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Weaponized Antivirus: When Good Software Does Bad Things
The 8th International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software is aimed at bringing forward the latest scholarly research in security, in an atmosphere that allows direct and candid interaction between all attendees. This year's conference (Malware 2013 for short) launched with a keynote by Dennis Batchelder, director of Microsoft Malware Protection Center, pointing out the hard problems that face the antimalware industry.
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No Touch ID on iPad Air, New iPad Mini; Where's the iPad Security?
This afternoon, Apple rolled out the latest iterations of its tablet line: the iPad Air and the new iPad mini. Though the new iPads are smaller, lighter, and faster than the previous models, they lack the great new Touch ID fingerprint reader of the iPhone 5s.
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How Your Smartphone is Putting Your Identity at Risk
Identity theft is something that happens to other people, or at least, that's what an alarming number of smartphone users seem to think. However, the truth is identity theft is a growing threat to everyone, especially on mobile devices.
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Researchers Isolate Blackhole Exploit Kit Symptoms, Pinpoint Infected Twitter Accounts
Professor Jeanna Matthews and Ph.D. student Joshua White at Clarkson University leveraged the open nature of Twitter to discover a reliable identifier for tweets generated by the Blackhole Exploit Kit. Their presentation was recognized as the best paper at the 8th International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software (Malware 2013 for short).
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Facebook Users Fall Victim to Social Empires Cheat Scam
Facebook games have amassed huge audiences with their broad, social appeal. However, among these expanding user bases are some more casual players who aren't necessarily the world's most tech-savvy people. Case in point, 135,000 players of the popular Facebook strategy game Social Empires have recently been scammed through a fake cheat.
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Why Microsoft Doesn't Need Independent Antivirus Lab Tests
Dennis Batchelder, director of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center (MMPC), presented the keynote speech for the 8th International Conference on Malicious and Unwanted Software (Malware 2013 for short). We met afterward and though I can't go into full detail, I can tell you that what they do is pretty amazing.
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Mobile Threat Monday: App For Doctors Sends Unencrypted Data
Most people agree that things like digital patient records could improve how care is administered, but issues of security and privacy (and enormous up-front costs) have kept progress modest. This week, we look at one Android app that aims to help doctors, but ends up revealing personal information in the process.
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