Tag: kaspersky
Friendly hackers break into Kaspersky's US web site
Unfortunately it’s a fairly common occurrence for web sites to be hacked into these days, but there’s an additional sense of embarrassment when that web site belongs to a security software vendor.
Kaspersky, makers of anti-virus software, has had its US web site compromised by a group of “friendly” hackers. Friendly in the sense that they found the vulnerability that allowed them to gain access to a large amount of personal customer data, but then told the company about it instead of using it their ill-gotten gains…
Shadow botnet pwned by The Law, notifies infected users
In a novel twist that probably won’t send shivers down the spines of evil spammers, a botnet was reprogrammed to send infection warnings to all the computers it had previously infected.
The Shadow botnet was formed by spoofing messages via Windows Live Messenger, spreading through users’ contact lists…
Digital Summer Special: Hot Gadgets Alert!
As a special Bank Holiday treat (with the likelihood that the weather will be anything but summery) here’s a look at some of the hottest products coming over the next couple of months, from top manufacturers you know and a few you probably won’t…
