Online malware Archive
Tuesday, October 27, 2009 12:35 PM/EST
New research from Dasient suggests website owners need to do a better job of ensuring their sites are truly protected after remediating malware infections. According to the firm, compromised websites were re-infected at a rate of nearly 40 percent during the third quarter of 2009.
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Online malware
Friday, October 23, 2009 7:33 AM/EST
Use of botnets to commit click fraud continues to proliferate, gaining noticeably during Q3 2009, according to researchers.
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click fraud
Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:27 AM/EST
The official Web site of singer Van Morrison is being used by attackers to deliver a variant on a long-running iframe infection attack.
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Virus and Spyware
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:14 AM/EST
Phony AV programs that attempt to infect end users with malware have become an industry unto themselves, according to a new research report from Symantec.
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Rogue AV
Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:10 AM/EST
Cybercriminals aren't slowing down as law enforcement and Web regulators have failed to find ways to stop them, experts observe.
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Malware
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:51 PM/EST
Targeted spam and non-phishing brand abuse lead the way in this month's spam report published by McAfee's AVERT Labs.
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Spam
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:53 AM/EST
Governement-funded researchers are calling for greater consideration to be given to cyber-war, but not in terms of immediate investment.
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Cyber-war
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:48 AM/EST
Google has added a new feature to Webmaster Tools to provide more detailed information about malicious content it detects on the sites in its massive search index.
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Google
Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:11 AM/EST
Malware purveyors are having a great deal of success in getting their news-driven attacks to the top of search engine results, often beating their legitimate peers.
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SEO
Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:05 AM/EST
The Asprox botnet campaign may not be as savvy as some of its newer counterparts, but it's still finding plenty of opportunities to infect end users.
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Botnets