malware

An e-mail supposedly coming from Microsoft and urging the recipients to update their Windows has started making rounds yesterday: There are a lot of people out there who will …

A new, more sophisticated Trojan for Android devices has been spotting lurking on third-party Chinese Android app markets – the first ever piece of Android malware that …

E-mails purportedly coming from iTunes and bearing “iTunes account may be suspended” in the subject line have been hitting inboxes in the last few days. …

A relatively new worm that Symantec named W32.Yimfoca presents a very interesting and never before seen modus operandi. A variant of the worm spreads via Yahoo! Messenger and, …

Viruses will become more subtle and even harder to detect in 2011, and the primary line of attack will continue to be via the internet, according to Redscan. Malware is now …

PandaLabs is closing the year with a look at some of the unique and noteworthy viruses that have appeared over the last twelve months. The list of viruses is vast and varied, …

Is there a better way of analyzing the ins and outs of a botnet than making one yourself? The answer to that question was negative for ESET’s researcher Pierre-Marc …

Chinese antivirus software companies seem to have a unusual strategy for keeping its services and products in demand – secretly developing threats themselves and …

More than 60 percent of respondents have tried multiple anti-virus products over the course of a year, according to Avira. In addition, 25 percent of the users admitted to …

CoreTrace released their top security predictions for 2011. “The major theme in for 2011 will be evolution. The evolution of attacks like Stuxnet, the evolution of new …

Malicious shortened goo.gl links and compromised accounts are once again used to lure users to pages that will ultimately harm their computer. A message saying “a very …

A stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in Microsoft Office has recently been spotted being exploited in the wild by attackers aiming at getting control of targeted …