New email-based attacks, some of which target the aerospace industry, are distributing new variants of the Sykipot information stealing malware, …
Honeynet Project tackles USB-carried malware like Flame
A nonprofit security research group is building technology to trap malware spread from PC to PC via USB storage drives, …
Mobile leads in malware resurgence for 2012
After something of a holiday hiatus at the end of last year, malware is back – according to security firm …
Hacked websites deliver Android malware for first time
Analysts with Lookout Mobile Security have found websites that have been hacked to deliver malicious software to devices running Android, …
Mac Flashback flaw re-used by new malware campaign
Malware criminals are on the hunt for Mac victims again, repurposing the Java-based vulnerability used by the Flashback bot to …
Flashback malware continues to plague Macs
Kaspersky and Symantec both reported dramatic declines in the number of Macs infected with the Flashback malware this past week. However, Dr. …
Mobile malware incidents on rise, says smartphone survey
The cost-saving culture of bring-your-own-device smartphones is tempting enterprises into taking risks they would not contemplate for conventional computing devices, …
Adobe releases open source malware classification tool
Adobe Systems has released a malware classification tool in order to help security incident first responders, malware analysts and security …
Malware grows to the tune of 75 million samples in 2011: McAfee
Despite McAfee predicting that unique malware samples would hit 75 million in 2011, the security vendor actually found that the …
Unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011
The number of unique malware samples broke the 75 million mark in 2011, McAfee notes in its fourth-quarter threats report for 2011, …
Twitter acquires anti-malware company Dasient
Twitter has acquired Internet security firm Dasient, the Sunnyvale, California startup said on its blog on Monday. Dasient, which describes …
Google Chrome finally gets malware download protection
Nine months after first being put into testing, the new version of Chrome will at last included filtering against inadvertently …
New mobile malware targets Android
All new malware being written for mobile devices targets Android, according to a McAfee report on malware trends in Q3 2011. …
MySQL.com hacked to serve malware
The website for the open-source MySQL database was hacked and used to serve malware to visitors yesterday. Security vendor Armorize …
Nations with low malware rates have better ISP
Countries with good national security teams (CERTs) and diligent ISPs show consistently lower rates of malware infection than those states …
China scores top spot for malware production: BitDefender
BitDefender, a provider of internet security solutions, announced the publication of its H1 2011 E-Threat Landscape Report, a study regarding …
Symantec looks to protect users from mutating malware
Symantec has announced the 12th edition of its flagship enterprise desktop anti-malware product, Symantec Endpoint Protection, that looks to go …
Dell warns of malware on server motherboards
Dell is warning customers that “a small number” of its server motherboards may contain malicious software. “The potential issue involves …
Botnet revelation shows darker underbelly of malware
Information gathered about a newly discovered botnet called Kneber indicates that multiple infections by different malware on the same host …
Botnet revelation shows darker underbelly of malware
Information gathered about a newly discovered botnet called Kneber indicates that multiple infections by different malware on the same host …