Wednesday, July 01, 2009 10:58 PM/EST

Month of Twitter Bugs Arrives

The Month of the Twitter Bugs began July 1 with reports of four cross-site scripting vulnerabilities. All four bugs have been patched.

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 8:12 PM/EST

Google: Spam Slows, Then Surges After Fall of 3FN

Researchers at Google reported a surge in spam during the second quarter of 2009 on the back of image spam and e-mails sent out with viruses. The report largely echoes findings from MX Logic, which reported a 300 percent jump in spam since February.

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Wednesday, July 01, 2009 12:02 AM/EST

ATM Attack Talk Canned at Black Hat

Juniper Networks has agreed to pull a talk on ATM security slated for the upcoming Black Hat and DefCon security conferences.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 9:48 PM/EST

Sunbelt Formalizes Ties With Stopbadware

Sunbelt Software has agreed to contribute research data to the Harvard Law School-based Stopbadware.org initiative.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 7:34 AM/EST

Data Theft Attacks Still Driving Underground

Data theft is at the center of the malware torrent and will continue to be so for the forseeable future, Trend Micro reports.

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Tuesday, June 30, 2009 12:01 AM/EST

Botnets Churn Spam, Then Back Again

Botnets are behind the vast majority of the world's spam, according to MessageLabs.

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Friday, June 26, 2009 3:09 PM/EST

Attackers Use Michael Jackson, Farrah Fawcett as Lure

Spammers are taking advantage of reports on the deaths of celebrities Michael Jackson and Farrah Fawcett to infect users with malware.

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Friday, June 26, 2009 7:06 AM/EST

Global Takeout: China Cooking Up Lots of Spam

Researchers contend that China is currently accounting for as much as 70 percent of the world's unsolicited e-mail.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009 7:28 AM/EST

Apps Whitelisting Proponents Tout Growing Acceptance

Applications whitelisting vendors maintain that the current malware environment and demand for tools to address the shortcomings of traditional AV are speeding their push to market.

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Wednesday, June 24, 2009 7:33 PM/EST

Twitter Malware Attack Targets Both Mac and PC

Attackers hijacked the Twitter account of venture capitalist and ex-Apple evangelist Guy Kawasaki in a bid to lure users to a site hosting a Trojan. The catch -- the malware affects both Windows PCs and Apple Mac computers.

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