Items Tagged with "malware"
McAfee: Mobile Malware Growth at All-Time High
February 08, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The growing popularity and variety of mobile communications platforms and a lack of consumer awareness about proper security precautions have provided criminals with ample opportunity to exploit devices like smartphones and tablets...
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Google Adds Security to Search
February 08, 2011 Added by:Robert Siciliano
"Now we’re expanding the search results notifications to help people avoid sites that may have been compromised and altered by a third party, typically for spam. When a user visits a site, we want her to be confident the information on that site comes from the original publisher..."
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Report: Half of All Computers Infected with Malware
February 08, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Nearly sixty percent of the infected computers scanned showed the presence of a Trojan, followed by the traditional virus at nearly thirteen percent, and what is classified as a worm at just under ten percent...
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Zeus Trojan Variants Infesting More Websites
February 07, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Security firm Trusteer reports that a recent survey has revealed that an increasing number of websites are now known to host Zeus variants. The report also shows that a growing number of networks are hosting command and control operations for Zeus-based botnets...
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Big Game Scores Big For Scammers
February 06, 2011 Added by:Robert Siciliano
On Super Sunday weekend much of the scamming taking place is designed to separate the public from their money using the Big Game as the lure. People are seeking information on the Game and are being tackled by criminals who steal the ball...
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Chinese Cyber Spies Target Government Systems
February 05, 2011 Added by:Headlines
British foreign secretary William Hague has issued statements confirming that government systems have been targeted by state-sponsored cyber espionage operations. Similar attempts to infiltrate government systems in the United States have also come to light...
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Drug Cartels Profiting from Malware and Pirated Software
February 04, 2011 Added by:Headlines
David Finn, associate general counsel at Microsoft, cites evidence that criminal organizations are finding software piracy to be lucrative. One Mexican cartel is thought to make as much as $2.2 million dollars per day distributing pirated software. That is big business...
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Data Theft Vulnerability Resolved by Facebook
February 04, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Facebook has reconciled a major privacy vulnerability that left members susceptible to social engineering exploits and data theft. The flaw may have allowed users to unwittingly spread malware to their contacts and provided malicious websites access to private account information...
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Facebook Plagued By Two New Security Exploits
February 02, 2011 Added by:Headlines
The exploits are a Trojan called Asprox.N and a malicious link attack called Lolbot.Q. Both play on the probability that targets will go to unusual lengths to regain access to their coveted Facebook accounts without stopping to question the nature of the instructions they have received...
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Chinese Spies May Have Spear-fished U.S. Diplomats
February 02, 2011 Added by:Headlines
A series of emails were sent to five State Department officials who were engaged in sensitive negotiations with the Chinese government on greenhouse-gas emissions, and contained attachments infested with malware that would have allowed the attackers access to the recipient's computers...
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Researchers Claim First Hack-Free Software Development
February 02, 2011 Added by:Headlines
A team of Australian researchers claim to have produced the first hack-free software designed to be malware resistant. Open Kernel Labs (OK Labs) has produced the "seL4", an operating system microkernel that touts the ability to successfully regulate all access to a computer's hardware...
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The Velocity of Pwn3d
February 01, 2011 Added by:Rafal Los
The attack surface of today's connected Internet has exploded like a fractal, which means that the velocity is many orders of magnitude faster than it "used to be" and as applications and then people become the targeted entities, our defensive strategies need to change...
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Nearly Twenty Million New Malware Threats in 2010
January 31, 2011 Added by:Headlines
Almost twenty million new malware threats were identified in 2010, according to research by IT lab AV-Test. The number is more than fifty percent greater than those identified in 2009, and the trend shows an increase in the prevalence of unique malware samples over the last ten years...
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McAfee's Top Five Exploits and Scams of the Decade
January 30, 2011 Added by:Headlines
McAfee has issued an interesting report that explores ten years of innovation in malware and online criminal activity. The report goes into detail about the evolution and culture surrounding landmark exploits and cyber scams, and presents a really interesting read...
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Smart Card Authentication Cracked by Hackers
January 29, 2011 Added by:Headlines
When the smart card is inserted into a compromised PC, the hackers use the opportunity to attempt to access the server. When the system requests a digital token, the attackers redirect the request to the compromised PC, which provides the token and password stolen with the keylogger...
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Why the Cloud is a Security Nightmare
January 27, 2011 Added by:Dan Dieterle
Hackers will leverage the power of the cloud themselves to attack government and enterprise encrypted systems. Recently, it was shown that WPA encryption could be cracked using the computing power of the cloud...