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 Adware

Botnets: The backdoor to the enterprise network

Tomer Teller, security researcher and evangelist at Check Point Software Technologies May 21, 2012

Compromising anywhere from a few thousand to well over a million systems, botnets are used by cyber criminals to take over computers and execute illegal and damaging activities.
 

There's something about searching for Cameron Diaz

August 20, 2010

Move over Jessica Biel. Cameron Diaz is now the most dangerous celebrity to search for online, according to McAfee.
 

Wireless adware threat uses "carrier" computer to spread

May 24, 2010

Surfing the web on an unsecured public connection may soon yield adware, researchers at the University of Calgary have predicted.
 

"Sexiest video" scam preys on Facebook users

May 17, 2010

Researchers over the weekend discovered a new Facebook adware campaign that quickly was disabled.
 
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