Why Your Company Needs To Hack Itself

Computer security expert Jeremiah Grossman thinks that traditional cybersecurity doesn't have what it takes to fight off today's wired intruders; he advocates companies and governments invite hackers to find weak spots in their systems. Although the year has just started, 2012 is turning out to be an annus horribilis for…

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Avira anti-virus labels itself as spyware

Avira anti-virus detected components of its own application as potentially malign on Wednesday following a dodgy signature update. Avira detected its own AESCRIPT.DLL library file as the previously obscure “TR/Spy.463227” strain of malware. The dodgy AntiVir virus definition file was quickly pulled and replaced with a new version – 7.11.16.146…

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Google busts itself for distributing malware

Google is under fire in Washington for favoring its own properties. This week, I ran across proof that on at least one front it doesn’t discriminate. The company’s Safe Browsing service uses Google’s wide-ranging spiders to look for evidence of malware distribution on the network at large; the findings are…

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