Microsoft said computers in countries with high rates of software piracy are more likely to be infected by malicious code …
Sophos adds DLP to desktop anti-malware
Sophos has added data-loss prevention capabilities to its desktop anti-malware software, the security firm says, promising gateway-based DLP in the …
Sophos adds DLP to desktop anti-malware
Sophos has added data-loss prevention capabilities to its desktop anti-malware software, the security firm says, promising gateway-based DLP in the …
Malware flea market pays hackers to hijack PCs
Among a slew of online cybercrime forums, Pay-Per-Install.org stands out as a malware flea market where shadowy pushers of Trojan …
Malware flea market pays hackers to hijack PCs
Among a slew of online cybercrime forums, Pay-Per-Install.org stands out as a malware flea market where shadowy pushers of Trojan …
Microsoft defends its anti-malware software after Symantec piles on
Microsoft is defending the merits of its free Security Essentials anti-malware software after a top Symantec engineer badmouthed the new …
New Microsoft anti-malware tool due today
Microsoft Security Essentials, the company’s new anti-malware software, will be available Tuesday, which is today, according Bob Muglia, the president …
Spam, malware dominate online user comments, Websense reports
A staggering 95% of all “user-generated comments” for blogs, chat rooms and message boards online are spam or malicious, according …
Symantec adds Quorum antimalware analysis to consumer security software
Symantec this week is taking the wraps off the 2010 editions of its flagship antimalware consumer software, Norton AntiVirus and …
Malware, e-mail scams on the rize: Fortinet
Fortinet announced its August 2009 Threatscape Report, vacations may be wrapping up towards the end of summer, but there was …
IE8 whips rivals in blocking malware sites
Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer 8 again trounced rival browsers in a test of their malware-blocking abilities, catching 81% of attack-code-infected …
Free Web antimalware tool offered up
Free stuff has been a vendor mainstay to build a customer base, and start-up Dasient is trying that with a …
Security analyst: Las Vegas ATMs may have malware
The U.S. Secret Service said it is investigating a group of ATM machines in Las Vegas that are debiting people's …
Latest malware trick: outsourcing quality assurance
Creators of Waledac malware enlisted the Conficker botnet as a tool to spread malware of their own, marking the first …
Chinese security company shares huge malware database
A Chinese company that has created a massive database of malware found on Chinese Web sites opened up the information …
Michael Jackson spam spreads, malware attacks likely
Within hours of the death of pop star Michael Jackson, spam trading on his demise hit in-boxes, a security firm …
Microsoft to deliver free antimalware this Tuesday
Microsoft said it will release a public beta of its free antimalware software, now called Microsoft Security Essentials, formerly “Morro,” …
New Windows netbooks may harbor malware
After discovering attack code on a brand new Windows XP netbook, antivirus vendor Kaspersky Labs warned users yesterday that they …
Criminal infrastructure lets malware thrive
As in today's globalized legit economy, malware's ability to spread and make money for its dastardly creators rests upon on …
China becoming the world’s malware factory
With China's economy cooling down, some of the country's IT professionals are turning to cybercrime, according to a Beijing-based security …