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Article | 27/08/2009 Apple adds basic anti-malware to Snow Leopard
Apple has expanded a download warning feature in Mac OS X 10.5 to create rudimentary anti-malware detection in the new Snow Leopard operating system d...
Article | 17/08/2009 IE8 whips rivals in blocking malware sites
Microsoft's Internet Explorer 8 (IE8) again trounced rival browsers in a test of their malware-blocking abilities, catching 81% of attack code-infecte...
Article | 30/07/2009 Researcher reveals massive 'professional thieving' botnet
A ferocious piece of malware that's infected up to a million PCs is stealing a "tremendous" amount of financial information from consumers and busines...
Article | 17/07/2009 Analysts see alarming development in mobile malware
The first worm that spreads between mobile devices by spamming text messages has developed a new communications capability that one security vendor sa...
Article | 9/07/2009 Google's OS security claims called 'idiotic'
Google, while announcing its new Chrome operating system late Tuesday, said users would no longer have to worry about viruses, malware and security up...
Article | 7/07/2009 Malware authors hit by recession too
The recession might be having at least one positive effect - it has started cutting the volume of malware.
Article | 2/07/2009 New Trojan puts sneaky twist on click fraud
A new piece of malicious software has been discovered that cheats Google and potentially other search engines out of money.
Article | 30/06/2009 Michael Jackson's death spawns malware, more scams
As security researchers expected, hackers have begun to use the death of pop star Michael Jackson to infect people's PCs.
Article | 11/06/2009 ISPs report success in fighting malware-infected PCs
Computers infected with malicious software remain a big headache for ISPs, but two companies have designed systems that have made the problem much mor...
Article | 10/06/2009 Microsoft update removes rogue antivirus program
Microsoft has taken aim at a rogue antivirus program called Internet Antivirus Pro.
Article | 9/06/2009 Internet Cleanroom: New weapon against drive-by download attacks emerges
NEW YORK CITY -- As more employees visit social networking sites while at work, network managers are seeing a rise in accidental malware infections kn...
Article | 3/06/2009 Thousands of Web sites stung by mass hacking attack
Up to 40,000 Web sites have been hacked to redirect unwitting victims to another Web site that tries to infect PCs with malicious software, according ...
Article | 22/05/2009 Malware knocks out U.S. Marshals Service network
Malware Wednesday crippled Windows-based computer systems at the U.S. Marshals Service, which hunts federal fugitives and operates the country's witne...
Article | 20/05/2009 Web site hijack morphs, continues to grow
In an attempt to stay one step ahead of security companies, the Gumblar web attack has jumped over to using a new domain to pull its malicious softwar...
Article | 20/05/2009 New Windows netbooks may harbor malware
After discovering attack code on a brand new Windows XP netbook, antivirus vendor Kaspersky Labs warned users yesterday that they should scan virgin s...