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Malware industry going open source
Blog Malware writers are turning to the open source model in an attempt to squeeze more life out of old Trojans, according to the security firm Symantec. For more on the open-source shift in the malware industry, visit silicon.com.
[September 18, 2009, 17:39]
Malware and the moral compass
Blog We’ve known for a long time that malware producers have a penchant for people’s hope and fears, delivering good news, celebrity gossip or hooking into wider world events. Recently anti malware companies have taken to issuing alerts about trends as...
[October 1, 2009, 9:17]
Zero cost recovery - part 2: Removing malware
Blog Slaying malware requires as many tools as you can muster, no single one comes close to removing everything so the more you throw at it the more you hit. Trend’s HijackThis is a tool every tech in the know battles malware with.
[December 5, 2008, 19:03]
Keeping malware at bay
Blog This prevents malware starting up along with Windows and fighting back. Since most malware is installed in good faith by users unaware it of its evil ways the fact it wants to talk to the outside world is no guide to the level of threat.
[October 13, 2008, 10:03]
A close shave with cunning malware
Blog But his plan was to switch these to spyware/malware bearing versions after a short delay, thus neatly embedding nastiness in perfectly proper publications. Our advertising team - fine men and women all, and I'm not just saying that because of their...
[October 23, 2008, 18:11]
Kaspersky on the evolution of self-defense technologies in malware
Blog Here's an interesting and quite lengthy article from Kaspersky about how malware self-defense technologies have evolved, which goes into the ins and outs of packers and rootkits.
[July 3, 2007, 17:19]
Mobile Malware: The JavaMite Evolution in Digital Security
Blog Mobile Malware: The JavaMite Evolution in Digital Security From one malware variant to the next, malware represents a means of interrupting digital norms. Such is the case for the latest form of mobile malware, the JavaMite.
[March 12, 2009, 8:26]
Kaspersky, Grisoft, F-Secure fail VB100 security test
Blog Three big names have failed to receive certification in the latest Virus Bulletin anti-malware test, the VB100. Kaspersky, Grisoft, and F-Secure all had products which failed to detect 100 percent of the in-the-wild malware signatures in Virus...
[June 7, 2007, 17:10]
Panda Puts New Spin On E-Commerce Security
Blog Panda Security, best known for its anti-malware software, has thrown its hat into the online payment arena. What’s particularly interesting about the service - and I’d like to say at this point that I haven’t tested it - is that it apparently warns...
[April 12, 2008, 22:09]
Valentine's Day brings spam and scams, warns FBI
Blog It's a perennial security story -- spammers, scammers, and those seeking to promulgate malware will adjust campaigns to seasonal events. Security vendor Kaspersky has a slightly different take on a similar story -- the Russian anti-malware company...
[February 14, 2008, 10:50]
Does VMware's VMsafe fully protect your datacentre?
Blog Back in the bad old days when you deployed one app per server, you might have been a bit peevish about the idea that malware could start spraying itself around your data centre. Now we're all going virtual (or at least - let's get real - we will be...
[July 17, 2009, 15:53]
US economy narrowly avoids hacking disaster (fails to avoid self-made one)
Blog Apparently a disgruntled employee planned to set off a "malware timebomb" that would have wiped the organisations databases - potentially triggering an economic meltdown which would have plunged financial markets into a recession which we have...
[January 29, 2009, 14:49]
Holiday Shopping Scams Targeting Mobile
Blog Every year on this day there is a rise in scams and malware directed at holiday shoppers and this year is no exception. Do not open any unrecognized text messages as malware could be embedded. Holiday Shopping Scams Targeting Mobile
[November 26, 2007, 19:58]
Botnet more dangerous than Storm?
Blog An article in Dark Reading warns of a Trojan that can circumvent most anti-malware products, being aimed at corporate networks. This malware is for multiple protocols and is specifically designed to be successful despite whatever security controls...
[February 8, 2008, 9:26]
Memory Stick Lockdown Is Imminent
Blog Statistics in today from ESET, the bestest anti-malware company on the planet, mentioned that INF/Autorun, a generic identification for malware that tries to use the file autorun.inf as a way of compromising a PC, retained its number one spot and...
[April 2, 2008, 10:03]
2009 Mobile Security Outlook: The Year of Mass Attack Mobile Viruses
Blog In the field of digital security, it is certain to be a landmark year of emerging malware developments. The most threatening developments in the way of mobile malware which will shape 2009 are Java-enabled mobile viruses.
[January 2, 2009, 21:47]
Symbian worm in the wild
Blog Both pieces of malware still rely on social engineering to propagate. In my opinion, mobile phone malware is currently at an undeveloped stage, where users don't need to worry overly about getting infected - it would be a pain to be infected, but...
[January 25, 2008, 17:25]
FUD over ChromeOS's security already?
Blog In a release today, security company Websense quite rightly commends Google's plan to redesign the security architecture of the operating system but points out that "it’s likely that malware authors will be looking for flaws in the Chrome OS to...
[July 9, 2009, 12:42]
FTP not VPN
Blog Any malware has an easy route into the office. They may only use their PC for work, not visit porn sites (the quickest way to infect PC with malware), and have no idea how to install applications, but if you can’t keep an eye on the PC, updates...
[January 7, 2009, 7:03]
Glorious, Glorious Spam
Blog Sniffing around for a topic of interest this weekend I came upon an e-mail informing me that Network Testing Labs (hang on a moment, I’ll come back to these guys) has found that in head-to-head testing, McAfee's single-appliance Secure Internet...
[September 30, 2007, 16:08]
