Last month, in preparation for a panel, I was asked to put together a list of pros and cons with respect to using Big Data techniques in the context of information security technologies. While Big Data has benefits that span many security disciplines, it’s important to look at this from…
Mac Malware Threats Increase
Security firm F-Secure has spotted 58 separate threats targeting OS X in the past nine months. F-Secure has published a report looking at Mac threats between April and December 2011 which showed June and October as being particularly busy months for Mac malware while only one threat was spotted in…
Mac Malware Threats Increase
Security firm F-Secure has spotted 58 separate threats targeting OS X in the past nine months. F-Secure has published a report looking at Mac threats between April and December 2011 which showed June and October as being particularly busy months for Mac malware while only one threat was spotted in…
Mac Malware Threats Increase
Security firm F-Secure has spotted 58 separate threats targeting OS X in the past nine months. F-Secure has published a report looking at Mac threats between April and December 2011 which showed June and October as being particularly busy months for Mac malware while only one threat was spotted in…
Mobile malware is about to explode, and users need education
WE LIVE IN A WORLD that’s increasingly full of technology. However, along with technology comes malware and mobile devices are no exception, as the popularity of smartphones and tablets surges. On the whole, mobile malware seems to be proliferating, and it’s happening quickly too. It’s been around for the last…
Mobile malware is about to explode, users need education
WE LIVE IN A WORLD that’s increasingly full of technology. However, along with technology comes malware and mobile devices are no exception, as the popularity of smartphones and tablets surges. On the whole, mobile malware seems to be proliferating, and it’s happening quickly too. It’s been around for the last…
AnchorFree Adds Malware Protection to HotSpot Shield
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F-Secure outlines the 2011 Mac malware scene
Over the past year we have regularly covered new malware threats that have emerged for OS X, which included attacks like MacDefender, BlackHole RAT, Flashback, and Revir, among a number of others. While our coverage of these threats may make them appear significant, when looking at the overall Mac malware…
Duqu, Stuxnet malware developed by same group
The infamous Trojan software Duqu and Stuxnet were developed by only one group of malware developers, according to Internet security firm Kaspersky Lab. Photo credit: securityaffairs.co In fact, Kaspersky said the malware development team could already have developed other malwares using the same platform that was flexibly adaptable to specific…
Mapping malware networks
Chris Larsen, a senior malware researcher with Blue Coat Systems explains how his research team maps malware networks to gain a better understanding of attack infrastructure. Researchers at Blue Coat Systems Inc. have been mapping malware to better understand malware delivery. In the Blue Coat 2011 Mid-year report (.pdf), the…