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A close shave with cunning malware
Blog Comment Was it the type of malware that causes infections just by visiting the page? Thank goodness for that! Questions though. Were any criminal procedings brought against this individual ? It would nice to think about him and his party pooper associates...
[October 23, 2008, 19:38]
Antivirus firms battle 'unique malware'
News As malware is increasingly written with a specific target in mind, antivirus firms are deploying more intelligent detection tools and creating unique signatures for individual clients. Over the past few years, malware attacks have evolved from a...
[November 24, 2006, 7:13]
Anti Malware Features in Windows Vista
White Papers This webcast will cover how Windows is better protected against malware attacks, better at removing infections, and better at limiting potential harm from malicious software. The main focus will be on the anti-malware technologies found in Windows...
[February 17, 2007, 0:00]
Delivering Unmatched Defense Against Malware
White Papers The Scandinavian soils specialist has deployed Symantec Endpoint Protection to defend desktops, servers and laptops against malware. Secure, simple, seamless. These are the watchwords for Symantec Endpoint Protection - and these are the values that...
[January 18, 2008, 0:01]
Conficker malware poses as antivirus software
News Researchers have discovered another feature of the Conficker worm that provides an additional clue about the intent of the creators — the worm installs malware that masquerades as antivirus software, Trend Micro said on Friday.
[April 14, 2009, 12:13]
Back to the Future: A Framework for Automatic Malware Removal and System Repair
White Papers Malware is software with malicious intent. Besides viruses and worms, spyware, adware, and other newer forms of malware have recently emerged as widely-spread threats to system security. It is difficult to detect malware reliably because new and...
[June 14, 2006, 0:00]
Vista vulnerable to malware from 2004
News Microsoft's Vista may be vulnerable to at least three pieces of widespread malware, two of which date back to 2004 , according to security vendor Sophos. These worms comprise 39.7 percent of all malware currently in circulation, according to the...
[November 30, 2006, 12:44]
Comparing Email Management Systems That Protect Against Spam, Viruses, Malware and Phishing Attacks
White Papers Systems designed to protect email systems and users from spam, viruses, malware, phishing attacks and other threats must be extremely effective, they must operate with virtually no downtime and they must be easy to manage.
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
A Malware Detector Placement Game for Intrusion Detection
White Papers This paper proposes and investigates a game-theoretic approach to the malware filtering and detector placement problem which arises in network security. Assuming rational and intelligent attackers, they present a two-person zero-sum non-cooperative...
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
Corporate Malware Strategies
White Papers This webcast will discuss common and uncommon security practices that can be used to deter malicious code (malware) from hampering a corporate network that is based on Microsoft technology. The webcast will talk about the various new types of...
[June 16, 2006, 0:00]
The Perils of Using the Wrong Approach to USB Flash Drive Security: Only Hardware Ensures That Data Stays in and Malware Stays Out
White Papers The IronKey secure mobile data solution allows organizations to gain the productivity benefits enabled by employees using USB drives while providing an unrivalled set of malware protections that includes Malware-protected software and firmware...
[June 30, 2009, 1:19]
Evaluation of Malware Clustering Based on Its Dynamic Behaviour
White Papers Malware detection is an important problem today. New malware appears every day and in order to be able to detect it, it is important to recognize families of existing malware. This paper presents a comparison of the behaviour of two representations...
[June 20, 2009, 1:21]
McAfee predicts surge in video malware
News The use of video formats on social-networking sites — such as YouTube — will attract malware writers, the company claims. The functionality of online video, which includes pop-up ads and URL redirects, will become "ideal tools of destruction for...
[November 30, 2006, 16:36]
Phished Facebook accounts pass along malware
News At least one Facebook account that was hijacked in phishing attacks last week was used to send out spam directing people to a malware site, according to the social-networking company. The malware website was offline by late morning Pacific time and...
[May 8, 2009, 17:24]
Botnet malware proliferates on Windows PCs
News Attackers, with financial gain in mind, are clearly concentrating a significant amount of development focus on this category of malware," Microsoft said in the report. Malicious remote control software continues to be one of the biggest threats to...
[October 25, 2006, 9:40]
Free But Fake: Rogue Anti-Malware
White Papers These kinds of programs are called "Rogue Anti-Malware" or "Purportedly Protective Programs" and their creators want users to download them in order to infect their systems, while believing that they are protecting themselves.
[June 30, 2009, 1:19]
The Ecology of Malware
White Papers The fight against malicious software (or malware, which includes everything from worms to viruses to botnets) is often viewed as an "Arms Race. Conventional wisdom is that one must continually "Raise the Bar" for the malware creators.
[June 30, 2009, 1:19]
Security experts spot holes in Twitter malware filter
News Twitter's new malware filter is a sign the social-media site is stepping up efforts to stem attacks, but the measure has its shortcomings, say security experts. Your tweet contained a URL to a known malware site!
[August 5, 2009, 9:14]
Analysis of an Attack of Web-Based Malware
White Papers Internet has become an ally platform of attack for malware creators, who through the use of different techniques such as Drive-by-Download, Drive-by-Update, scripting, exploit, among others, and combining them seek to recruit an army of computers...
[June 30, 2009, 1:19]
China hosts almost half of all malware sites
News China is host to almost half of the world's malware-infected websites. The company warned that simply staying clear of sites hosted in the top three countries of China, the US and Russia was not an effective method of avoiding malware.
[September 4, 2007, 8:15]
