Symantec is warning business executives to be vigilant of social engineering tricks and noted the technical innovation in spam and malware over the last few months in its Symantec Intelligence Report. The result that really stood out for Symantec.Cloud A/NZ principal systems engineer, Adrian Covich, was the discovery of malicious…
Malware and Spam Volume Down, Complexity on the Rise: Symantec
The level of technical innovation and social engineering, as well as the targeting of business executives, are some of the new security trends that Symantec is warning people to be vigilant against. The observation comes the way of the latest Symantec Intelligence Report, which looked into the state of spam…
Guidance Software And FireEye Ally To Eliminate Advanced Malware
SAN FRANCISCO–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Guidance Software Inc. (NASDAQ:GUID – News), the World Leader in Digital Investigations™, and FireEye, Inc. today announced a strategic alliance to integrate their security incident response and malware detection products to allow enterprises to more efficiently and effectively detect and respond to advanced cyber threats. The announcement…
Android malware skyrockets: Kaspersky Lab
Steve Evans Published 02 March 2012 Russian security giant sees huge spike in malware aimed at the mobile OS during first two weeks of 2012 Android malware is rising at an alarming rate, according to security firm Kaspersky Lab. The Russian company says the early weeks of 2012 saw a…
Remote access malware growing problem for smartphones
Malware tools that allow attackers to gain complete remote control of smartphones have become a serious threat to users around the world, security researchers say. In a demonstration at the RSA Conference 2012, former McAfee executives George Kurtz and Dmitri Alperovitch, who recently founded security firm CrowdStrike, installed a remote…
Malware Analysis Software mines data and assesses threats.
Evaluate Norman Malware Analyzer G2 at the RSA Conference 2012, Booth 2345 FAIRFAX, Va., — Norman, a global security leader who delivers powerful malware analysis solutions for enterprise, service providers and government, announced the availability of the latest version of its Malware Analyzer G2 platform. This next generation malware analyzer…
‘Linsanity’ malware out in the wild
By Anna ValmeroBATAC, ILOCOS NORTE—Three researchers from Batac in Ilocos Norte are developing the low-cost drip irrigation system (LDIS) for rice-based high-value crops such as bitter gourd to meet irrigation requirements in dry environments.Known for its dry environment, water is a scarce resource in Batac. The periodic rains from June…
Malware increasingly uses DNS to avoid detection, experts say
IDG News Service – The number of malware threats that receive instructions from attackers through DNS is expected to increase, and most companies are not currently scanning for such activity on their networks, security experts said at the RSA Conference 2012 on Tuesday. There are many channels that attackers use…
‘Major mobile vulnerability’ gives malware control of your phone
CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz will demonstrate a serious vulnerability in the WebKit mobile browser at the RSA conference tomorrow that could give malware complete control of your phone. According to Kurtz, the new vulnerability affects all Android, iOS and newer BlackBerry devices. It does not affect devices running Microsoft Windows…
Malware increasingly using DNS as C&C channel to avoid detection
The number of malware threats that receive instructions from attackers through DNS is expected to increase, and most companies are not currently scanning for such activity on their networks, security experts said at the RSA Conference 2012 yesterday. There are many channels that attackers use for communicating with their botnets,…