Millions of PCs around the world appear to have been quietly infected by the dangerous TDSS 'super-malware' rootkit as part of a campaign to build a giant new botnet, researchers from security firm
Published on: June 30th, 2011 John E. Dunn @itbusinessca
Security firm Websense has recently rebranded its year-old Triton product to include software-as-a-service features and says the tool now focuses on content security. Websense says it combines on-premise email and Web security on
Published on: February 11th, 2011 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
The rumored combination of two pieces of advanced online banking malware appears to be fully underway after several months of speculation.What appears to be a beta version of a piece of malware that
Published on: February 4th, 2011 Jeremy Kirk @itbusinessca
Security researchers are reminding businesses to bolster computer security measures as two of the most widely used do-it-yourself cybercrime kits are soon to be combined into one super kit.Attack toolkits or crimeware are
Social media networks and mobile devices top the list of six security risks that small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) need to focus on, according to security experts. The mad rush for businesses
Published on: January 6th, 2011 Nestor Arellano @itbusinessca
Well my friends, 2010 was quite a year and as is our want, in this, the first issue of the New Year, we throw caution to the winds, dust off our crystal balls
Published on: January 3rd, 2011 Mark Gibbs @itbusinessca
McAfee today revealed its McAfee Threat Report for the third quarter of 2010. Information like that provided by McAfee in these quarterly reports is valuable for IT admins--enabling them to keep a finger
Published on: November 18th, 2010 Tony Bradley @itbusinessca
U.S. authorities have charged more than 60 people in connection with the money-stealing Zeus Trojan program, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The arrests follow a Tuesday U.K. sweep that led to
Published on: October 1st, 2010 Robert McMillan and Jeremy Kirk @itbusinessca
More than 40 percent of the world's spam is coming from a single network of computers that computer security experts continue to battle, according to new statistics from Symantec's MessageLabs' division. The Rustock
Published on: August 25th, 2010 Jeremy Kirk and Tim Greene @itbusinessca
The newest version of Zeus, a do-it-yourself crimeware kit responsible for millions of dollars in losses by consumers and businesses, comes with anti-piracy provisions similar to those used by Microsoft's Windows, a researcher
Published on: March 17th, 2010 Gregg Keizer @itbusinessca
New capabilities are strengthening the ZeuS botnet, which criminals use to steal financial credentials and execute unauthorized transactions in online banking, automated clearing house (ACH) networks and payroll systems. The latest version of
Published on: March 15th, 2010 Ellen Messmer @itbusinessca
Information gathered about a newly discovered botnet called Kneber indicates that multiple infections by different malware on the same host could work together as a sophisticated mechanism to give all the malware a
Published on: February 22nd, 2010 Tim Greene @itbusinessca
An upstart Trojan horse program has decided to take on its much-larger rival by stealing data and then removing the malicious program from infected computers.Security researchers say the relatively unknown Spy Eye toolkit
Published on: February 11th, 2010 Robert MacMillan and Brian Jackson @itbusinessca
A massive spam campaign that poses as a message from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) asking people to register for H1N1 vaccinations remains a big problem today, a security researcher said.The messages
Published on: December 4th, 2009 Gregg Keizer @itbusinessca
