Variants of the Conficker worm were still active and spreading during the third quarter, accounting for much of attack traffic …
Hackers find a home in Amazon’s EC2 cloud
Security researchers have spotted the Zeus botnet running an unauthorized command and control center on Amazon’s EC2 cloud computing infrastructure. …
Hackers find a home in Amazon's EC2 cloud
Security researchers have spotted the Zeus botnet running an unauthorized command and control center on Amazon's EC2 cloud computing infrastructure. …
Top 10 tech stories of the decade
While the computer industry in the 1990s thrived as corporations re-engineered business processes to incorporate IT, this decade has seen …
Google Chrome OS may be security hotspot in 2010
Google's Chrome OS will be “poked” by hackers in 2010, in large part because it will be the “new kid …
Smartphone attacks, rogue antivirus, cloud breaches top 2010 security concerns
The rise of the Conficker worm and Heartland Payment Systems' enormous data breach were two defining security events in 2009. …
Microsoft’s ‘whitelist’ helps hackers, says Trend Micro
By recommending that users exclude some file extensions and folders from antivirus scans, Microsoft may put users at risk, a …
Cloud security service from Webroot looks for malware
Webroot announced that it has extended its cloud-based Web security service, adding a way to filter outbound as well as …
Cloud security service from Webroot looks for malware
Webroot announced that it has extended its cloud-based Web security service, adding a way to filter outbound as well as …
China warns about return of destructive Panda virus
A computer worm that China warned Internet users against is an updated version of the Panda Burning Incense virus, which …
China warns about return of destructive Panda virus
A computer worm that China warned Internet users against is an updated version of the Panda Burning Incense virus, which …
UK police reveal arrests over Zeus banking malware
British police said Wednesday they've made the first arrests in Europe of two people for using Zeus, a sophisticated malicious …
Spam campaign targets payment transfer system
A new spam campaign is targeting a financial transfer system that handles trillions of dollars in transactions annually and has …
Spam campaign targets payment transfer system
A new spam campaign is targeting a financial transfer system that handles trillions of dollars in transactions annually and has …
After one year, Conficker infects 7M computers
The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone. It has now infected more than 7 million computers, security experts estimate. …
After one year, Conficker infects 7M computers
The Conficker worm has passed a dubious milestone. It has now infected more than 7 million computers, security experts estimate. …
Twitter warns of new phishing attack
Twitter warned users of a new phishing scam on the social networking site. It’s the latest in a series of …
Twitter warns of new phishing attack
Twitter warned users of a new phishing scam on the social networking site. It's the latest in a series of …
Gartner on cloud security: 'Our nightmare scenario is here now'
At the Gartner Symposium IT/Expo this week, thousands of IT managers packed into sessions on the topic of virtualization of …
After a few months' rest, SQL Web attack spreads anew
A botnet network of hacked computers has sprung back to life in the past few days and started infecting Web …