As in today's globalized legit economy, malware's ability to spread and make money for its dastardly creators rests upon on …
Conficker, the Internet’s No. 1 threat, gets an update
Security researchers say a worm that has infected millions of computers worldwide has been reprogrammed to strengthen its defenses while …
Conficker.c controls 4% of all infected PCs, IBM says
As many as one out of every 25 Internet addresses that transmits potentially dangerous data over the Internet is infected …
Conficker’s makers lose big, expert says
The malware makers who crafted Conficker must be extremely disappointed, a security expert said today, and not because the Internet …
Fake security software scammers jump on Conficker
Google's search rankings are being stuffed with links to fake security software that purports to remove Conficker, a widespread worm …
Conficker on April 1st: Eve of destruction or big joke?
Security experts say Conficker.C (also called Downadup) presents a serious threat. Infected machines — said to number from 3 million …
Conficker’s next move a mystery to researchers
Security researchers are in the dark about what will happen next week when the newest variant of Conficker, 2009's biggest …
Security needs to be ‘baked in’ say experts
A panel of security experts agreed that security needs to thought of a lot earlier in the software development lifecycle, …
Downadup worm may hammer Southwest Airlines URL March 13
Computers infected by the Downadup worm will “phone home” to several legitimate URLs this month, including one owned by Southwest …
Conficker worm gets an evil twin
The new variant, dubbed Conficker B++, was spotted three days ago by SRI International researchers, who published details of the …
With global effort, a new type of worm is slowed
There have been big computer worm outbreaks before, but nothing quite like Conficker . First spotted in November, the worm …
Don’t be a data loss victim
Somebody was siphoning customer financial data from a chain of gas station/convenience stores. The perpetrator covered his tracks so well …
Conficker hitting hardest in Asia, Latin America
Computer networks in Asia and Latin America are the most susceptible to a fast-spreading computer worm, which has infected between …
Holiday season saw spike in Trojan & spam activity
The year-end holiday season saw a surge in Trojan activity and spam worldwide, according to network security provider Fortinet. According …
Barack Obama catches attackers fancy: Cyberoam report
Cyberoam announced the Q4 2008 email threat trend report, prepared in collaboration with its partner Commtouch. The main highlight of …
Fake sites spreading malware about Obama’s oath
Sites claiming President-Elect Barack Obama will refuse to take the oath of office Tuesday are serving up attack code believed …
The changing security landscape in Mid East
Those days it was the centralized anti-virus consoles and the shiny new stateful-inspection firewalls hitting the ME market. The hoopla …
Securing the Web
What’s the significance of the web security appliances for the government sectors, investment companies and banks in the UAE? And …
Threats to online users growing: IronPort
IronPort Systems, provider of solutions that protect businesses against spam, viruses and malware, and now part of Cisco, is going …
Conficker hype may have harmed security efforts, FBI cyber chief says
Media hype leading up to the Conficker worm's April 1 update may have distracted computer users from other dangerous security …