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InternetNews April 11, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Office Exploits Rear Their Ugly Heads At this rate, Microsoft Office could become a more popular virus target than Windows. |
PC Magazine March 7, 2008 Larry Seltzer |
ID Theft: The Next Level The new virus Trojan.Silentbanker regularly patrols the Internet for banking sites it can manipulate. |
InternetNews February 22, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Yo Quiero Antivirus. Malware Goes Multilingual With BRIC and EMEA markets emerging, the bad guys go after non-American targets. |
InternetNews July 6, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
Trojans on The March Is it all Microsoft's fault? One security vendor suggests that users may well want to switch to a less-targeted OS. |
PC World September 26, 2007 Erik Larkin |
Five of the Dirtiest Malware Tricks From disguising applets to look like part of Windows to co-opting security tools, Web crooks use a variety of methods to bypass your system's safeguards. |
National Defense January 2011 Stew Magnuson |
Launching Malware Is Just a Few Clicks Away Russian crime syndicates are happy to sell would-be cyber-thieves or spies a basic toolkit for $4,000. |
InternetNews November 10, 2005 Jim Wagner |
Researchers: Skype, VoIP Are Hot And Risky Researchers warn that IT managers should take precautions when allowing VoIP use, specifically Skype, in the workplace. |
InternetNews November 2, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Barbarians at the Mac's Gates Leopard's security gets hammered by security pros and a new Mac virus has emerged, proving that - even for Apple - popularity comes at a price. |
InternetNews April 25, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Microsoft Expands And Unifies Security Efforts Microsoft formally introduced the Malware Protection Center today. |
InternetNews March 15, 2006 Sean Michael Kerner |
New Trojan is Holding Data Ransom If you're the unlucky victim of the new cryzip Trojan making the rounds, it'll cost you $300 to get your data back from the Trojan's author. |
InternetNews August 28, 2009 |
New Trojan Snags Skype Calls on Windows PCs Trojan.Peskyspy beats Skype encryption through Windows API attack. How serious is the threat? |
PC Magazine November 25, 2003 |
Under Attack! If you're not running software to protect your PC, you should be! We test 12 products that will protect your PC and those with which it shares cyberspace. |
InternetNews March 12, 2010 |
McAfee's Got the Skinny on Scareware McAfee's advisory details the dangers of downloading fake antivirus software, often referred to as 'scareware.' |
InternetNews February 27, 2007 Ed Sutherland |
Storm Trojan Takes Social Measures Storm Trojan uses Web mail, blogs and message boards as conduits for spreading malware code. |
InternetNews December 2, 2008 Sean Michael Kerner |
Apple Recommends Antivirus for Mac Users Apple quietly suggests customers use antivirus software, though threats are still few in number. |
InternetNews February 23, 2007 Clint Boulton |
Want a Contract With Your Key Logger? Malware authors are now offering ongoing support and updates for their goods. |
InternetNews December 5, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Latest Facebook Attack Stems from Previous One Businesses with Facebook links must watch out. |
PC World December 31, 2007 Erik Larkin |
Malware Evolving Too Fast for Antivirus Apps Bad guys use sophisticated testing to create malware that can evade even the best security programs. |
InternetNews September 9, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Malware Scanning Moves to the Cloud Instead of burdening the client computer with all the scanning work, antivirus vendors are doing the processing on their systems. |
InternetNews October 17, 2005 Tim Gray |
IRCbot Trojan Spoofing Skype Researchers discover a new variant of the IRCbot Trojan disguised as the latest release of the popular Skype VoIP software client version 1.4. |
InternetNews August 23, 2006 Andy Patrizio |
AV Vendors Flip Over CU's 'Dummy Viruses' The antivirus community is crying foul over a consumer magazine's tests of their products, which included creating 5,500 dummy viruses to see how well the AV programs handle the unknown. |
Bank Technology News December 2005 Glen Fest |
Voip Security Threats: Swimming With The Sleeping Sharks? Banks' enthusiasm for installing VoIP shows no signs of waning. Will hackers, spammers, phishers and other criminals soon notice and start to take advantage? |
InternetNews January 19, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Get Ready for Inauguration Spam As Obama prepares to be sworn in, hackers and spammers are gearing up for a field day. |
InternetNews November 14, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Virus Infections Reflect Sloppy Manufacturing Maxtor drive infection the latest example of what happens when manufacturing systems are connected to that virus haven known as the Internet. |
InternetNews April 2, 2008 Andy Patrizio |
Volunteers For Spam Security vendor McAfee hires 50 volunteers to be spammed as much as they can manage, and then have them blog about it. |
