WordPress.com target of extensive DDoS attack
WordPress.com has been targeted by an extensive DDoS attack, and the millions of blogs it hosts have been temporarily unavailable or have been experiencing occasional …
The Spam King is free again, claims his spamming days are over
Robert Soloway, one of the most prolific spammers whose activities earned him the nickname Spam King, has been released from prison after a little less than 4 years inside. He …
Trojans still top malware threat
Continuing a trend observed since last summer, the same types of Trojan horse programs have persistently dominated the threat landscape through February, according to GFI …
Simple protection steps from credit card fraud
Every year, cybercriminals steal billions of dollars from unsuspecting computer users and companies by committing credit card fraud. Although this activity was once relegated …
Internet fraudsters jailed for online criminal forum
A group of young internet fraudsters who set up an online criminal forum which traded unlawfully obtained credit card details and tools to commit computer offences were jailed …
Potentially deadly Trojan is a modified security solution
An interesting tactic for hiding a Trojan has recently been spotted by Symantec researchers. Instead of using entirely their own malicious code, the malware authors have …
E-mail spam drops by half, search malware on the rise
Attackers are making a shift from using e-mail spam to more aggressively targeting the Internet, according to Barracuda Network. E-mail spam dropped by half during 2010, while …
Twitter crime rate rises 20 percent
Barracuda Labs analyzed more than 26 million Twitter accounts in order to measure and analyze account behavior. The analysis enabled researchers to model normal user behavior …
Malware decreases, Trojans still dominate
According to data gathered by Panda Security, only 39 percent of computers scanned in February were infected with malware, compared to 50 percent last month. Trojans were …
Outdated policies stop hackers from aiding the US government
US government agencies and departments are bemoaning the lack of cybersecurity experts willing to work for the government, and that’s been going on for a quite a while …
Phishers target university students paying fees online
A few days ago, we wrote about a bogus university website stealing photos and content from the website of a legitimate Oregon college in order to collect application fees from …
iTunes 10.2 fixes multiple security vulnerabilities
iTunes 10.2 comes with several new features, improvements and security fixes. ImageIO libpng is updated to version 1.4.3 to address multiple vulnerabilities, the most serious …