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Waledac Gets Cozy with Virut

Jan

2013

Recently, we blogged about the file-infector virus known as W32.Virut and the botnet’s return to distributing new payloads. In the blog, we estimated that the Virut botnet currently consists of 308,000 unique Virut clients active in a single day. It was also noted that Virut had been observed distributing payloads with the functionality to send out […]

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Threats Get Trickier with Versatility and Social Engineering

Sep

2012

Cybercriminals intending to take your data find various ways through social engineering. For example, in our investigation of what seemed to be a run-of-the mill spam run leading to a pharma site, we’ve uncovered the same points we have raised in our eguide, How Social Engineering Works. The spam run starts as an email notification […]

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Want to disable Facebook facial recognition? Read this

Jun

2012

Sophos – Facebook is acquiring facial recognition firm Face.com, for an estimated $60 million.Facebook already uses Face.com’s facial recognition technology to help it put a name to faces in photos uploaded to the social network. Now, with the acquisition of Face.com, the technology is coming in house.So what does Facebook facial recognition actually do?There are […]

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