PC Magazine August 1, 2007 Larry Seltzer |
A Long-Ignored Threat: RTF Files A new danger is being exploited by malware. Learn which steps to take in order to avoid becoming a victim... Biggest and worse malicious programs and viruses... |
PC World March 2006 Tony Bradley |
The New Virus Fighters Today's antivirus programs have no trouble stopping familiar intruders, but how safe are you from the unknown? A test of ten contenders reveals a new Best Buy. |
InternetNews September 17, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Have We Reached The End Of The Virus? Not quite. The old-fashioned virus infestation is fading as the biggest nuisance for computer users in favor of Trojans, Symantec's new malware study finds. |
National Defense October 2012 Stew Magnuson |
Cyberspies Ratchet Up Attacks on Mobile Devices "The growth is one thing, but the jumps in sophistication is what I find surprising," said Dave Marcus, director of advanced research and threat intelligence for McAfee Labs. |
InternetNews January 26, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Tracking The Malware Battle The crooks are adjusting their tactics, but so are the people trying to keep you safe. Is malware becoming a certainty? |
InternetNews March 2, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Microsoft OneCare Bombs Out In Antivirus Test Microsoft's Windows Live OneCare antivirus software came in last in an evaluation of 17 antivirus programs in the AV Comparatives Web site's bi-annual software roundup. |
InternetNews January 13, 2010 |
Hackers Eye BlackBerry Messenger The omnipresent Research In Motion BlackBerry is an enticing target for evildoers - no wonder, then, that McAfee is warning about a new threat making the rounds. |
InternetNews October 22, 2009 |
Balloon Boy, Windows 7 Latest Malware Draws Spammers, phishers continue to capitalize on popular search subjects to spread their malware. |
PC World June 2004 Liane Cassavoy |
Viruses Target IM Virus writers and scammers are now plying their trade via instant messaging. Here are the real threats, and tips on avoiding them, including software solutions. |
InternetNews December 17, 2008 Richard Adhikari |
Microsoft Patches IE, But Security Issues Remain As usual, the bad guys are ahead in the tug-of-war over security. |
InternetNews April 10, 2007 Andy Patrizio |
Three Critical Fixes For Windows Microsoft releases three significant fixes for Windows, but Office remains exposed. |
InternetNews August 13, 2009 |
Craiglist, AutoCAD Threats Show Virus Variety Malware authors continue showing their creativity, with new viruses making the rounds by targeting Craigslist fans and AutoCAD users. |
InternetNews November 20, 2009 |
Symantec's 'Unlucky 13' Security Trends for 2010 Hackers and malware purveyors are becoming more sophisticated, meaning computer users need to become wiser and more proactive, too. |
PC World November 2005 Erik Larkin |
Threat Alert: Antivirus Killers Savvy invaders can erode your PC's defenses and make it even more vulnerable. |
InternetNews December 31, 2009 |
VoIP Security Issues on the Rise McAfee said its latest research found almost 60 vulnerabilities in VoIP products. |
InternetNews August 16, 2010 |
Symantec Uncovers Another Sneaky Spam Scam Latest Trojan conceals itself in innocent-looking attachments designed to get you or someone you know to open up the offending file. |
InternetNews September 23, 2009 |
Do Not Pass Go: Malware Taps Phony 'Monopoly' Unsolicited invitation to play an online version of the popular board game can turn your computer into a spam-spewing zombie. |
InternetNews January 6, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
Fake Celeb Profiles in Spam Attacks Want to see "more" of your favorite actor or pop star? Bad idea. |
PC World November 2002 Robert Luhn |
Install-and-Forget Antivirus Programs New McAfee, Norton, and Panda packages automate more maintenance tasks. |
PC Magazine April 10, 2008 Neil J. Rubenking |
Avast! Antivirus 4.8 Home Edition The free avast! antivirus now blasts spyware and does it nearly as well as the top products. |
T.H.E. Journal April 2004 Judith Rajala |
Computer Virus Protection Simply having virus protection software on your institution's computer system doesn't guarantee safety and security. Instead, protection and prevention is a team effort between the users and the anti-virus software. Includes a list of useful websites. |
InternetNews December 4, 2009 Larry Barrett |
Latest Spam Attack: Phony Swine Flu Warning Antivirus firm warns of e-mail that solicits registration for a fake "H1NI vaccination profile." |
InternetNews September 10, 2004 Ryan Naraine |
Skype Puts VoIP on PDAs Internet telephony provider Skype Technologies has released a final version of its peer-to-peer VoIP software for Wi-Fi-enabled Pocket PC devices. |
PC World December 2000 Kim Zetter |
Computer Viruses: The Next Generation What will be the next virulent outbreak? No one knows, except that it's guaranteed to be more lethal than ever... |
PC Magazine June 21, 2006 Matthew D. Sarrel |
Safety in Layers A successful antivirus strategy is one that stacks security. |