• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-04-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on DHS warns about privacy implications of cybersecurity bill

The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has warned about the privacy implications of a cybersecurity bill that is intended to encourage businesses to share information about cyberthreats with the government.The DHS has also warned that the informat... Read More

• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-04-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Apple computers vulnerable to ‘Thunderstrike 2’ firmware worm

An improved attack on the firmware in Apple computers makes them vulnerable to hard-to-detect malware without even being connected to a network, according to a Black Hat conference presentation due to be given later this week.The new research highlights ongoing […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-04-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Cleaning up botnets takes years, if ever, to complete

In late 2008, a worm called Conficker began infecting millions of computers, startling the computer security community into action.Conficker’s quick spread was so alarming that an organization was formed called the Conficker Working Group that was tasked with stopping the […]

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• Brian Burke-Gaffney
• Aug-04-2015
• Business Technology
•  Comments Off on Yahoo tackles large ‘malvertising’ campaign in its ad network

Yahoo said Monday it had removed malware from its advertising network, after malicious code there had gone undetected for at least six days.Security researchers at Malwarebytes said they discovered malicious ads planted in Yahoo’s network on Sunday and alerted Yahoo. […]

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