malware
RSS malwarePhishers set their sights on corporate accounts
News Fraudsters have attempted to steal an estimated $100m from corporate bank accounts using malware and money mules, the FBI said yesterday. The scammer will typically target the people who handle financial transactions in... [04 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.09.09
Round-Up According to antivirus companies, there's been a spike in Halloween-themed viruses as malware merchants attempt a spot of trick or treating: offering their intended victims the treat of what appears to be a Halloween... [30 Oct 2009]
Monitoring staff email and internet: The dos and don'ts
News Another possible use for monitoring could be to help prevent damage to computer systems by identifying careless internet and email users who are downloading malware or accessing potentially risky websites. [22 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment Performance in particular has been improved in the latest Windows - and the number of profoundly irritating system messages from the much-maligned User Account Control technology (which aimed to eliminate threats from... [20 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Scareware is fake security software, often heralded by an ersatz dialogue box warning unsuspecting users that their PC is under attack by malware or that it's at risk of a virus infection. Needless to say, after victims... [19 Oct 2009]
Online banking fraud rockets as fraudsters get smarter
News Banking industry body Financial Fraud Action UK warned that online fraud is becoming increasingly sophisticated, with fraudsters targeting customers using malware and phishing scams. Online banking fraud jumped by 55 per... [07 Oct 2009]
iPhones unshackled, IT wages revealed and outsourcing explained
News Software also hit the headlines in September, as silicon.com reporter Nick Heath explored why malware writers are turning to open source in their attempts to garner victims' financial details. Once again, September saw... [06 Oct 2009]
Who's afraid of malware? Four in 10 have never had a virus
News Despite an ever-increasing amount of malware in the wild, almost four in ten respondents to a silicon.com poll have never been hit by a virus. The poll suggests that successful virus attacks could be becoming less... [05 Oct 2009]
Nortel IT Implementation Steps for New Access Enforcement Program
White Paper VPN Tunnel Guard ensures that remote computers are properly protected from malware before allowing them to connect to the corporate network. In a given month, 80 percent of Nortel employees access the network remotely... [04 Oct 2009]
Achieve Information Security by Preserving the Secrecy and Integrity of Keys
White Paper Additionally, today's sophisticated malware requires systems to be comprehensively defended against hacking and compromise. Cryptography forms the basis of information security infrastructure. Data encryption, network... [04 Oct 2009]
Lumension Device Scanner
White Paper If left unmanaged, removable devices can jeopardize the security of your data through data leakage and/or malware introduction. Lumension's Device Scanner is a network-based scanning utility that provides IT Departments... [02 Oct 2009]
Editorial Preface: Special Issue on Intrusion and Malware Detection
White Paper Welcome to the special issue of Intrusion and Malware detection. Detection of Intrusions and Malware remains a serious problem in the realm of computer and communications security. To meet the increasing... [02 Oct 2009]
Misplaced Trust - RFID Tags as Malware Carriers
White Paper In this paper, the author looks at a non-convenient security issue; that of RFID malware, in particular RFID viruses. Radio Frequency Identification (RFID)is a technology that is becoming more and more prevalent as a... [02 Oct 2009]
Understanding Anti-Malware Research and Response at Microsoft: An Introduction to the Malware Protection Center
White Paper Given this frequently changing malware landscape, it is critical to have a well-defined methodology and process for responding to emerging threats. Viruses, Trojans, and other malicious software, as well as spyware and... [02 Oct 2009]
Your Botnet Is My Botnet: Analysis of a Botnet Takeover
White Paper Botnets, networks of malware-infected machines that are controlled by an adversary, are the root cause of a large number of security problems on the Internet. A particularly sophisticated and insidious type of bot is... [02 Oct 2009]
