malware

An interesting tactic for hiding a Trojan has recently been spotted by Symantec researchers. Instead of using entirely their own malicious code, the malware authors have …

Attackers are making a shift from using e-mail spam to more aggressively targeting the Internet, according to Barracuda Network. E-mail spam dropped by half during 2010, while …

Barracuda Labs analyzed more than 26 million Twitter accounts in order to measure and analyze account behavior. The analysis enabled researchers to model normal user behavior …

According to data gathered by Panda Security, only 39 percent of computers scanned in February were infected with malware, compared to 50 percent last month. Trojans were …

Fortinet announced its February 2011 Threat Landscape report, which details five zero-day vulnerabilities found in Cisco (FGA-2011-03), Adobe (FGA-2011-06) and Microsoft …

Organizations are at risk of malware as 76% of workers plug unknown USB flash drives into company PCs, potentially compromising corporate network security, according to …

Free Android applications bundled up with malware have spilled over into the official Android marketplace. According to Symantec, the malware in question can root the phone, …

A New Hampshire man was sentenced in federal court for his role in an international computer hacking conspiracy and his failure to file income tax returns while living in …

Analysis by Symantec reveals that in February, 1 in 290.1 emails (0.345%) was malicious making February among the most prolific time periods both in terms of simultaneous …

Taking advantage of the fact that a lot of security companies are more relaxed over the weekend, cybercriminals use the opportunity to strike. This weekend, the popular auto …

Attackers continue to focus on social engineering attacks and circumventing legacy enterprise security systems, according to Zscaler. Q4 saw shifts in the sources of …

Man-in-the-Browser attacks are becoming ever more popular with cybercriminals that seek to plunder bank accounts. The latest in a long string of banking Trojans that aids them …