Tuesday, April 22, 2008 4:31 PM/CST
Malware researchers have flagged a massive outbreak of JavaScript injection attacks that have compromised thousands of Web sites, including .gov sites in the United Kingdom. This alert from Websense Security Labs explains: When a user browses to a compromised site,...
Thursday, January 31, 2008 4:37 PM/CST
The Google-backed StopBadware.org project has slapped a "badware" label on the widely deployed RealPlayer media player for problems associated with disclosure and uninstallation. For the most part, the non-profit group has reserved the badware label for sketchy spyware-related products...
Monday, January 28, 2008 3:02 PM/CST
PayPal, the online payments platform owned by eBay, has shelled out $170 million in cash to snap up Fraud Science, an Israeli company that markets fraud management technology. PayPal, which is high on the list of phishing and ID...
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 2:18 PM/CST
Anti-virus vendors have raised an alarm for a new worm squirming through mobile phone networks, using Bluetooth and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) to infect Symbian OS devices. According to F-Secure, the worm was detected in the wild, using social...
Tuesday, January 15, 2008 9:56 AM/CST
We've seen these kinds of fake security applications floating around Windows-land, using clever social engineering lures to trick computer users into buying malware to clean malware that never existed in the first place. Now, the "scareware" authors have set...
Friday, January 11, 2008 5:15 PM/CST
Anti-virus researchers at McAfee are tracking a nasty new malware attack targeting millions of users on the popular MySpace social networking site. The latest exploit combines a rigged MySpace profile with a fake Microsoft security patch to lure Windows...
Friday, January 11, 2008 11:36 AM/CST
Trend Micro is testing a nifty anti-botnet utility capable of listening for botnet-related traffic on infected Windows machines. Trend Micro's new RUBotted beta, available as a free download (.exe), is a lightweight program that intelligently monitors Windows machines for...
Wednesday, January 09, 2008 2:13 PM/CST
Anti-virus vendors have raised an alarm for a stealthy new MBR (Master Boot Record) rootkit that takes aim squarely at Windows XP and Windows Vista machines. The rootkit, identified by Symantec as Trojan.Mebroot, was spotted in the wild as...
Thursday, January 03, 2008 8:47 PM/CST
Spyware has landed on Facebook. According to researchers at Fortinet, a malicious Facebook Widget actively spreading on the popular social networking site is serving as a lure to trick users into installing the notorious Zango adware/spyware program. According to a...
Friday, December 28, 2007 11:34 AM/CST
If you turn to Google to find information on the assassination of former Pakistan Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, chances are you will land on a Web site rigged with malicious exploits. Within hours of Bhutto's death, researchers at Websense Security...
