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Virus Forces MySpace to Remove Infected Profiles

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Leading social networking site MySpace was forced to shut down hundreds of user profile pages after a combination worm and phishing attack struck the site over the weekend. The worm, discovered late last week, targeted the Javascript support code associated with Apple’s QuickTime player in conjunction with a vulnerability in MySpace itself. MySpace enables users…

Hackers Use European Storm to Spread E-Mail Attack

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

“Storm Worm” is the name that seems to have stuck for a massive malware attack that spread Thursday and Friday by teasing e-mail recipients to open infected messages supposedly about European wind storms. The attackers use of the subject line “230 dead as storm batters Europe” was an effective way to lure careless computer users…

Report: Cybercriminals Favor Web Browser Attacks

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Bad news outweighs the good in the new “Threat Report 2007” issued Monday by Sophos, the global IT security company. The good news, which might provide significant hope, is that computer users are finally refraining from opening attachments connected to unsolicited e-mail. Because of that, according to Sophos, hackers are moving away from the devious…

Microsoft: Vista Voice Recognition Attack No Big Deal

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft has acknowledged a clever person might be able to remotely exploit the voice recognition features of the new Vista operating system to gain access to a PC, but a company representative downplayed the seriousness of the problem. The company’s response was posted on the Microsoft Security Response Center (MSRC) blog. MSRC program manager Adrian…

Microsoft Warns Excel Users of Zero Day Attacks

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft Excel users should avoid opening or saving any file attachments sent via e-mail if the message is not from a trusted source or arrives unexpectedly, the company said following public reports of zero day attacks exploiting a flaw in the spreadsheet program. Security firm Secunia ranks the vulnerability as extremely critical because it can…

Rinbot Worm Threatens Big Business Networks

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

A new computer virus targeting antivirus vendor Symantec’s security software has hit a division of at least one big U.S. corporation this week and is still considered a threat to other networks. The virus, which has reportedly infested CNN and its parent company Turner Broadcasting System, is the latest strain of the Rinbot computer virus,…

New Worm Masquerades as IE7 Beta Download

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

It always pays to be suspicious when unsolicited e-mails arrive, and on Friday new evidence underscored the point: A malicious e-mail purportedly from Microsoft actually serves up a worm dubbed “Grum.” The e-mail, which claims to come from admin@microsoft.com and reads “Internet Explorer 7 Downloads” in the subject line, displays an image that invites users…

The Mushrooming Menace of Keyloggers

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

There may be few things as disturbing to Internet users as the thought of someone spying on them and capturing their every keystroke. Unfortunately, this has been happening more frequently as the use of keyloggers, phishing and spoofing grows. In 2006, Keylogging was the fastest-growing type of malware in what Kaspersky Lab calls the “TrojWare”…

Microsoft Under Pressure to Deliver Zero-Day DNS Patch

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Microsoft on Wednesday announced plans to offer a fix to a critical flaw in Windows Domain Name System (DNS) servers that is currently being exploited by cybercriminals. The zero-day flaw, found on servers running Windows Server 2000 Service Pack 4 and Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 and Service Pack 2, gives attackers full control…

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