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Article | 22/02/2010 Chuck Norris botnet karate-chops routers hard
If you haven't changed the default password on your home router, you may be in for an unwanted visit from Chuck Norris -- the Chuck Norris botnet, tha...
Article | 19/02/2010 Blue screen reboots after patch could mean malware
Redmond announced today it has found the cause of reported rebooting problems after some Windows users installed a recent patch: The systems were inf...
Article | 11/02/2010 Mozilla retracts Firefox add-on malware claim
Mozilla today acknowledged that it had falsely accused a developer of infecting a Firefox add-on with attack code.
Article | 3/02/2010 Timeline: A Decade of Malware
With first decade of the millennium coming to a close this year, it seems a good time to take a look back at some of the malware that has helped shape...
Article | 3/12/2009 Botnet continues massive H1N1 malware campaign
A massive spam campaign that poses as a message from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) asking people to register for H1N1 vaccinations remains a b...
Article | 12/11/2009 New iPhone malware steals data from jailbroken phones
Another piece of dangerous code that attacks iPhones has been found, although it puts at risk only a very small subset of the smartphone's users.
Article | 9/11/2009 Gumblar malware's home domain is active again
ScanSafe researchers are seeing renewed activity regarding Gumblar, a multifunctional piece of malware that spreads by attacking PCs visiting hacked W...
Article | 4/11/2009 Software shields online banking on infected PCs
A U.K. security company is giving to banks, for free, security software that it says can block malicious software from manipulating online banking tra...
Article | 3/11/2009 Microsoft links malware rates to pirated Windows
Microsoft today said computers in countries with high rates of software piracy are more likely to be infected by malicious code because users are leer...
Article | 21/10/2009 Researchers see Gumblar attacks surge again
Security researchers are seeing a resurgence of Gumblar, the name for a piece of malicious code that is spread by compromising legitimate but insecure...
Article | 7/10/2009 Malware flea market pays hackers to hijack PCs
Among a slew of online cybercrime forums, Pay-Per-Install.org stands out as a malware flea market where shadowy pushers of Trojan downloaders and tool...
Article | 28/09/2009 Russian cybergangs make the Web a dangerous place
Russian cybergangs have established a robust system for promoting Web sites that sell fake antivirus software, pharmaceuticals and counterfeit luxury ...
Article | 22/09/2009 Anti-virus tests find that reputation really does count
New reputation-based antivirus systems are doing a better job of blocking malicious software than did their predecessors.
Article | 14/09/2009 Trojan hides its brain in Google Groups
Virus writers keep getting sneakier. In an effort to evade detection, they've begun hiding their command and control instructions in legitimate Web 2....
Article | 28/08/2009 FBI investigating laptops sent to US governors
There may be a new type of Trojan Horse attack to worry about.