The rise of information stealers and pay-per-install malware

The rise of information stealers and pay-per-install malware


The rise of information stealers and pay-per-install malware

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:51 AM PST

The fastest growing malware categories in the second half of 2011 were PPI (Pay-Per-Installs) and information stealers that target user credentials enabling the theft of key intellectual property and ...

The new and improved Kelihos botnet

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 07:41 AM PST

As announced by Kaspersky Lab researchers and confirmed by Microsoft, the C&C and backup infrastructure of the original Kelihos/Hlux botnet is still down after their joint action that resulted in its ...

The escalating cost of US cybersecurity plans

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 06:25 AM PST

When US President Barack Obama called on the Congress for laws that would protect the country's citizens, businesses and infrastructure from various cyber threats, it sounded like a welcome (if overdu...

"Facebook will end on March 15th" hoax spreading quickly

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 04:13 AM PST

Hoaxes claiming that Facebook will shut down or stop being a free service are regularly propagated through the social network, raising panic with users who haven't witnessed one before. Fake news t...

ISO 27001 video tutorials

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 03:00 AM PST

One of the biggest obstacles for companies starting to implement ISO 27001 is writing various documents required by this information security standard. Information Security & Business Continuity Acade...

Confidential data at risk even with policies in place

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 01:30 AM PST

Think confidential information is protected by company IT security policies? Think again. A new survey by Xerox and McAfee, reveals that more than half of employees say they don't always follow the...

Intel details next-generation communications platform

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:30 AM PST

Intel disclosed several features for the company's next-generation communications platform, codenamed Crystal Forest. The platform will handle data processing across the network more efficiently and s...

Protect data by finding forgotten databases

Posted: 15 Feb 2012 12:00 AM PST

Application Security declared that organizations can no longer afford to guess or assume that they have their database inventory under control. Based on the premise that you cannot secure what you don...

Practical Malware Analysis

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:30 PM PST

Malware. You know what it is. Perhaps you've even fought a malware infection or two. Wouldn't it be nice if the good guys finally had one really complete guide to analyzing malware to help protect us ...

Web filtering technology with next-generation firewall capabilities

Posted: 14 Feb 2012 11:00 PM PST

Barracuda Networks announced the integration of the Barracuda NG Firewall and Barracuda Web Security Flex. This solution combines cloud-based Web filtering technology with next-generation firewall cap...

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