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25 years after the first PC virus, a new worry: Attack toolkits

Posted January 18, 2011 - 2:34 pm

25 years ago, two brothers from Pakistan released the Brain Virus. Today, hackers can buy ready-made toolkits to launch malware attacks - and this trend should concern you.
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Sony BMG rookit scandal: 5 years later

Posted November 1, 2010 - 9:29 pm

The revelation 5 years ago that Sony BMG was planting a secret rootkit onto its music customers' Windows PCs in the name of anti-piracy is seen now as one of the all-time significant events in IT security history.
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Microsoft says rootkit caused Windows blue screens

Posted February 18, 2010 - 10:00 am

Microsoft confirmed that a rootkit caused Windows PCs to crash after users applied a security patch issued last week.
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Stealthy rootkit slides further under the radar

Posted April 15, 2009 - 8:46 pm

Thousands of Web sites have been rigged to deliver a powerful piece of malicious software that many security products may be unprepared to handle.
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A sneaky security problem, ignored by the bad guys

Posted November 15, 2008 - 4:11 pm

Frank Boldewin had seen a lot of malicious software in his time, but never anything like Rustock.C.
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