Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:23 AM/CST
Experts have unwrapped the Elite Loader botnet only to find that it's a pretty sophisticated attack. And that it's becoming even easier for less advanced attackers to get their hands on such threats.
Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:42 AM/CST
Hactivism is showing signs of advancement as protesters employ opt-in botnets and other new means to bring their collective influence to bear in the electronic domain.
Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:14 AM/CST
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.
Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:54 PM/CST
Spammers are using a fake alert about the Conficker worm to scare users into downloading malware.
Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:10 AM/CST
Cybercriminals aren't slowing down as law enforcement and Web regulators have failed to find ways to stop them, experts observe.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:51 PM/CST
Targeted spam and non-phishing brand abuse lead the way in this month's spam report published by McAfee's AVERT Labs.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:00 AM/CST
Twitter continues to become an even bigger source of malware activity, according to researchers with Symantec.
Monday, September 21, 2009 4:42 PM/CST
Click fraud experts are reporting on a new botnet attack being used to drive traffic to sites using a sizeable zombie network.
Thursday, September 17, 2009 11:09 AM/CST
Security researchers have found that botnet herders are having success at keeping devices infected longer, in addition to keeping the zombie networks themselves up-and-running smoothly.
Tuesday, September 15, 2009 5:32 PM/CST
Client side vulnerabilities are leaving many organizations open to targeted spear phishing and other attacks, according to experts with SANS.