Archive for the ‘Adrian Kingsley-Hughes’ Category

Can you trust signed code? No, you can’t!

Monday, June 21, 2010 6:52 Comments Off

A common misconception is that if a piece of code, such as an application, has been signed, it’s clean and safe to install. Wrong!

This was posted under category: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Certificate, Cyberthreats, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms

How much more malware is lurking in Linux official repositories?

Monday, June 14, 2010 14:35 Comments Off

The revelation that the open-source Unreal IRC server download has been infected with malware for some eight months is pretty worrying. But the added discovery that this Trojan horse made its way…

This was posted under category: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Cyberthreats, Linux, Malware, Open Source, Operating System, Operating Systems, Security, Software, Spyware, Adware & Malware, UNIX, Viruses And Worms