malware

Qualys is partnering with the non-profit anti-malware organization StopBadware. The two organizations will leverage one another’s strengths to bolster the Web’s …

A new variant of a piece of ransomware seen in the wild late last year has begun targeting users that made the mistake of landing on the site that serves it via drive by …

Streaming music service Spotify has been displaying malicious ads to users of their Free version. The ads lead to websites that used the Blackhole Exploit Kit to infect users …

An interesting detection evasion technique by a site that serves fake AV has recently been spotted by a Zscaler researcher. The site’s source code has been randomized so …

Japan’s seemingly unending series of misfortunes has so far generated a vast variety of online scams. The latest one includes spam emails containing Excel attachments …

The notification and the warning that Play.com sent out to its customers following a breach of systems belonging to the company that handles part of its marketing …

With 63 percent of schools experiencing malware outbreaks or unauthorized user access at least twice a year, the results of a Panda Security survey indicate that IT security …

To infect a mobile device, the Rootcager/DroidDream Trojan used two known exploits: exploid and rageagainstthecage. If the first one failed to root the device, the malware …

It is safe to say that the existence of SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) systems was a fact unknown to many before the advent of the Stuxnet worm, and not many …

A new Japanese disaster themed campaign is doing the rounds of inboxes. The e-mails supposedly offer links to videos about “The village that escaped the tsunami”, …

Unfortunately many cyber crooks are exploiting the tragedy in Japan to get money for unsuspecting surfers. Here are tips from Enigma Software to make sure you don’t …

The number of threats in circulation has risen in comparison to last year. In the first three months of 2011, PandaLabs identified an average of 73,000 new malware strains, …