Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:51 PM/CST
Year-ahead security landscape predictions are not immune to the theory of unified cultural creep. But, on the flip side, they're already here.
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, September 30, 2009 11:26 PM/CST
Emerging Web 2.0 threats are putting even more pressure on issues of browser security, a new Purewire white paper contends.
Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:00 AM/CST
Twitter continues to become an even bigger source of malware activity, according to researchers with Symantec.
Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:29 AM/CST
Researchers at F-Secure say there has been an increase in attackers generating rogue Twitter accounts in order to blast out URLs leading to malicious sites.
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, August 18, 2009 10:37 AM/CST
A new report from Breach Security underscores just how much hackers like social networks. According to the company, during the first half of 2009, social networks were the most targeted vertical market when it comes to Web hacking.
Tuesday, August 11, 2009 10:57 PM/CST
Dasient launched a free open source iteration of its URL anti-infection software.
Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:19 AM/CST
Twitter-borne attacks just keep on getting slicker. It might not be long before they so well mimic real user interactions that it's impossible to tell the difference.
Wednesday, July 22, 2009 7:22 AM/CST
Crafty 419 scammers are finding aspiring DJs on sites like Facebook and attempting to lure them into forking over some cash to pursue their dreams on the ones and twos.