The creators of a Web-based attack tool called Angler Exploit Kit have added an exploit for a known vulnerability in …
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Trend Micro instrumental in Scan4You conviction
Trend Micro has announced details of its close cooperation with the FBI to identify, arrest and bring to trial the individuals linked to the infamous Counter Antivirus (CAV) service Scan4You.0 3924
Banking malware infections rise to highest level since 2002
Malicious software aimed at stealing online banking credentials surged in the third quarter of this year to a level not seen since 2002, according to a new report from Trend Micro.
Found: 30 unmanaged servers that shouldn’t be
We just found 30 servers that can’t be accounted for. Thirty Internet-facing servers with no malware protection and patchy histories. I need to take a deep breath and figure out just how bad this is and what we can do to stop this sort of thing from happening again.
ESET launches ESET NOD32 version 7
The new products provide security without compromising system performance.
Symantec seizes part of massive peer-to-peer botnet ZeroAccess
The cyber-criminals behind ZeroAccess, one of the largest botnets in existence, have lost access to more than a quarter of the infected machines they controlled.
Quarterly report outlines Android vulnerabilities as biggest security concern
Android vulnerabilities make for some of the biggest security concerns of the moment, according to Trend Micro’s Q2 2013 Security Roundup Report.
Malware fighter FireEye files for $175M IPO
FireEye could soon be known on the stock market as FEYE if its plans to go public in a $175 million bid made official with the SEC today come to fruition.
Malware-as-a-service blossoms in Russia, vendor research finds
Highly organised Russian groups have transformed mobile hacking into an industrial scale business, a kind of “malware-as-a-service,” complete with marketing affiliates, distributors and customer support.
Google Play store inundated with scam apps, Symantec says
A steady stream of questionable applications is flowing daily into Google’s Play store for Android devices, according to security vendor Symantec.
Microsoft: Almost 90 percent of Citadel botnets in the world disrupted in June
Malware removed from forty percent of computers in those botnets, according to the vendor.