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RSS malware cyberMalware threat for iPhone 2.0
News Howard Schmidt, former advisor to the White House on cyber security, similarly noted in April that the availability of SDKs for mobile devices increases the likelihood of malware writers creating malicious code specifically for mobiles. [14 Jul 2008]
Stop Spam, Viruses and Spyware: Endpoint and Perimeter Malware Guide
White Paper Today's cyber criminals are using highly evolved, blended malware to access corporate and customer data at an alarming rate. IT systems are under constant, increasingly sophisticated attack. Additional layers of protection at the perimeter are... [09 Jun 2008]
Phishing, malware and online fraud is booming
News The UK Threat Assessment of Serious Organised Crime pinpoints a surge in attempts to hijack bank accounts using email phishing and key logging malware.silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK cyber crime police unit. [06 Jun 2008]
Are we losing the security war?
Comment Today, I look at my slide deck from Milan and see that we have entire internet relay chat networks controlled by the criminal underground economy, that cyber crime could be almost as big as the value of the global illegal drug trade - no one... [29 Apr 2008]
Mobiles to come under attack from 'bad guys'
News Mobile devices are going to become the next big target for cyber criminals who will be helped by the greater availability of tools to develop software for them. Speaking to silicon.com at Infosec 2008 in London, former advisor to the White House on... [24 Apr 2008]
Sophos Anti-Virus evaluation
White Paper New threats increased by 48 percent in 2005 as cyber criminals created targeted malware attacks for financial gain. Desktops, laptops, and servers are vulnerable to a wide range of threats, many of which bypass the gateway. [12 Dec 2007]
Malware for profit: the latest trends in network threats
White Paper New threats increased by 48 percent in 2005 as cyber criminals joined forces to create targeted malware attacks for financial gain. This report discusses the increasing complexity of threats, the changing motivation of malware authors, and the... [12 Dec 2007]
Webcast: The Money in Malware: Evolution of the Network Threatscape
White Paper Today's cyber-crooks are no longer content breaking into corporate or government networks just to prove they can. Harris is the director of SophosLabs, a global network of threat analysis centers that provides proactive protection against malware... [12 Dec 2007]
Cyber spies plan attacks next year
News Cyber spying will pose the single biggest security threat in 2008, with 120 countries now using the internet for web espionage operations, according to security company McAfee. Jeff Green, senior vice president of McAfee Avert Labs and product... [30 Nov 2007]
Russian malware gang goes to ground
News All kinds of cyber crime was on RBN sites but recently they've become too greedy," said Genes. An alleged Russian malware hosting gang has abruptly disappeared, according to internet security company Trend Micro. [12 Nov 2007]
Mac porn Trojan is multiplying, warns F-Secure
News If it is downloaded, it alters a computer's domain name system (DNS) server, redirecting the machine to porn sites of the malware distributor's choice. There is also a version for Windows platform users, said Runald, and it was this version that... [09 Nov 2007]
Cyber criminals building more but smaller botnets
News Cyber criminals are downsizing their botnets to try and trick software security companies. But researchers at antivirus company F-Secure have reported seeing these large networks being broken down into smaller groups of compromised computers... [28 Sep 2007]
Photos: Inside the malware hunters' den
Photo Sean Sullivan, a technical expert with F-Secure, said the response team in charge of finding and dealing with any cyber attacks has to deal with, on average, 10,000 different samples of malware everyday and this number is "rising exponentially". [28 Sep 2007]
Viruses - is the threat over?
News The security company has also warned that cyber crime is becoming an increasingly professional business with malware toolkits for sale on the internet. Whether through better security protection or hackers turning their attention to more lucrative... [26 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]
