Zeljka Zorz
Fake drug peddlers hijack academic websites
Legal sites are often compromised and used as a stepping stone through which the user is taken to a malicious site. The latest of this kind of schemes has seen a string of …
Is there a solution to the ZeuS problem?
Zeus Trojan has for a while now become almost a synonym for banking malware. Its sneakiness and the ability of its makers to constantly change and adapt it would be admirable, …
Malicious files with fake digital signatures
Signing malicious files with fake signatures that at first glance seem authentic is one of the new methods used by malware writers to add an air of legitimacy to them and …
DHS casting its nets for cybersecurity experts
Glancing about the room at the great number of RSA Conference attendees that came to hear her speak, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano announced the …
US cybersecurity plans revealed
“In order to be successful against today’s cybersecurity threats, we must continue to seek out innovative new partnerships — not only within government, but also …
Software crackers can actually hurt you
The economic crisis has dented your budget? You might have not done it before, but now you’re thinking about cracking legitimate software instead of paying the fee. …
Quarantine and taxation to stomp out malware?
Is the quarantine of infected computers and setting up an internet usage tax the way to go about defusing the malware threat? Scott Charney, Corporate Vice President for …
Phishing made easier
Given the proliferation of phishing sites, you may be excused for thinking that phishing schemes are easy to set up. Unfortunately for the common Internet user, phishing has …
Spam disguised as spam notification
In their constant battle against anti-spam filters, spammers have recently started to camouflage their messages as spam quarantine notifications: Looks quite legitimate, …
Top 7 threats to cloud computing
The Cloud Security Alliance and HP have presented today new research findings that detail the potential threats linked to the use of cloud services. The report, titled …
A 184% increase of malicious websites
The volume of spam saw an increase of 5,5 percent, and malicious websites of a whooping 184 percent since January, says the latest MessageLabs Intelligence report. An increase …
Severe IE vulnerability threatens Windows XP users
News of a newly discovered bug in VBScript and Windows Help files in Internet Explorer that could allow a remote attacker to run an arbitrary command has reached Microsoft on …