th, 2008 - 15:00

Microsoft Warns Windows Users Once Again

Microsoft has just warned its users of a malicious Internet worm after detecting a wave of attacks...
» read full story November 27th, 2008 - 22:12
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Specials

Brooklyn Teen Admits to Creating Worms that Hit Twitter

Brooklyn Teen Admits to Creating Worms that Hit Twitter

Starting Saturday and continuing through Sunday, micro-blogging Web site Twitter was hit with at...
» read full story April 13th, 2009 - 15:35
Twitter Infected by Conficker Worm

Twitter Infected by Conficker Worm

According to several media reports, the malware virus worm called Conficker has worked its way into...
» read full story April 12th, 2009 - 15:33
Hotmail Inboxes Outage Scares E-mail Users

Hotmail Inboxes Outage Scares E-mail Users

Imagine signing in to check for new e-mails and finding out you don’t have an e-mail inbox...
» read full story April 10th, 2009 - 18:30
Conficker.c April 1 Activation Goes By Quietly

Conficker.c April 1 Activation Goes By Quietly

Fortunately, the activation of the Conficker.c worm on April 1 did not have catastrophic effects as...
» read full story April 01st, 2009 - 14:05
Conficker Worm: Huge Threat? April Fools Joke?

Conficker Worm: Huge Threat? April Fools Joke?

Everyone hopes that April 1 won’t actually be Zero Day for the Conficker worm, but if...
» read full story March 31st, 2009 - 14:01
Guinea Worm Disease Will Be Completely Eradicated

Guinea Worm Disease Will Be Completely Eradicated

It is hoped that Guinea worm disease, a parasitic infection caused by the nematode, Dracunculus...
» read full story December 09th, 2008 - 15:00
Koobface Virus Hits Facebook

Koobface Virus Hits Facebook

The Koobface virus started to infect users from social-networking website Facebook. The virus...
» read full story December 05th, 2008 - 22:37
Update: Critical Microsoft Bug Discovered And Patched

Update: Critical Microsoft Bug Discovered And Patched

Microsoft released a security bulletin early on Thursday, detailing and offering a patch for a...
» read full story October 26th, 2008 - 13:23
Virus Found on NASA International Space Station

Virus Found on NASA International Space Station

It is high time people from NASA were more attentive when it comes to protecting their computers....
» read full story August 29th, 2008 - 12:55
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Health

Guinea Worm Disease Close To Eradication

Guinea Worm Disease Close To Eradication

Former US president and anti-disease campaigner Jimmy Carter has recently announced that the Guinea...
» read full story December 08th, 2008 - 17:00

Guinea Worm Disease, Close To Eradication

The Guinea worm disease, also known as the Medina worm disease or, by its scientific name,...
» read full story December 08th, 2008 - 16:40
Guinea Worm Disease Almost Gone

Guinea Worm Disease Almost Gone

Guinea worm disease, also known as dracunculiasis, may disappear within two years, former US...
» read full story December 08th, 2008 - 15:20

Report: Tropical Diseases Common among US Poor

Tropical diseases usually common in Africa, Asia and Latin American appear to be also common among...
» read full story June 25th, 2008 - 12:34
Antidepressant Might Lengthen Life

Antidepressant Might Lengthen Life

A team of U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday that according to a new study conducted on worms,...
» read full story November 23rd, 2007 - 15:31
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Science

Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Green Fluorescent Protein

Chemists Win Nobel Prize For Green Fluorescent Protein

This year, the Nobel Prize in chemistry was awarded to three scientists that used a protein taken...
» read full story October 12th, 2008 - 16:58
Virus Found on Space Station Computers

Virus Found on Space Station Computers

This week, NASA confirmed that a virus has infected at least one computer on the International...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 18:37
The ISS Is Almost Virus-Free

The ISS Is Almost Virus-Free

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration confirmed the news about the computer virus...
» read full story September 01st, 2008 - 14:07
Utah Scientists Create 'Lesbian' Worms

Utah Scientists Create 'Lesbian' Worms

Scientists at the University of Utah have obtained 'lesbian' nematode worms by flipping a genetic...
» read full story October 26th, 2007 - 11:17
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Business

EBay Announces Massive Shakeup at Loss-Making Skype

EBay Announces Massive Shakeup at Loss-Making Skype

The world's largest Internet auctioneer, eBay Inc., revealed in an SEC filing that it will take...
» read full story October 01st, 2007 - 22:02
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