Enhanced automated malware analysis by RSA
RSA announced new capabilities for RSA NetWitness Spectrum, an analytical workbench for the identification, analysis and prioritization of malware-based threats to enterprise …
Fake virus warning from company IT department brings real malware
Emails purportedly coming from a company’s IT department has been spotted targeting users of various big companies and trying to make them download malware for the last …
Don’t worry about zero-days, says Microsoft
Microsoft released its Security Intelligence Report volume 11 (SIRv11), which found that less than 1 percent of exploits in the first half of 2011 were against zero-day …
Best practices for reporting malware
Nonprofit anti-malware organization StopBadware released of its new Best Practices for Reporting Badware URLs, which prescribe specific steps for reporting different types of …
U.S. military drones hit by computer virus
An unnamed virus with a “keylogger” payload has been found in the computers used to operate U.S. Air Force’s Predator and Reaper remotely operated drones. …
Virus Bulletin news tweets spread malware
Malware peddlers are known for using news of unfolding events as lures to trick curious users into clicking on an offered malicious link. This practice is most often seen on …
Government telecommunication-spying malware opens backdoor
The Chaos Computer Club claims that a government-made “lawful interception” Trojan has abilities that exceed those allowed by the nation’s legislature and …
Malware attacks up due to social media
63 percent of more than 4,000 respondents in a new Ponemon Institute survey said that social media in the workplace represents a serious security risk — yet only 29 percent …
Photos: The look and feel of Virus Bulletin 2011
Help Net Security is attending the Virus Bulletin 2011 conference in Barcelona this week. Here’s an overview of the event in photos. DC Bob Burls of UK’s Police …
GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business 5.0 released
GFI Software launched GFI VIPRE Antivirus Business 5.0 and GFI VIPRE Business Premium 5.0, the latest evolutions of the company’s flagship antivirus solutions. GFI has …
SpyEye Trojan hijacks mobile SMS security for online fraud
A stealth new attack carried out by the SpyEye Trojan circumvents mobile SMS security measures implemented by many banks. Using captured code, Trusteer discovered a two-step …
This is how Windows get infected with malware
When a Microsoft Windows machine gets infected by viruses/malware it does so mainly because users forget to update the Java JRE, Adobe Reader/Acrobat and Adobe Flash. This is …