malware

When the news that the Spanish police arrested the three individuals suspected of running the Mariposa botnet was made public back in March 2010, it was generally thought that …

There is a new variant of the Mac Defender rogue AV out there, and this one doesn’t require users to enter the administrator password in order to install the program, …

It took a while for Apple to react properly to the onslaught of Mac Defender and similar fake AV aimed at Mac users, but they finally did it. Only days after the revelation of …

VirusTotal – the popular free file checking website – has been spoofed by malware peddlers, warns Kaspersky Lab. A simple visit to the site triggers the download …

The date of the release of iPhone 5 is still unknown, but that doesn’t stop malware peddlers from using it to lure in Apple fanatics. After all, didn’t a recent …

Cyber criminals have capitalized on the recent growth in popularity of the Android mobile platform. Based on the number of new mobile malware signatures detected during this …

A little over two weeks have passed since the appearance of MAC Defender, the fake AV solution targeting Mac users. And seeing that the approach had considerable success, it …

Trusteer discovered a configuration of the SpyEye Trojan targeting Verizon’s online payment page and attempting to steal payment card information. The attack took place …

The Alureon Trojan (also known as TDL, TDSS and Tidserv) has been around since 2007, and it’s function consist mainly in allowing the attacker to intercept incoming and …

You might have heard about rogue AV solutions and scareware, but not many people have experienced a rogue defragmenter that hides files and (indirectly) asks money to return …

Wikipedia is practically a household name now, so it’s no wonder that spammers are trying to take advantage of the online encyclopedia’s popularity and (relative) …

April saw a continued increase in the volume of detected malware, with 73,000 new variants of threats being released daily – a 26 percent increase over the same period …