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InternetNews August 11, 2010 |
Malware Scams Hit New Peak in First Half Security software vendor McAfee says the number of new pieces of malware circulating on the Internet reached an all-time high in the first six months of this year. |
InternetNews November 8, 2010 |
Spam Surges 28 Percent in October: AppRiver Hundreds of millions of spam emails were distributed every day in October and most of them originated in the United States. |
InternetNews September 30, 2010 |
'Here You Have' Worm Takes Toll In September The new version of an old malware trick was the single largest security threat to enterprise IT departments last month. |
InternetNews February 9, 2010 |
McAfee Finds Spike In Malware From China A new study by security software vendor McAfee finds a growing number of cyber attacks originating in China and predicts even more malware scams will target fans of popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. |
InternetNews December 2, 2010 |
Targeted Malware, Spam Will Surge in '11 Security software vendor predicts more malware campaigns will use social media to target mobile devices, apps and industry-specific systems. |
InternetNews November 15, 2010 |
Malicious Spam Surges in 3Q: Report Kaspersky Lab report finds the volume of malicious spam soared in the third quarter, keeping security software firms and consumers on high alert. |
InternetNews February 2, 2011 |
Rustock, Phishing Scams Boost Spam in January A flurry of new malicious spam campaigns and the return of the Rustock botnet elevated spam activity in latter half of January. |
InternetNews December 30, 2009 |
Malware Targeting Adobe, Social Sites in 2010 Security player McAfee runs down its picks for malware creators' highest-priority targets in the coming year. |
InternetNews February 2, 2010 |
Spammers Pedaling Haiti, World Cup Scams Latest analysis finds spike in malware hidden in messages about major world news events. |
InternetNews November 30, 2010 |
Most New Malware Disappears Within A Day: Study New strains of malware are popping up at an unprecedented rate but, fortunately, most of these variants are stamped out within the first 24 hours. |
InternetNews August 13, 2010 |
Malware Discovered on Another Red Cross Website The Red Cross of Serbia was targeted by hackers who injected malicious JavaScript files onto several of the organization's web pages. |
InternetNews June 29, 2010 |
McAfee Rolls Out SaaS Cloud Security Suite With its latest offering, SaaS Web Protection, security vendor McAfee is aiming to deliver a cloud-based software portfolio to combat malware and other online threats. |
InternetNews November 17, 2010 |
12 Online Scams to Avoid This Holiday Season Security software vendor McAfee has put together a list of a dozen online security threats to consumers looking to spread a little holiday cheer this season. |
InternetNews January 19, 2011 |
Enterprises Weigh Social Nets' Risks, Rewards New survey by security software firm Sophos reveals most companies allow employees to visit social networking sites despite obvious risks. |
InternetNews March 2, 2011 |
PDF Malware on the Rise: MessageLabs Latest report from security vendor Symantec's MessageLabs unit highlights surge in malicious software hiding in PDF attachments, while overall email threats are on the rise. |
InternetNews February 13, 2008 David Needle |
Most Mobile Users Don't Know if They Have Security McAfee-sponsored research finds mobile users expect vendors to pre-install 24 x 7 protection. |
InternetNews May 19, 2010 |
'Lost' Finale Gives Cyber Crooks New Bait With the end of the popular ABC drama, hackers are exploiting viewers' interest to spread all sorts of malware. |
InternetNews June 4, 2010 |
Hackers Zero In On Execs With World Cup Scam A flurry of malware scams are using e-mails related to the upcoming World Cup to target executives at companies and organizations around the world. |
InternetNews December 15, 2010 |
Hacktivism, Mobile Threats Will Surge in 2011 New report from Panda Security suggests there's plenty for everyone to worry about on the malware front in the coming year - especially if you own a smartphone. |
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 December 14, 2009 |
Security Firm Finds Spammers Thriving in U.S. McAfee's December spam report finds spammers are still operating with relative impunity despite looming six-year anniversary of FTC's Can-Spam Act. |
InternetNews September 17, 2010 |
Free Web Services; Costly Security Risks New report from security vendor McAfee warns users in search of free content and entertainment on the Web. |
InternetNews June 11, 2010 |
