Potentially deadly Trojan is a modified security solution

Potentially deadly Trojan is a modified security solution


Potentially deadly Trojan is a modified security solution

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 06:37 AM PST

An interesting tactic for hiding a Trojan has recently been spotted by Symantec researchers. Instead of using entirely their own malicious code, the malware authors have decided to take advantage ...

E-mail spam drops by half, search malware on the rise

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:56 AM PST

Attackers are making a shift from using e-mail spam to more aggressively targeting the Internet, according to Barracuda Network. E-mail spam dropped by half during 2010, while search engine malwa...

Twitter crime rate rises 20 percent

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:46 AM PST

Barracuda Labs analyzed more than 26 million Twitter accounts in order to measure and analyze account behavior. The analysis enabled researchers to model normal user behavior and identify features ...

Malware decreases, Trojans still dominate

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 05:15 AM PST

According to data gathered by Panda Security, only 39 percent of computers scanned in February were infected with malware, compared to 50 percent last month. Trojans were found to be the most proli...

Outdated policies stop hackers from aiding the US government

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 04:59 AM PST

US government agencies and departments are bemoaning the lack of cybersecurity experts willing to work for the government, and that's been going on for a quite a while now. It is not only the gene...

Phishers target university students paying fees online

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:44 AM PST

A few days ago, we wrote about a bogus university website stealing photos and content from the website of a legitimate Oregon college in order to collect application fees from aspiring students. Un...

iTunes 10.2 fixes multiple security vulnerabilities

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:09 AM PST

iTunes 10.2 comes with several new features, improvements and security fixes. ImageIO libpng is updated to version 1.4.3 to address multiple vulnerabilities, the most serious of which may lead t...

Wireshark 1.4.4 released

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 03:02 AM PST

Wireshark is a popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education. Wireshark 1.4.4 fixes the following vulnerabilities:Wireshark could free an...

SpyEye botnet activity surges

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:20 AM PST

Fortinet announced its February 2011 Threat Landscape report, which details five zero-day vulnerabilities found in Cisco (FGA-2011-03), Adobe (FGA-2011-06) and Microsoft (FGA-2011-04) products. Mic...

Cain & Abel 4.9.39 released

Posted: 03 Mar 2011 01:06 AM PST

Cain & Abel is a password recovery tool for Microsoft operating systems. It allows easy recovery of various kind of passwords by sniffing the network, cracking encrypted passwords using dictionary ...

SANS Secure Europe: In-depth information security training

Posted: 02 Mar 2011 09:30 PM PST

SANS Secure Europe Amsterdam is the second biggest event outside of the US offering 8 top level courses. What makes SANS Secure Europe Amsterdam a unique event is that these classes run over two ...

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