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Malware Infections: What To Look For And How To Get Through The Crisis
White Papers Most home computer users have experienced some form of malware infection at some time. While there are many tools that help to automate the process of detecting, containing, and removing threats, there are also some simple, practical steps users...
[October 27, 2006, 0:00]
Malware - Future Trends
White Papers Malware has truly evolved during the last couple of years. Its potential for financial and network based abuse was quickly realized, and thus, tactics changed, consolidation between different parties occurred, and the malware scene became overly...
[January 24, 2006, 23:00]
Malware Variant Trend Reflects Police Action
News The increase in the number of malware variants may reflect the increased effectiveness of law enforcement agencies in targeting their creators. This means Mytob is currently the largest single malware threat out there.
[June 1, 2005, 15:50]
Malware Latches Onto Windows Updates
News Around 100,000 users have been infected with malware that has piggybacked on Windows updates, according to a report from security research firm Symantec. Once infected, the Trojan utilises BITS to download additional malware.
[May 15, 2007, 9:37]
Malware: A Moving Target?
White Papers The threat of malware is not only growing, but changing every month, making it increasingly difficult for users to protect themselves. In this ZDNet Webcast, Jon Oltsik of Enterprise Strategy Group (ESG) and ZDNet's Dan Farber talk about the...
[April 25, 2007, 0:00]
Malware Detection
White Papers MalWare detection allows investigators to employ datasets like National Software Reference Library (NSRL) or build their own specialized databases of hash codes based on hostile or malicious content that can provide significant clues regarding the...
[July 6, 2007, 0:00]
Malware In Popular Networks
White Papers While outbreaks of mass-mailing viruses are making the news, the much greater number of non-replicating malware gets very little attention. Over the past few years malware writers apparently shifted their efforts from creating viruses and worms...
[April 19, 2006, 0:00]
Malware Authors Mixing A Lethal Cocktail
Talkback Laws against writing viruses, DOS attacks, etc, will do nothing since the makers of malware are going to do it whether it's legal or not. The only solution that I see is for users and admins to use common sense, and to demand more security from the...
[December 9, 2004, 18:38]
Malware, Spyware And Other Ways To Ruin Your Day
White Papers One is still open to attack from the next tidal wave of malware, spyware and other nastiness that can take over the computer and ruin the day. What is even more disturbing is that the new generation of malware programmers is not doing this for fun...
[April 26, 2006, 0:00]
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]
Rootkits - The New Wave Of Invisible Malware Is Here
White Papers This article aims to provide a basic explanation of rootkits and how this low level technology can be used by malware developers to infiltrate computers in a way that is very difficult to detect and remove.
[June 1, 2006, 0:00]
Redefining Security To Combat Today's Malware Threats
White Papers Today’s malicious malware attacks such as network viruses and Internet worms have become rampant and unstoppable by existing security measures. These attacks are hazardous because they propagate at the network layer, cannot be detected via the...
[March 14, 2004, 23:00]
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]
The Trend Of Malware Today: Annual Virus Round-up And 2004 Forecast
White Papers This paper provides analysis of malware trends, and future predictions, to help answer these questions. Most enterprises have some form of protection in place for network security against viruses and other malicious code, but is the solution up to...
[March 12, 2004, 23:00]
Web Bigger Malware Threat Than Email
News But the malware in question is no longer primarily making its way through email, as in the past. Companies are now more likely to pick up malicious software via employee Web surfing than from the more notorious email attachment, according to a...
[September 15, 2006, 10:30]
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]
Companies Fight IM Malware With Honeypots
News America Online, Microsoft and Yahoo are supporting a partnership of three security companies who are attempting to thwart instant messaging malware. It uses honeypots -- servers that will gather information -- on AOL, Microsoft and Yahoo's private...
[December 7, 2004, 12:45]
Mobile Malware To Triple In 2006
News Mobile malware is not the only area expected to rise in the new year, said Craig Schmugar, virus research manager for McAfee Avert Labs. Mobile security threats are expected to triple next year as smartphones and other mobile devices become more...
[December 20, 2005, 8:55]
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 16, 2007, 23:00]
Top Executives Face Personal Malware Threat
News Hackers have targeted 500 key business executives in what is believed to be the first mass-targeted malware attack, according to security vendor MessageLabs. Targeted attacks aim to bypass security measures by individually addressing emails, which...
[July 2, 2007, 12:36]
