Malware Goes (Really) Mainstream
Malware finally gets its moment in the mass-market spotlight, as the good folks at Merriam-Webster have seen fit to add it to their ubiquitous dictionary.
Entry ArchiveJuly 8, 2008
Tuesday, July 08, 2008 4:25 PM/EST
July 7, 2008
Monday, July 07, 2008 1:43 PM/EST
McAfee Project Slices, Dices SpamA month-long project run by McAfee distributed clean laptops and e-mail addresses to a group of 50 users worldwide and turned up some interesting spam trend data.
Monday, July 07, 2008 10:55 AM/EST
VLC Player Falls Prey to Critical FlawSecunia is warning of a highly critical flaw in the VLC multimedia player application. July 5, 2008
Saturday, July 05, 2008 10:45 PM/EST
New Effort Targets Handheld SecurityA pair of influential mobile consortiums are partnering to further wireless device security.
Saturday, July 05, 2008 1:18 PM/EST
Is Malware Growth Finally Slowing?New numbers from McAfee and AV-Test.org indicate that there may at long last be a slowdown in the sheer numbers of new threats being tracked by security researchers. July 3, 2008
Thursday, July 03, 2008 2:35 PM/EST
Microsoft Steps Up IE8 SecurityMicrosoft has announced that it will beef up malware filtering and anti-cross-site scripting tools in the next build of its IE8 browser slated to arrive sometime in August. July 2, 2008
Wednesday, July 02, 2008 2:15 PM/EST
Highly Critical Firefox Vulnerabilities EmergeMozilla is warning Firefox users to update their browsers to address a dozen newly discovered security vulnerabilities that could lead to a range of different attack scenarios. July 1, 2008
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 4:07 PM/EST
Browsers Represent Bane of SecurityA new paper from high-level researchers, including experts at IBM and Google, reaffirms the sorry state of browser security and the fact that there's little that can presently be done to help reduce the problem's impact.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008 12:34 PM/EST
Online Game Malware Takes Off in JuneFortinet does some quick turnaround reporting on June's leading malware variants, with a new OnlineGames attack pushing its way up the charts. June 30, 2008
Monday, June 30, 2008 3:42 PM/EST
Sophos Tracks New Mobile Web Site HacksThe time-honored attack practices of hacked sites and fake AV scans appear to have moved to the world of mobile devices, according to new research from Sophos. 
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