In a fantasy world, children (of all ages) would tell their parents everything. “I am not really sick today – I really just want to catch up on some TV!” “Erica isn’t just my study mate – she is my girlfriend and we have been together for 6 months!’ “I know I am only 12 Read more…
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Last year McAfee undertook some quite revealing research into the online behaviour of Aussie teens. Entitled ‘The Secret Life of Teens ‘ this research report taught us that 95% of our teens are accessing Facebook daily, 31% have broken the law through piracy and a shocking 6% have met up with a stranger they met Read more…
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The other day I was watching a rerun of “Up in the Air,” in which the character of George Clooney makes a presentation titled, “What’s in your Backpack?” This simple question set me thinking and I started wondering, what was there in MY backpack, which happens to be my life and soul, the computer. I Read more…
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Some of the most interesting research on mobile botnets is being done in the lab. Security researchers Collin Mulliner and Jean Pierre Seifert have put together a robust Proof-of-Concept (PoC) iPhone botnet. Their research was presented at the 5th International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software (MALWARE 2010) last week. In a presentation titled “Rise Read more…
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Today we’re going to take a look at an interesting file-infector virus. W32/Ramnit infects EXE, DLL and HTML files. That last one is right; W32/Ramnit also infects HTML files to replicate itself. Let’s start with the components of this thread. W32/Ramnit has basically three components. The infector, the infected code in EXE/DLL files, and the Read more…
At Davos this week, I’ve had the opportunity to speak with world leaders about the most pressing issues of the day. Among the issues we’ve been discussing is the true cost of cybercrime, and the incredible drag it’s creating on the global economy. To underscore that point, we just announced the results of the first Read more…
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