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Sony 'rootkit' prompts office clampdown on CD use
November 14, 2005
IT departments are reacting to a new threat: users bringing CDs to work that can introduce rootkit-like software to their systems.
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Virus writer purports to show bin Laden's death
July 23, 2004
Message circulating on the Internet carries a Trojan horse disguised as pictures of the al-Qaida leader committing suicide.
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Microsoft investigates 'download warning' flaw
November 23, 2004
Problem in IE and XP SP2 allows a malicious Web site to bypass the browser's warnings when downloading potentially harmful content.
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Reheated Bagle comes with side of source code
July 6, 2004
Use of assembly language indicates worm's author is no novice, but it won't take an expert programmer to breed new variants.
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Bulk of year's PC infections pinned to one man
July 28, 2004
Firm says German teen, self-confessed author of Netsky and Sasser viruses, to blame for 70 percent of infections.
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Tsunami 'hacker' keeps security job
November 11, 2005
Conviction under the U.K. Computer Misuse Act hasn't stopped Daniel Cuthbert from working for a tech security company.
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