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Thursday, July 26, 2012

Virus attacks nuclear power plant in Iran and requires computers to play AC / DC

8:00 AM AEOI, Atomic Energy, attack, chief, e-mails, enrichment, Iran, malware, Mikko Hypponen, officer, partnership, Scientists, security, spy supervirus, team, Thunderstruck, translation, U.S. government, uranium No comments

"E-mails sent by a scientist from the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran reported that a malware has forced computers to play "Thunderstruck" at maximum volume" Scientists reported earlier this week that computers of a nuclear plant in Iran were attacked by a virus that forced them to play the song "Thunderstruck" the Australian band AC / DC - and at maximum volume.Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at security company F-Secure, says...

X-Ray, check your Android vulnerabilities

11:07 PM android, antivirus, app, detect, device, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich, install, Jelly Bean, page, security, version, X-Ray No comments

Android , operating system, has a number of advantages and very notable strengths but also some very negative, related to security. Not that the latest versions are safe, if you have Ice Cream Sandwich, or Jelly Bean, you can be more or less calm. The problem is that previous versions had many vulnerabilities. Unfortunately, older versions are still widespread. X-Ray is an application that has been developed to detect whether your phone...

Privacy complaint filed by the attack on PlayStation Network

10:54 AM 2011, 2012, AEPD, april, credits, dan diego, Data, Data Protection, FACUA, game, hacking, hisytory, maintenance problems, network, online, passwords, purchase, security, Sony No comments

The Data Protection Agency has filed a complaint against Sony Facua by 'hacking' the online service of the PlayStation. The agency could not prove that you can apply the Law of Protection of Information (Act) Spanish to incidents involving the company and its impact to users. In late April 2011, Sony announced that the company closed its network of online gaming worldwide for "maintenance problems". However, later acknowledged that the global...

AlienVault platform closes a financing round 18.2 million

1:15 AM AlienVault, ceo, honor, R and D, research, security No comments

The unified management platform for security AlienVault has closed a third round of funding worth $ 22.4 million (18.21 million euros), as reported by the company Monday. AlienVault use the new funding to expand the capabilities of sales, marketing and customer service company and to increase investment in research and development (R & D). The financing round also participated at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers (KPCB) and Sigma existing...

First trojan for the iPhone and iPad is identified by security expert

9:39 PM App Store, device, Find and Call, ios, ipad, iPhone, Kaspersky, malware, mobile, photo, post, remote server, security, share, specialist, system, trojan, video, wire No comments

A security specialist Kaspersky claims to have identified a trojan designed for Apple's mobile devices - iPhone, iPhone and iPod. The worm was disguised as a digital application called "Find and Call" and also have a version for Android devices. Apple has removed the malicious application of the store. In one post , Denis Maslennikov, Kaspersky Lab expert, says that installing Trojan horse (malicious program that opens up security...