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Article | 24/05/2013 Researchers find unusual malware targeting Tibetan users in cyberespionage operation
Security researchers from antivirus vendor ESET discovered a piece of cyberespionage malware targeting Tibetan activists that uses unusual techniques ...
Article | 20/05/2013 Attack on Telenor was part of large cyberespionage operation with Indian origins: report
A recent intrusion on the computer network of Norwegian telecommunications company Telenor was the result of a large cyberespionage operation of India...
Article | 8/05/2013 Highly critical vulnerability fixed in Nginx Web server software
The development team behind the popular Nginx open-source Web server software released security updates on Tuesday to address a highly critical vulner...
Article | 8/05/2013 Stealthy Web server malware spreads further
A stealthy malicious software program is taking hold in some of the most popular Web servers, and researchers still don't know why.
Article | 19/12/2012 Add-on that forces HTTPS for popular websites released for Internet Explorer
Cloud-based security services provider Zscaler has released an implementation for Internet Explorer of the HTTPS Everywhere browser security extension...
Article | 17/12/2012 Improved Carberp banking malware will target North American banks, Group-IB says
The creators of Carberp, a banking Trojan program used exclusively in Russian-speaking countries, have started to sell an improved version of the malw...
Article | 14/12/2012 SMS stealing apps uploaded to Google Play by Carberp banking malware gang
Several malicious Android apps designed to steal mobile transaction authentication numbers (mTANs) sent by banks to their customers over SMS (Short Me...
Article | 10/12/2012 Police-themed ransomware speaks to victims -- literally
A new variant of a Trojan program called Reveton that prevents victims from using their computers and displays rogue messages from law enforcement age...
Article | 21/11/2012 Security firm showcases vulnerabilities in SCADA software, won't report them to vendors
Malta-based security start-up firm ReVuln claims to be sitting on a stockpile of vulnerabilities in industrial control software, but prefers to sell t...
Article | 30/10/2012 Lack of abuse detection allows cloud computing instances to be used like botnets, study says
Some cloud providers fail to detect and block malicious traffic originating from their networks, which provides cybercriminals with an opportunity to ...
Article | 19/10/2012 Dutch government seeks to let law enforcement hack foreign computers
The Dutch government wants to give law enforcement authorities the power to hack into computers, including those located in other countries, for the p...
Article | 21/12/2011 Antivirus software sales expected to show strong growth in 2012
The prevalence with which hackers are handing out headaches to IT security pros will have a big upside for vendors in the coming year, according to ne...
Article | 22/10/2011 World's most sophisticated rootkit is being overhauled
Experts from security vendor ESET warn that TDL4, one of the most sophisticated pieces of malware in the world, <a href="http://blog.eset.com/2011/10/...
Article | 3/03/2011 Security: Never mind the products, educate the users
If they could change one thing to improve IT security, the assembled experts on a panel at Cebit would better educate their users.
Article | 23/07/2010 Virus writers are picking up new Microsoft attack
The Windows attack used by a recently discovered worm is being picked up by other virus writers and will soon become much more widespread, according t...