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InternetNews June 11, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Malware Keeps Creeping Onto Mac OS X The Apple Mac is still seeing far fewer attacks than Windows experiences, but researchers say there's a disturbing trend at work. |
InternetNews November 29, 2010 |
Malware Authors Hold Users' Data for Ransom A new twist on an old crime is making it possible for online thieves to extort cash from victims who are afraid they'll lose their data and photo files. |
InternetNews August 20, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
New Download.Ject Attack Hits IM Networks The Download.Ject malware attack has resurfaced, using the popular AIM and ICQ instant messaging networks to spread itself. |
InternetNews September 5, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Made in China: Virus-Laden Web Pages A report finds China has the most compromised Web pages serving up malware. |
Bank Systems & Technology September 30, 2009 Maria Bruno-Britz |
At Least One Part of the Economy is Growing: Cybercrime Several studies are showing growth in new techniques designed to trick users and even anti-virus programs to gain access to personal data. |
InternetNews April 9, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Microsoft: Majority of File Exploits Avoidable Microsoft's latest security report includes a new category of data with astonishing implications. |
InternetNews October 31, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
RSA Cracks Down on Legendary Sinowal Trojan Several financial institutions hit by the professionally maintained Trojan. |
InternetNews February 23, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Malware Authors Exploit Facebook App Is a bogus application making the rounds on Facebook just a failed marketing ploy? Or something more dangerous? |
InternetNews August 15, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Zotob Targets Windows Update Laggards A critical vulnerability in Microsoft's plug-and-play code can wreak havoc on unpatched PCs. |
InternetNews June 25, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Malware Hacker Attack Linked to Spammers Experts warn that a highly sophisticated malicious hacker attack could turn millions of PCs into spam zombies. Infected IIS web servers are spreading the malicious software to Internet Explorer users. |
InternetNews August 24, 2004 Sharon Gaudin |
Worm Uses Webcams to Spy on Users A new variant of the Rbot worm has the ability to take over users' webcams and use them to spy on people in their offices and homes. |
InternetNews February 24, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Supertoxic Site Infects eWeek.com Hackers attacked news site eWeek through DoubleClick network. |
InternetNews January 22, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Downadup: The Web's Next Big Threat? Experts blame a lack of patching and an advanced design for the rise of a worm that could outpace Storm. |
InternetNews February 20, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Attack Preys on New Adobe Acrobat Vulnerability Experts warn businesses and government agencies on the latest flaw uncovered in one of Adobe's popular applications. |
InternetNews January 16, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
A Particularly Nasty Week For Malware From Excel to the revitalized Storm worm to a severe banking Trojan, it's enough to make you nostalgic for the days of BBSes. |
PC Magazine October 14, 2003 |
The Lookout: Blaster and SoBig Move In The Blaster worm continued to tear through the Internet in August, followed almost immediately by an improved version of the SoBig worm, as security experts struggled to find and fix infected systems. |
InternetNews February 25, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Online Trust Takes a Hit in Gmail Chat Phishing Security experts are warning that a phishing attack on Google's Gmail's chat feature not only poses a danger to users, but could be a harbinger of things to come. |
InternetNews March 3, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Digg Hackers Strike Next at YouTube Attacks are on the rise, with malware authors dabbling in spreading worms and scareware via comments. |
InternetNews June 3, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Scareware Arrives on Twitter in Latest Attack As new Web 2.0 threats proliferate, business IT departments struggle with basic tasks such as patch management. |
InternetNews March 4, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Experts Warn Koobface Eying More Social Sites Malicious hackers are continuing their attacks on social networking sites, with a new variant of the Koobface worm now spreading its assault on a new crop of the popular sites. |
InternetNews April 27, 2005 Tim Gray |
Google Typo Crashes Systems Spyware authors and phishing fraudsters have taken advantage of misspellings of google.com to infect computers with trojans and adware. |
InternetNews June 3, 2005 Tim Gray |
Ever-Morphing Bagle Virus Going Strong A new variant of the Bagle downloader virus is spreading havoc again on unsuspecting users' machines, according to e-mail security firm MessageLabs. |
InternetNews September 15, 2009 |
Malware Ads Hit New York Times Media company's advertising staff approved bogus Vonage ad that distributed malware. |
InternetNews July 23, 2009 |
Adobe Flash, PDF Hit by Zero-Day Flaw If you use Adobe's Flash or Acrobat Player applications - and you probably do - you might want to be especially careful on what you click for the next week or so. |
