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March 23, 2009

Monday, March 23, 2009 2:08 PM/EST

ID Thieving Malware Running Wild

Panda's latest numbers indicate that credential-stealing malware attacks continue to proliferate widely, with a surge in Trojans appearing over the second half of 2008.

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February 21, 2009

Saturday, February 21, 2009 1:21 AM/EST

New Mobile Trojan Appears

Researchers at F-Secure have found a new mobile Trojan that goes after the latest version of Symbian's smart phone OS.

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February 11, 2009

Wednesday, February 11, 2009 11:47 PM/EST

What to Make of ID Fraud Stats

The ID fraud statistics recently published by Javelin Research includes some pretty intriguing trends unrelad to its finding that women are more liklely to become targets.

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February 6, 2009

Friday, February 06, 2009 10:14 PM/EST

Malware Counts Bore Upward, Onward

The number of new malware threats being accounted for by security vendors is truly staggering, and still growing at an unprecedented pace.

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February 5, 2009

Thursday, February 05, 2009 8:16 AM/EST

Malware Scam Parks Itself on Cars

A fascinating new malware scheme has attackers placing phony parking tickets on people's windshields that points them to an infected malware site.

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February 3, 2009

Tuesday, February 03, 2009 10:58 PM/EST

Researchers: Most Attacks Defeat AV, Browsers

A new report published by Cyveillance finds that popular AV and anti-phishing tools can't detect most cutting-edge attacks.

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February 2, 2009

Monday, February 02, 2009 9:10 PM/EST

Remember The Masses

An appearance on a local TV show reminds me that one problem facing the IT security community is that we forget so many people don't speak our language.

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January 30, 2009

Friday, January 30, 2009 4:20 PM/EST

New 'Hacktivism' Highlights Growing Problem

Experts contend that politically minded "hactivism" is on the rise, as evidenced by attacks on Israeli sites this week.

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January 28, 2009

Wednesday, January 28, 2009 5:47 PM/EST

Researchers: Less Than 10 Percent of Email Non-Malicious

Less than ten percent of all email processed by organizations today is legitimate, according to a new study released by Panda.

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January 27, 2009

Tuesday, January 27, 2009 3:11 PM/EST

Fake AV, Autorun Threats Still on Top

ESET tabs fake AV threats as the flagship trend of 2008, with increasing sophitication among hackers driving new innovation in 2009.

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