Posts Tagged ‘malware 2.0’

Viruses That Leave Victims Red in the Facebook

Filed in Malware on Dec.14, 2009

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By BRAD STONE – NYTimes.com
It used to be that computer viruses attacked only your hard drive. Now they attack your dignity.
Malicious programs are rampaging through Web sites like Facebook and Twitter, spreading themselves by taking over people’s accounts and sending out messages to all of their friends and followers. The [...]

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Web 2.0 and malware 2.0

Filed in Malware, Web 2.0 on Jan.22, 2009

A new position paper from ENISA describes the risks associated with web 2.0 and malware 2.0. Web 2.0 includes social networking, photo sharing, wikis and social bookmarking sites and malware 2.0 is defined as a web based infection in which user can be entrap by visiting website.
Web 2.0 applications are thriving because of their dynamic [...]

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