InternetNews February 12, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
MyDoom Ends but Open Ports Attracting Mutants Microsoft releases a virus removal tool, but unpatched drone machines are still a major threat. |
PC World May 4, 2008 Erik Larkin |
Safest Way to Bank Online? Your Cell Phone Phones are off the radar for most hackers today. But Google's Android OS and the iPhone could make them more of a target. |
InternetNews December 10, 2009 |
Fast-Moving SQL Attack Hits 125,000-Plus Sites Nasty SQL injection attack has ties to a credit card-snatching trojan - and may just be getting started. |
InternetNews August 9, 2010 |
Cisco Unveils Top 10 Web Malware Threats Contaminated websites are still a threat, but Cisco's latest security report suggests that are plenty of other Web-borne malware scams that can cost you or your company dearly. |
InternetNews September 2, 2009 |
Malware Capitalizes on California Wildfires Macs and PCs are under attack as concerned netizens search for information about the fires. |
InternetNews June 4, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Fake Microsoft E-Mail Carries Real Malware Security experts are warning of deceptive e-mails that claim that Microsoft Outlook needs an update. |
InternetNews December 16, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Several Attacks Behind CheckFree Data Breach The cybercriminals who breached the CheckFree bill paying service last week used a combination attack that may be almost impossible to stop. |
InternetNews October 29, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Facebook Worm Redux Taps Google Sites Once again, social networking site Facebook has been hit by the Koobface worm, which has been used to attack it several times since July. |
InternetNews February 26, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Microsoft Clamps Down on Excel Zero-Day Attack Microsoft is taking steps to protect customers from attacks through a zero-day flaw in Microsoft Excel discovered earlier this week. |
InternetNews January 7, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Beware Microsoft Update E-mail Spammers resume using fake system update warning. |
InternetNews June 13, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Worm Has a Yen For Yahoo Mail Worm wrigglers have apparently targeted Yahoo's popular Webmail with a new virus. But so far, it's a bust. |
InternetNews May 3, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Sasser Worm Reined But Variants Sprout Experts continue to stress the importance of applying Microsoft's MS04-011 patch. |
InternetNews February 24, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Hackers Pounce on Excel Vulnerability Hackers have launched a new attack that uses a previously undiscovered flaw in Microsoft Excel to target business executives and government agencies. |
InternetNews April 8, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Microsoft Warns 'Scareware' on the Rise Beware of anti-spam and anti-virus software you're unfamiliar with - and don't get fooled by fear. |
Search Engine Watch June 5, 2010 Johnny Widerlund |
Avoiding Online Risks Kicking Off with the 2010 FIFA World Cup Cyber criminals will continue hijacking current news and events to serve malware. A rundown of the most prevalent online security risks, and how to avoid them. |
Scientific American June 2009 Michael Moyer |
What Conficker Reveals About Internet Crime The worm exposes the sophisticated international criminal networks behind modern computer viruses |
InternetNews April 27, 2009 Alex Goldman |
Conficker Awakens With Scareware and Spam The new activity on the Conficker botnet shows that the criminal economy is functioning well. |
InternetNews April 8, 2010 |
Adobe Issues Warning on PDF Security Risk Security researchers identify threat of social engineering scheme that could aim to trick users into launch actions from PDF files that could trigger arbitrary code execution. |
InternetNews July 14, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Microsoft Releases New Tool to Zap Download.Ject The cleanup from last month's malware attack continues. |
InternetNews February 2, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Are Legitimate Sites the Next Malware Threat? Businesses may be exposing their customers to malware by leaving their sites unpatched, IBM warns in a new study. |
PC World December 13, 2001 Sam Costello |
Antivirus Vendors Warn of Gokar Worm Fix available for annoying but harmless worm traveling by IRC, Web, and e-mail... |
InternetNews October 17, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Adobe Sites Hit by Malware Just weeks after a BusinessWeek Web site was hit by an SQL injection attack, comes news that Adobe has had to deal with two of its Web sites compromised the same way. |
InternetNews December 16, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
Apple Patches 21 Security Glitches Latest Apple patch haul includes some late fixes for Adobe Flash. |
InternetNews June 28, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Malware Attack Thwarted but Danger Lurks Critical IE vulnerability remains unpatched. |
InternetNews June 24, 2009 David Needle |
Guy Kawasaki's Tweet Gone Wild The social media expert and former Apple evangelist's Twitter account distributed a porn link leading to a Trojan. Who's to blame? |
InternetNews August 16, 2005 David Needle |
Windows Worm Spreads Separate groups of hackers are releasing a barrage of worms related to the Zotob.B virus in a battle to seize control of innocent users' computers. CNN, ABC and the NY Times, are among those hit. |