As corporate e-mail security has improved, and users have got more savvy about not opening every attachment that lands in their in-box, hackers have had to turn their attention to other avenues of attack.
Read the first part in our rundown of hot security topics, from antivirus to zero-day threats.
IM clients are the playground of IM viruses. This malicious software is spread by an IM user clicking on an executable file attachment, or on a hyperlink in a chat window that then links through to a malicious Web site. The ways of getting those links in front of the end user are becoming increasingly sophisticated.
Last year, warnings of a new breed of IM worm that attempts to chat with its victims surfaced, suggesting new and more sophisticated IM worms could well be on the way.
Google creates an animated doodle that features a boy, a girl, Google's search engine, and a jump rope. But might there be darker, more analytical, more troubling interpretations to this tale?
When the sun goes down, that's when the iPad gets busy for folks with news readers. The iPhone? It's more of a daytime habit. If you're building an app for both devices, heed the lesson.
EnerG2 opens a plant to make an engineered carbon that will improve performance of energy storage devices and make storage for start-stop hybrid cars less expensive.
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