malware targeting
RSS malware targetingHide'n Seek Revisited - Full Stealth Is Back
White Paper They are no longer utilized only by highly skilled individuals targeting UNIX machines. The alarming news is that malware writers are adopting rootkit techniques, which allows them to create a new breed of worms, Trojans and spyware that are able... [15 Jun 2007]
OpenOffice worm in the wild
News Malware targeting OpenOffice documents is spreading through multiple operating systems including Mac OS, Windows and Linux, said Symantec. According to the security company, the worm is capable of infecting multiple operating system platforms and... [08 Jun 2007]
Q&A: Kimmo Alkio, CEO, F-Secure
News Are the criminals just dusting off the same attacks and targeting new regions? These infected PCs in emerging markets are also being used in distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks targeting Western businesses and governments. [01 Jun 2007]
Security 2007: Data theft still the one to watch
News External attackers are also showing far greater targeting of specific corporate data and problems such as spear-phishing - highly targeted email frauds - are likely to increase according to Mikko Hypponen, CTO of F-Secure. [04 Jan 2007]
Spammers dust off their botnet passports
News Criminals who remotely infect PCs for the purpose of using them to relay spam messages are targeting new countries and regions in order to increase the number of machines they can enlist. Marcus said: "It makes sense to keep malware stealthful. [26 Jul 2006]
Orange signs up F-Secure for mobile AV
News According to F-Secure, currently there are over 200 virus variants targeting smart phones, although none can infect a handset without the user having taken direct action themselves. The mobile operator has announced it has signed up the Finnish... [17 Jul 2006]
Excel virus takes aim at fantasy football fans
News A new Microsoft Excel virus is targeting fantasy football league fans, luring them with an offer of worksheets to track the performance of their team. Every computer user needs to take great care not to fall foul of malware like the Yagnuul virus. [09 May 2006]
DTI: Businesses are getting serious about security
News It's following the money and targeting online gambling sites and banks - where the money is. He said he is also concerned that small businesses and home users will be badly affected if the security industry failed to provide easily accessible... [26 Apr 2006]
Mare.D virus: Ignore the hype
News The stories stemmed from a fairly innocuous warning on F-Secure's blog about the virus which is targeting open source vulnerabilities, known about since last year, and the risk of infection is believed to be negligible. [23 Feb 2006]
Mobile phone viruses "massively over-hyped"
News There are currently 70 viruses and Trojans out there targeting mobile phones and while compared to the 140,000 targeting Windows PCs it doesn't seem that bad, we're pushing the issue now to avoid ever reaching the problem we have with malware on... [02 Sep 2005]
'Expect an IM worm rampage'
News According to Gostev, IM worms are at a similar state of evolution to P2P worms three years ago, which means in the short term a significant increase in the amount of malware targeting IM applications should be expected. [19 Apr 2005]
Symantec: Mac OS X a hacker target
News For a virus to be successful it needs a combination of an exploit and a large target audience," said Biviano, who nominated the mobile phone market as an example of malware writers targeting the most popular platform, not Microsoft's platform. [21 Mar 2005]
Germans net six phishermen on fraud charges
News A sixth man associated with the group, which is suspected of targeting Postbank online account holders, is said to be on the run. Russian antivirus company Kaspersky Labs recently said that 90 per cent of malware is created and sent by criminals... [20 Dec 2004]
Mac virus alert - users' details at risk
News Security experts say these traits are common among the thousands of viruses targeting Microsoft’s ubiquitous Windows operating system but are virtually unheard of amongst the Apple Macintosh community. [25 Oct 2004]
Virus alert: Mobile users bitten by damn Mosquitos!
News Last week Sal Viveros, wireless security evangelist at McAfee, echoed a previous sentiment when he told silicon.com it was "only a matter of time" before viruses targeting smart-phone users on Symbian handsets became cause for real concern. [10 Aug 2004]
