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Kindsight Study Shows One in Three Households Hacked

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Identity Protection developer Kindsight has just released the results of a 30-day study involving over 200,000 Internet-using households in North America. The study showed that over 30 percent of households “have been infected and are at serious risk of online identity theft, cybercrime and other threats”.

"Chuck Norris" Bot Infects Routers and DSL Adapters

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Czech researchers have uncovered a botnet running on broadband routers and DSL adapters. 

Kneber Botnet Strikes Worldwide

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NetWitness has uncovered an 75,000-PC botnet that has managed to infiltrate corporations and businesses over several months, making off with sensitive data.

More Mac Malware Masquerades As Pirated Apps

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Trend Micro is reporting that another variant of the JAHLAV family of Mac malware has been found in the wild masquerading as pirated versions of legitimate applications.

Malicious Keyloggers On World of Warcraft

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A keylogging trojan program, usually delivered through links on World of Warcraft message boards, is stripping characters of all their money, equipment and bank items, according to security company Webroot.

Flash Cookies Are Watching You

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A paper by researchers at the University of California, Berkeley brings to light the problem of cookies in Adobe’s Flash and their under-appreciated widespread use.