Mac-based Flashback click fraud campaign was a bust

The hackers in charge of the Flashback botnet managed to generate $14,000 from their click fraud campaign, but have not been paid, Symantec said Thursday. New analysis of the Flashback botnet and the traffic between infected Macs and C&C (command-and-control) servers exposed the earnings and the lack of payment, Liam O Murchu, manager of...

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Dear Mozilla: Don't give up on Windows RT

Dear Mozilla: Don't give up on Windows RT Yesterday, Mozilla product director Asa Dotzler posted yet another broadside about Microsoft preventing access to the Windows 32 API in Windows RT....

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We're not waiting for Android 5 'Jelly Bean,' developers say

Unconfirmed reports say that Android 5 "Jelly Bean" could be released this fall, featuring such improvements as Chrome browser integration, better enterprise security, better power management, and maybe dual-booting support for Microsoft's Windows 8....

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Download the Insider Threat Deep Dive Report

Insiders are responsible for as much as 80 percent of malicious attacks. Because insiders are trusted by nature, detecting their illicit activities requires an array of monitoring, scanning, and other techniques. Roger Grimes, an InfoWorld contributing editor -- and a working security professional who tracks down unscrupulous insiders -- explains...

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Cyber spies exploiting Java, Flash flaws

Cyber spies have planted Java- and Flash-exploiting malware on websites focused on human rights, defense, and foreign policy. Over the last two weeks, the Shadowserver Foundation, a nonprofit group that tracks Internet threats, has discovered several such compromised Web sites that download the malware through visitors' browsers. The malware,...

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