Ry Crozier reports: A recruiter hit by a thief attempting to install malware had fielded calls from government departments anxious for assurances that the business’s IT systems were not breached. Support Staff Australasia’s managing director Richard Gilham told iTnews he had assurances from police investigators and his IT team that the thief did not access…
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UK: Computer virus shuts down Exeter University system (updated)
From ThisisExeter: The entire computer network at Exeter University had to be closed down after a it was hit by a virus attack. Hundreds of computers were taken off-line and lecturers were forced to give up their hi-tech teaching and return to using chalk and blackboards. It meant that there was no access to email,…
Security researcher IDs China link in Google hack
Robert McMillan reports: The malicious software used to steal information from companies such as Google contains code that links it to China, a security researcher said Tuesday After examining the back-door Hydraq Trojan used in the hack, SecureWorks researcher Joe Stewart found that it used an unusual algorithm to check for data corruption when it…
Google Hack Attack Was Ultra Sophisticated, New Details Show
Kim Zetter reports: Hackers seeking source code from Google, Adobe and dozens of other high-profile companies used unprecedented tactics that combined encryption, stealth programming and an unknown hole in Internet Explorer, according to new details released by researchers at anti-virus firm McAfee. “We have never ever, outside of the defense industry, seen commercial industrial companies…
Today’s burning question
How many new strains of malware were identified in 2009? (a) 12,186,379 (b) about 18 million (c) over 25 million Answer: (c), according to PandaLabs. Read more on InfoWorld.
(update) Penn State malware incident affected Schuylkill campus
The Associated Press reports that the previously unidentified Penn State campus affected by a malware breach is its branch campus in Schuylkill County.