Tag Archives: Security Firm

Computer security firm Sophos has warned that hackers are spreading a nasty computer virus with a file promising a PowerPoint presentation of sexual positions from the Kama Sutra. “Be careful what you do with that mouse,” Graham Cluley of Sophos said in an online post. “When you click on the file you do get to see a real PowerPoint presentation, ... Read More »

A new virus the Stuxnet worm was found and its mission and purpose of creation is to ‘targeted high-value Iranian assets’. How disparate can US get ? Or Israel ? Well, someones got to be behind it. Experts have found this to worm to be one of the most sophisticated pieces of malware ever detected and it was probably targeting ... Read More »

Intel has acquired McAfee for $7.6bn. This is the biggest ever acquisition by Intel. McAfee is a security firm and Intel on the other hand is a chip manufacturer. So why this odd couple ? So many questions… Why would Intel after all want McAfee ? Isn’t it way out of its specialty ? But it seems Intel has got ... Read More »

Internet web search giant, Google.com is abandoning internal use of Microsoft Windows over concerns of security. This comes after Chinese hacking incident. All employees of Google have been asked to ditch Microsoft Windows and move to other OSes like Mac OS and Linux. And this is said to have began as early as January itself. Microsoft Windows turned Google rival ... Read More »