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China hosts nearly half of all malware sites
September 4, 2007 Nearly 45 percent of the world's infected sites originate in China, with the U.S. and Russia a distant second and third, according to Sophos.Cracking open the cybercrime economy
December 14, 2007 Hacking for fun has evolved into hacking for profit, and created a business model nearly as sophisticated as that of legal software.Greetings...you're infected
October 8, 2007 Avinti CEO William Kilmer says the industry is late to grasp the challenge of blended threats that are moving viruses from e-mail to the Web.Police Blotter: Fired worker blames porn on malware
October 3, 2007 Respiratory therapist, fired after porn bookmarks were found on a hospital computer, unsuccessfully uses the virus-did-it claim.Multiplying Mac Trojan not epidemic yet
November 8, 2007 Security firm F-Secure has discovered 32 variants of the Trojan but says it does not mean Mac platforms are facing a malware avalanche.Is an antivirus gap looming?
July 9, 2007 Security researcher Jose Nazario says the concept of antivirus as the last line of defense has been thrown out the window. What should replace it?Police blotter: Child porn blamed on computer virus
November 3, 2006 In this week's installment, a former eighth-grade teacher blames a virus when police discover computer images of child porn.HP ships USB sticks with malware
April 9, 2008 Hewlett-Packard has released a batch of USB keys for numerous Proliant server models which contain malware that could allow an attacker to take over an infected system. (From ZDNet Australia)Infamous Russian malware gang vanishes
November 9, 2007 Trend Micro claims the Russian Business Network suddenly dropped off the Internet, but the group may have resurfaced in Asia.F-Secure: Low threat from mobile malware
September 27, 2007 Viruses targeting cell phones are on the increase but pose a much lower security danger than those aimed at PCs, says CEO.Google puts up 'Beware of malware' signs
August 4, 2006 Search giant teams with university-backed Stop Badware to caution about sites possibly distributing such malicious code.Europe still top source of spam
February 6, 2008 For the third month running, compromised computers in Europe have pushed out more spam than those in the U.S.Trojan attack targets top executives
September 25, 2007 Security company MessageLabs warns of risk posed by malware-infected e-mails aimed at the "chiefs" of public companies.Report: Rootkits becoming increasingly complex
April 18, 2007 But more security firms are designing software to uproot the stealth technology, says McAfee.Security from A to Z: Neologisms
November 27, 2006 An inordinate number of new terms have been created to keep up with the dubious activities of spammers, scammers and their ilk.Name that worm--plan looks to cut through chaos
September 22, 2005 Plethora of different handles for the same threat can confuse security efforts. Common-identifier scheme looks to fix that.Year in review: Scams up, but big Net attack averted
December 23, 2008 The bad news: cybercriminals stepped up efforts to separate consumers from their money. The good news: a major flaw in Internet protocol got fixed.F-Secure sees smaller botnets on the rise
October 1, 2007 Cybercrooks are breaking down large botnets into smaller groups as they seek to increase their revenue, the security firm says.The future of malware: Trojan horses
October 13, 2006 Targeted attacks used for industrial espionage have become the nightmare scenario for big companies, researchers say.Microsoft exec calls XP hack 'frightening'
November 13, 2007 In a matter of minutes, e-crime experts hack into a Windows XP computer that is unprotected and connected to an unsecured wireless network. Sponsored matches for "malware"
