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Microsoft falsely labels Chrome as malware
Google has released a new version of Chrome after Microsoft’s antivirus software flagged the browser as malware and removed it from about 3,000 people’s computers on Friday. Microsoft apologized for the problem and updated its virus definition file to correct the false-positive problem, according to a post from Ryan Naraine…
The Future of Malware
Personal information belonging to a full third of Massachusetts residents has been compromised in one way or another, according to the state’s attorney general, citing statistics gleaned from a tough new data breach reporting law. Watch a slideshow version of this story. RSA recently announced that security of its two-factor…
Microsoft Antivirus Flags Google Chrome as Malware
An estimated 3,000 PC owners who use Google Chrome to surf the Internet were unable to access (or in some cases, locate) the browser thanks to an error in Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus software that flagged Chrome as malware. On Friday afternoon, a post to the Microsoft Malware Protection…
Microsoft Identifies Google Chrome as Malware
The browser was automatically deleted from Security Essentials and Forefront users’ PCs. View full post on eSecurityPlanet RSS Feed View full post on National Cyber Security
Mobile malware masquerades as Opera Mini browser
A malware targeting mobile devices is now trying to fool users into downloading and installing it, by disguising itself as a version of Opera Mini, Opera’s mobile browser. Computer security firm Trend Micro said it encountered a Russian-language mobile website that informs visitors they should upgrade their version of Opera…
Virus removal site serves malware instead
Instead of removing viruses as it claims to do, a United Kingdom-based virus removal site has been compromised and is now doing the opposite: serving malware. View full post on firefox hacker – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft security update treats Chrome as malware
Redmond releases same-day correction, but not before Windows Security purges Chrome from user systems Follow @tsamson_IW Microsoft issued today an update to its security software that wrongly identified Google Chrome as malware and purged it from users’ systems accordingly. The Redmond giant has since fixed the mistake, but it has…
Mobile malware is on the rise, warns IBM report
Malware targeting mobile devices is on the rise and is raising new security concerns for IT departments, according to IBM’s X-Force 2011 mid-year trend and risk report. The study said the bring-your-own-device (BYOD) model, which allows employees to use personal smartphone and tablet devices to access corporate data and applications,…
Android devices are growing target of malware, says IBM
Mobile exploits have doubled this year as opposed to 2010 and we should particularly watch out for mobile applications that are really malware, says IBM’s X-Force security research team. Those are two warnings from the “X-Force 2011 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report“, which says that mobile application markets are a…