Tag Archives: Virus

On Sunday, Iranian Gov. said it had detected the Duqu computer virus. According to the people familiar with computer virus, the detected virus is based on Stuxnet, ‘cyber weapon,’ which was discovered last year. ...

The U.S- based cockpits of the military’s Predator and Reaper drones, unmanned combat air vehicle, have been infected by a computer virus, says a report. Wired magazine, a monthly American magazine, in its defense blog says the virus is allegedly logging pilots’ every keystroke as they carry out their missions. Moreover, the reporter adds the virus was first detected...

Some of Twitter followers may be spammers who always try to spam others, or attempt to infect the users’ computer with virus, warned the experts. Typical Twitter users might receive up to 17 ‘dangerous’ Tweets per day and when they follow the spammers back out of courtesy they are spammed.  ...

In 2010, only 9 percent of British companies had social networking bans in place, compared to 32 percent now.  A survey says that almost 53 percent of managers are worried about using social media sites like Facebook and Twitter at work. ...

Online shopping might save our time, mean we don’t have to fret about pickpockets, but hardly do it mean we can let our guard down. Online consumers have to be very watchful about malicious software or malware sent out by hackers, especially if the seller’s software is not updated. ...