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The next generation of security threats

December 5, 2007 Forget widespread worms. Nowadays, limited-scale threats like targeted e-mail attacks are causing the most concern. TAGS: security threat, Del.icio.us, Digg, hacker, security, conference, generation, threat, rootkit, Microsoft Windows Vista, developer, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows

Year in review: Old worms, new tricks

December 27, 2005 Sober came back to bite, while hackers hunted for new ways to attack and spread code--and Sony stumbled into a rootkit debacle. TAGS: Zotob worm, rootkit, zombie, Cisco Systems Inc., antivirus company, worm, hacker, trick, security, e-mail, antivirus, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., server, operating system, PC

Week in review: Hackers put heat on security

August 4, 2006 Black Hat attendees probed tech security to see what shakes out, especially from Microsoft trees. TAGS: hacker, Week in review, Black Hat, conference, Steve Jobs, digital-rights management, France, Apple Computer, VoIP, rootkit, security, Symantec Corp., McAfee Inc., Sony Corp., battery, Microsoft Corp.

Virus writers use open-source methods

July 17, 2006 Antivirus vendor McAfee cites potential for harm if power, efficiency of open source is misused. TAGS: malicious software, open source, McAfee Inc., Networks Associates Technology Inc., source code, MyDoom virus, hacker, rootkit, IRC, virus, copy, security

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