Creators of Waledac malware enlisted the Conficker botnet as a tool to spread malware of their own, marking the first …
Security group converges to fight Internet abuse
As cybercrime continues to proliferate on the Internet, one industry security group is hoping its work will help stem the …
China denies cyberspy network charges
China denied suggestions it could be involved in a cyberespionage ring that attacked computers worldwide from servers mostly based in …
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 …
Security expert worries about smart phone, TinyURL threats
It’s just that F-Secure’s chief security advisor doesn’t want people overlooking the other 29,999 malware files his company sees a …
9 Dirty Tricks: Social Engineers’ Favorite Pick-Up Lines
What the average guy might call a con is known in the security world as social engineering. Social engineering is …
The promise of information cards
UAE authorities recently announced they had broken up an international Internet data-smuggling ring suspected of hacking into the credit network …
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 …
Top 25 software screw-ups
Most IT security woes, from software patching to cyberespionage and cybercrime, can be traced to the devastating effects wrought by …
Winds of Change: Barack Obama
Senator Barack Obama, a Democrat from Illinois, has been elected the first African-American president of the U.S., news organizations declared …
Fighting threats on every front
The threats to a corporation's security are changing so quickly that it is difficult to determine what steps are required …