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Security Researchers Crack Zippo Password

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

SophosLabs is warning computer users about Troj/Zippo-A, also known as Cryzip, this week, and offering the secret code to crack the scam. The Trojan horse encrypts computer data and attempts to extort a US$300 ransom. Zippo-A searches for files, such as Word documents, databases and spreadsheets, and moves them into password-encrypted ZIP files on a…

Survey Finds 97 Percent of Web Users a Click Away From Infection

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Some 97 percent of Web surfers are just a click away from infecting their computers with adware and spyware, according to anti-malware software maker McAfee, of Santa Clara, Calif. McAfee came to that conclusion after analyzing 14,464 responses to a spyware quiz taken by consumers at its SiteAdvisor Web site. “Of the 14,000 people who…

Phishers Latch Onto VoIP Systems

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Phishers are targeting potential victims through yet another channel: voice over IP systems. Cloudmark, a provider of messaging security applications, this week discovered two separate e-mail schemes that direct recipients to VoIP systems in an effort to steal their personal data. The scam works like this, according to Adam J. O’Donnell, senior research scientist at…

Blue Security Shutters After Brutal Spam Attack

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Blue Security, an Internet security firm that tried to fight spam with spam, has shut down after a prolongeddenial-of-service launched by the spammers it hoped to put out of business. The Israel-based company tried to use the tactics of spammers against it, using a system that automatically sent messages back to them, operating on the…

eEye Discovers Flaw in Symantec’s Antivirus Program

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

eEye Digital Security has discovered a critical vulnerability in Symantec’s antivirus enterprise software — a remotely exploitable flaw that provides system level access to affected machines. Following expected protocol for such discoveries, eEye notified Symantec on Wednesday evening, Mike Puterbaugh, eEye’s vice president of product marketing, told TechNewsWorld. eEye posted its own warning on its…

Sophos Cracks Archiveus Ransomware Code

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Sophos has cracked the code to unlock files held hostage by Archiveus ransomware. The security software firm warned users on Thursday about the Trojan horse, which encrypts victims’ computer data and then attempts to force users into making a purchase from an online pharmacy. Archiveus is not the first example of ransomware. In March 2006,…

Microsoft Slammed With Second Class Action Suit Over WGA

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Two class action lawsuits are targeting Windows Genuine Advantage, one of Microsoft’s initiatives to stem the massive piracy of its applications. Both suits claim that WGA, which is just a year old, functions essentially as spyware on licensed Microsoft users’ PCs in violation of California and Washington’s consumer protection and anti-spyware laws. WGA is an…

Chinese Engineers Reportedly Crack Skype’s Code

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The blogsphere is buzzing with a report made by a Skype competitor — who also helpfully provided screenshots illustrating the event — that Skype’s protocol has been cracked by a Chinese engineering team. Charlie Paglee, head of VoIP provider Vozin Communications, claims in his blog, VoIPWiki Blog, that a team at an unnamed research institution…

US Losing Momentum in Fight Against Spam

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

The United States is still wearing its notorious spam crown. For the third year in a row, the world’s super power is also the world’s leading spam thoroughfare, according to Sophos’ “Dirty Dozen” report on the top 12 spam-relaying countries during the second quarter of 2006. Perhaps more troublesome is the news that the U.S.…

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