Dozens of countries, companies and organisations have had their computers systematically hacked over the past five years by one country.
A routine anti-virus update from web security firm McAfee confused a valid Windows file with a virus on Wednesday, disrupting computers worldwide.
Experts are warning internet users to be on their guard after more than half-a million computers were infected with a single piece of malicious software. In just seven days more than 530 000 instances of a single booby-trapped file have been spotted by analysts at internet security company McAfee, leading them to claim it is the biggest outbreak for several years.
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/ 29 November 2007
A ”cyber cold war” waged over the world’s computers may become one of the biggest threats to security in the next decade, according to a report published on Thursday. About 120 countries are developing ways to use the internet as a weapon to target financial markets, government computer systems and utilities, internet security company McAfee said in an annual report.