Symantec Warns of Latest World Cup Malware Researchers at software-security firm detect a two-pronged malware attack targeting executives at major Brazilian firms, using the World Cup as a lure. |
Bank Technology News November 2007 |
McAfee's Top 10 Threats for 2008 McAfee released its 2008 threat predictions this week. Here's the first half of the list. |
InternetNews September 13, 2010 |
Enterprises Recover From 'Here You Have' Virus One of the most potent email-based viruses in years had enterprise IT managers scrambling over the weekend to get their email servers back in top form. |
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 December 9, 2010 |
Hackers Zero In On Employee Email Accounts Lost or stolen laptops and USB drives are a serious security threat but personal email accounts are becoming an even bigger target for cybercrooks. |
InternetNews October 1, 2009 |
Internet Never More Dangerous: Study Report finds a 585 percent spike in fake anti-malware and security software programs in the first half of 2009. |
InternetNews July 29, 2009 |
Spam Learns a New Language While spam levels are at their highest levels in years, much of it is the same - just translated for different countries. |
InternetNews February 3, 2011 |
Hackers Use Facebook Mania to Spread Malware Facebook is a magnet for security threats and hackers are capitalizing on users' addiction to the social networking site to do even more damage. |
InternetNews September 9, 2009 |
IRS Spoof Latest Cutwail Spam Scam McAfee's MX Logic says new botnet spam campaign targets paranoid taxpayers at more than 90,000 messages an hour. |
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 January 15, 2010 Larry Barrett |
Russia Blamed for 13% of Global Cyber Attacks New report from Akamai awards Russia the dubious distinction of world's leading source of cyber threats. |
InternetNews January 18, 2011 |
Attack Toolkits Spark New Malware Strains Do-it-yourself malware kits are all the rage online and they're making life much easier for cyber-criminals looking to turn a quick buck. |
InternetNews September 9, 2010 |
Is Symantec in Microsoft's Shopping Cart? If the rumors are true, the security vendor would likely fetch a hefty, multi-billion dollar purchase price. |
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 July 13, 2010 |
New Malware Scam Picks On eBay Fans Hackers know where people like to go online and what brands the average Internet user responds to when they conceive their illicit plots. This time around, it's eBay users they've targeted. |
InternetNews March 18, 2010 Stuart J. Johnston |
What Microsoft Learned From Botnet Takedown Even software giant Microsoft had trouble corralling the Waledac malware-spreading botnight. |
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. |
PC Magazine October 16, 2007 Larry Seltzer |
Microsoft on the .Info Block Note to software giant: applying blanket rules isn't good security. |
InternetNews December 3, 2010 |
Phony Holiday Tweets Hide Malware Shortened URLs posted on Twitter may not lead to the holiday-themed sites listed. |
InternetNews January 12, 2011 |
U.S. Leads Pack in Spam Traffic in 4Q PCs and mobile devices in the U.S. accounted for nearly one in five spam messages in the fourth quarter, according to security software vendor Sophos. |
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. |
InternetNews October 22, 2009 |
Balloon Boy, Windows 7 Latest Malware Draws Spammers, phishers continue to capitalize on popular search subjects to spread their malware. |
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. |
InternetNews March 25, 2010 |
Symantec: China Is Tops in Targeted Malware Symantec's latest report pinpoints China as the leading source of malware tailored to hoodwink execs in specific industries. |
InternetNews January 15, 2009 Richard Adhikari |
The Web's Latest Threat: Smarter 'Zombies' Hacker-controlled PCs are outwitting security software - and are growing in number. |
InternetNews January 26, 2011 |
Spam Volume Tumbles in January New report from security software vendor Symantec reveals that worldwide spam traffic fell to a two-year low in January, largely due to a sharp decline in pharmaceutical spam. |
InternetNews May 20, 2010 |
South America Emerges As Cybercrime Hotspot China gets all the bad press but it turns out that Luxembourg, the Cayman Islands and a bunch of South American countries are actually the least discriminating when it comes to filtering malware. |
InternetNews October 27, 2010 |
Malware Scams Pick Up In Retail Sector Targeted attacks are becoming more and more common as hackers seek out specific individuals or groups to steal proprietary information. |