Palo Alto Networks has recently announced that its WildFire offering was recognised by Forrester Research as a leader among automated malware analysis providers.
Malwarebytes hires Lead for Middle East Expansion
Malwarebytes has announced that Christopher Green will lead their recently announced expansion in the Middle East as its Regional Director for the Middle East. The global firm, which is based in Santa Clara, California, will start operations in Dubai in April.
Malwarebytes launches Middle East operations
Malwarebytes begins operations in the Middle East and debuts at GISEC showcasing its Endpoint Security solution that blocks unknown and known malware and ransomware threats.
HPE ArcSight DNS Malware Analytics
HPE ArcSight DNS Malware Analytics, a security analytics solution, detects malware-infected hosts and endpoints—servers, desktops, mobile devices—rapidly with high fidelity.
FireEye: Malware attacks surge during holiday season
According to a report by FireEye, there has been a surge in email-based malware attacks, coinciding with the holiday season.
Symantec detects malware called ‘Android.Bankosy’
One-time passcodes, a crucial defense for online banking applications, are being intercepted by a malware programme for Android, according to new research from Symantec.
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Symantec detects malware called ‘Android.Bankosy’
One-time passcodes, a crucial defense for online banking applications, are being intercepted by a malware programme for Android, according to new research from Symantec.
Malware strikes Hyatt Hotels’ payment systems
Hyatt Hotels has asked customers to review their payment card account statements closely, after it detected malware on the computers that run its payment-processing systems at locations it manages.
’65 percent’ of malware campaign aimed at ME
Two new malware campaigns have been spotted in the Middle East, according to reports released this week, one targeting energy companies and the other going after political targets in Lebanon.
Confronting malware intelligently
Brian Kenyon, Chief Technology Strategist, McAfee, a part of Intel Security, follows a “define-freeze-fix” approach to eradicate malware, and is confident that his company is well positioned to deal with today’s ever-evolving threat landscape.
Microsoft: Kuwait & Algeria malware culprits
Microsoft has taken legal action to combat the spread of malware that the company says can be traced to bad actors in Kuwait and Algeria.
Powerful banking malware Dyreza emerges
Security researchers said they’ve spotted a new type of banking malware that rivals the capabilities of the infamous Zeus malware. …
McAfee tracks three times as much malware in 2013
This growth was largely attributed to misuse of automated Content Distribution Networks (CDNs) that wrap malicious code within digitally signed …
History lesson: Mobile malware
2014 marks the 10th anniversary of Cabir, the world’s first mobile phone malware. To mark this occasion, Fortinet’s FortiGuard Labs is taking a stroll down memory lane to examine the evolution and significance of mobile threats during the last 10 years.
Microsoft will furnish malware assassin to XP users until mid-2015
Microsoft confirmed on Friday that it will continue to offer its malware scrubbing program to Windows XP users for more than a year after it stops patching the operating system.
Yahoo malvertising attack linked to larger malware scheme
A deeper look by Cisco Systems into the cyberattack that infected Yahoo users with malware appears to show a link between the attack and a suspicious affiliate traffic-pushing scheme with roots in Ukraine.
Malware from Yahoo ads did not affect US and Mac and mobile users
Yahoo said that malware spread by advertisements served by its European websites had not affected users in North America, Asia Pacific and Latin America as people in these locations did not receive them.
Data-stealing malware pretends to be Microsoft IIS server module
Trustwave’s SpiderLabs researchers have found a piece of malware that collects data entered into Web-based forms, pretending to be a module for Microsoft’s Internet Information Services (IIS) web-hosting software.
Arbor Networks: point-of-sale malware infections on the rise
New attack campaigns have infected point-of-sale (PoS) systems around the world with sophisticated malware designed to steal payment card and transaction data.
Kaspersky, six others top malware removal tests
Analyst firm A-V Comparative has released its November 2013 list of the antimalware programmes that do the best job of removing malware from an already infected system.