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News Rashke warned traditional security tools - such as firewalling - did not go deep enough into rich content to determine whether it was a security risk - either incoming as malware or outgoing as data leakage. [31 Jan 2008]
Rootkit to protect Trojans goes live
News A gang that specialises in the theft of banking information through Trojans is attempting to protect its work by spreading a rootkit that veils malware. B is for Botnets Until late in December 2007, the Master Boot Record (MBR) rootkit had been a... [10 Jan 2008]
Bot attacks target those looking for romance
News PC Tools senior malware analyst, Sergei Shevchenko, said in a statement: "As a tool that can be used by hackers to conduct identity fraud, CyberLover demonstrates an unprecedented level of social engineering. [10 Dec 2007]
Google calls for help in flagging up the bad guys
News Google is hoping its users will report "bad sites" to help the company fight criminals exploiting the company's infrastructure to distribute malware. According to the Google security blog, the search giant already knows about hundreds of thousands... [04 Dec 2007]
Cyber spies plan attacks next year
News Other major trends over the coming calendar year include an increasing threat to online services - such as banking - and the emergence of a complex and sophisticated malware market, according to the annual Virtual Criminology Report 2007. [30 Nov 2007]
Phishers snare Salesforce.com data
News According to Harris: "A few days ago a new wave of phishing attempts that included attached malware - software that secretly installs viruses or keyloggers - appeared and seemed to be targeted at a broader group of customers. [08 Nov 2007]
Cyber criminals building more but smaller botnets
News The malware writers are also getting lazy, according to F-Secure, and are no longer attempting to catch out companies by using increasingly complex viruses. Sean Sullivan, technical expert at F-Secure, said virus writers can no longer beat security... [28 Sep 2007]
Trojan targets companies' top brass
News C-level employees of publicly listed companies are being targeted by cyber criminals using malware-infected RTF (Rich Text File) documents disguised as recruitment letters. Security vendor MesssageLabs reported that 1,100 emails containing malware... [26 Sep 2007]
Cyber criminals turn pro
News Cybercrime is becoming an increasingly professional business with malware toolkits sold on the internet and confidential details being traded in an underground economy. Symantec points to MPack as an example of the black market malware toolkits... [17 Sep 2007]
Mac virus threat still "insignificant"
News Apple has plugged around 100 vulnerabilities in OS X so far this year but the malware threat to Mac customers is insignificant compared to users of Microsoft Windows. However, despite all these vulnerabilities, the Mac's resilient platform, its... [12 Jul 2007]
CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat
News But mass-mailing malware has been replaced by a much worse threat, according to Christopher Linfoot, IT director, LDV Group. He said: "Malware attacks now are often on a much smaller scale and appear to be targeted at specific organisations or... [25 Jan 2007]
Security 2007: Data theft still the one to watch
News F-Secure is also predicting that 2007 will finally become the year when its repeated warnings about mobile phone malware begin to come good. B is for Botnets Jay Heiser, research VP at Gartner, said "professional outsiders and motivated insiders... [04 Jan 2007]
The A to Z of security
News Sasser blew the simmering lid off malware - wreaking high-profile havoc in businesses and organisations across the world. A botnet - also known as a 'zombie network' or 'zombie army' - is a collection of internet-connected PCs that have been... [14 Nov 2006]
CA antivirus deletes Windows component
News Some Windows 2003 users have been experiencing problems with the operating system recently after antivirus software from CA wrongly detected part of the operating system as malware. The cause of the confusion seems to be Lsass.exe being mistaken... [04 Sep 2006]
Virus top 10: Holidaymakers cause malware tumble
News Old timer Netsky.P last month regained its position at the top of the table of most reported malware, making up nearly 15 per cent of all reported viruses in August. Zafi.B 2.9 per cent Despite the fact that Netsky.P has increased its share of the... [01 Sep 2005]
