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FBI Offers Unique Check for Damaging Computer VirusNews from Patch.com: In November, the FBI charged six Estonian nationals and one Russian national for engaging in a massive and sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that infected more than four million computers located in more than 100 countries with malware, according to an FBI press release. Of the [...]

Computer virus could cause loss of Internet for hundreds of thousandsNews from WDRB: WASHINGTON (AP) — For computer users, a few mouse clicks could mean the difference between staying online and losing Internet connections this summer. Unknown to most of them, their problem began when international hackers ran an online advertising scam to take control [...]

Apple plans software to rid 650000 Macs of Flashback virusNews from Fox News: Think your Apple computer is immune? Think different. A nasty bit of malware called Flashback has infected approximately 600,000 Macintosh computers worldwide through a Java security flaw, according to a Russian security firm — and Apple itself is hard at work on [...]

Scam watch: Computer virus warning, Ponzi scheme, fake BBB emailNews from Los Angeles Times: Here is a roundup of alleged cons, frauds and schemes to watch out for. Computer virus warning – The Federal Trade Commission has started mailing refunds to 300,000 consumers who were victims of a scam in which they were tricked into [...]

Computer virus cripples Gwinnett Medical CentersNews from WXIA-TV:   Facebook Google buzz … Read the full article . Related News: Computer, human goof-ups overstated export figures by almost $ 9 bn: GovtNews from Economic Times: NEW DELHI: Computer and human errors have overstated India’s export figures by almost $ 9 billion, the government said on [...]

Duqu Computer Virus Prompts Indian Authorities To Seize Computer EquipmentNews from Huffington Post: By Jim Finkle and Supantha Mukherjee(Reuters) – Indian authorities seized computer equipment from a data center in Mumbai as part of an investigation into the Duqu malicious software that some security experts warned could be the next big cyber threat. Two workers [...]

First came Stuxnet computer virus: now there’s DuquNews from Reuters: By Tabassum Zakaria WASHINGTON | Tue Oct 18, 2011 7:21pm EDT (Reuters) – First there was the Stuxnet computer virus that wreaked havoc on Iran’s nuclear program. Now comes “Duqu,” which researchers on Tuesday said appears to be quite similar. Security software firm Symantec said [...]

Military: Computer Virus Wasn’t Directed at DronesNews from ABC News: The computer virus that hit the Pentagon’s drone program last month was not directed at the military systems but was common malware used to steal log-ins and passwords used in online gaming, military officials said Wednesday. According to Air Force Space Command, the virus did [...]

Computer virus hits US drone fleetNews from CNN International: Many Reapers and Predators, pictured above at the Creech Air Force Base in 2009, don’t encrypt the video they transmit. STORY HIGHLIGHTS The virus has resisted multiple efforts to remove it from Creech’s computers It may be a common piece of malware They’re sure that the [...]

Computer virus hits US military dronesNews from Dayton Business Journal: Computer hackers have apparently turned their sites to unmanned aerial vehicles as UAVs, or drones, operated by the U.S. military have been infected with a mysterious computer virus. Wired.com on reports that a computer virus that logs every keystroke of pilots has infected Predator and [...]