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Play.com customers receiving malicious emails, Silverpop blamed

The notification and the warning that Play.com sent out to its customers following a breach of systems belonging to the company that handles part of its marketing …

63% of schools plagued by two IT security breaches a year

With 63 percent of schools experiencing malware outbreaks or unauthorized user access at least twice a year, the results of a Panda Security survey indicate that IT security …

Malicious app found in Android Market

To infect a mobile device, the Rootcager/DroidDream Trojan used two known exploits: exploid and rageagainstthecage. If the first one failed to root the device, the malware …

34 SCADA vulnerabilities revealed

It is safe to say that the existence of SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems was a fact unknown to many before the advent of the Stuxnet worm, and not many …

Japanese tsunami videos lead to malware

A new Japanese disaster themed campaign is doing the rounds of inboxes. The e-mails supposedly offer links to videos about “The village that escaped the tsunami”, …

5 tips to avoid Japan earthquake and tsunami scams

Unfortunately many cyber crooks are exploiting the tragedy in Japan to get money for unsuspecting surfers. Here are tips from Enigma Software to make sure you don’t …

73,000 malware strains created daily in 2011

The number of threats in circulation has risen in comparison to last year. In the first three months of 2011, PandaLabs identified an average of 73,000 new malware strains, …

How antivirus and antispyware help keep malware at bay

When it comes to creating Internet security threats, malware writers are masters of disguise and manipulation. They are constantly evolving their tactics to find new ways to …

40th anniversary of the computer virus

This year marks the 40th anniversary of Creeper, the world’s first computer virus. From Creeper to Stuxnet, the last four decades saw the number of malware instances …

Spoofed reported attack pages lead to ransomware

Spoofed reported attack pages have been the lure of choice of fake AV and ransomware peddlers for quite some time now, so it shouldn’t come as a surprise that a recent …

Japan earthquake search results already poisoned

It didn’t take long for malware pushers to take advantage of Internet users’ hunger for news and videos from Japan after it was hit today by the most powerful …

Google Android security tool found repackaged with malware

In a what should actually not be a wholly unexpected turn of events, the Android Market security update – pushed to Android users whose devices where affected by one or …

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