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RSS malware authorsProtecting Against the New Wave of Malware
White Paper Malware of all types are becoming more virulent, their authors are becoming more adept at getting around current defenses, and the profits generated by malware are funding new and more... [01 Oct 2009]
Apple's Mac OS 'lagging behind Vista on security'
News Contrary to popular Mac fanboy belief, Macintosh is not more secure from a software standpoint than modern Windows; it's merely safer to use because malware writers prefer to target the platform with the biggest install... [27 Aug 2009]
Web 2.0 - The New Generation of Web Threats
White Paper To gain that access, malware authors exploit the very thing that makes Web 2.0 so successful- the user's trust. Unfortunately, malicious software (malware) has also evolved. Just as... [06 Aug 2009]
Adobe probes Flash zero day bug after exploit found
News The authors of the exploit have managed to take a bug and turn it into a reliable exploit using a heap spray technique," Patrick Fitzgerald writes on a Symantec Security blog post. Once the unsuspecting user visits the... [23 Jul 2009]
Symbian security slip-up: Trojan passes security test
News Mikko Hyppönen, F-Secure's chief research officer, told ZDNet UK on Friday that the malware authors had probably tested their Trojan against the F-Secure antivirus engine to circumvent security measures. [20 Jul 2009]
Revealing Packed Malware
White Paper To evade malicious content detection, malware authors use packers, binary tools that instigate code obfuscation. The past few years have witnessed a significant increase in malware... [01 Jul 2009]
NETGEAR In-The-Cloud Distributed SpamAnalysis Technology: Network Based Protection Against Email-Borne Threats
White Paper Spammers and malware authors of other computer threats continuously refine their distribution efforts, to propagate their threats as widely as possible. Over the past few years, email has emerged as the... [30 Jun 2009]
Recurrent Patterns Detection Technology
White Paper Although many methods to combat these threats have been developed and tested throughout the past several years, a common deficiency of most of these methods is that they lack the ability to adapt quickly enough to the rapid change of... [30 Jun 2009]
From Fun to Profit: The Evolution of Malware
White Paper Malware will continue to evolve, and malware authors will try to improve the stealth and persistence of their creations. From a technical point of view, malware has... [20 Jun 2009]
The Online Shadow Economy: A Billion Dollar Market For Malware Authors
White Paper In an online black market worth more than $105 billion, malware authors can produce new, unique threats targeting businesses and employees every 45 seconds. This free white paper examines the growth of... [18 Mar 2009]
'We'll block police home PC hacks': Security vendors
News If we provided a backdoor, it could be used by malware authors," Em said. This would be more effective than a drive-by download or sending an email with a malware attachment, as the... [09 Jan 2009]
Innovation for Security Defense: A Unified Strategy for Enterprise Security
White Paper Familiar antivirus and firewall solutions are no longer sufficient because every new software iteration introduces new vulnerabilities and malware authors make a concerted effort to exploit user weaknesses. [02 Sep 2008]
Web-based malware up 400 per cent
News Landesman said: "Over the last year malware authors have moved away from direct attacks - attacks in which they directly interact with victims, via social engineering for example - to indirect attacks... [06 Jun 2008]
Warning: The Storm still rages on
News In the past, the Storm worm authors would directly link to malware on websites or within spam emails. Security vendor Symantec has warned that the Storm worm, the malware which... [07 May 2008]
Unmasking the Online Bad Guys
White Paper Malware authors can produce new, unique threats targeting businesses and employees every 45 seconds. Download this free whitepaper to learn about the entrepreneurs of internet crime and how to keep your... [29 Feb 2008]
