November 11, 2011, 1:43 PM — The good news is that Collective Intelligence (CI), the engine for Internet security created in 2006 by Panda Security’s malware research laboratory, recently processed its 200 millionth malware file via the cloud. That’s also the bad news. CI uses the Internet “community” — users…
Vexira Antivirus Test and Review Confirms it’s Ideally Suited to Protect School Districts from Malware, Spyware and …
K-12 school districts nationwide are finding Vexira Antivirus to be an affordable, easy to manage yet powerful malware, spyware and virus protection solution Medina, OH (PRWEB) November 11, 2011 Central Command Inc., an award winning provider of malware, spyware and virus protection solutions for enterprises, businesses and schools, announced today…
Duqu malware detected with open source toolkit
The lab credited with discovering the Duqu malware has built an open source toolkit that administrators can use to see whether their networks are infected. The Duqu Detector Toolkit v1.01 looks for suspicious files left by Duqu, which has created a buzz in the security community given its stealthy nature…
U.S. Pulls Plug On International $14M Malware Ring
Six alleged hackers, plus a seventh still at large, have been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice in New York in a wide-ranging malware scam that netted as much as $14 million in ill-gotten fees and may have involved a staggering 4 million computers in 100 countries over four…
Enterprise must protect against malware with BYOD rise
Businesses have been lax to implement defence mechanisms against malware on mobile devices, despite the acceleration of the ‘bring-your-own-device’ (BYOD) trend in the workplace. Addressing attendees at the Australian Information Security Association (AISA) 2011 conference in Sydney, Lumension security and forensics analyst, Paul Henry, said the trend of staff bringing…
U.S. Pulls Plug On International $14M Malware Ring (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – Six alleged hackers, plus a seventh still at large, have been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice in New York in a wide-ranging malware scam that netted as much as $14 million in ill-gotten fees and may have involved a staggering 4 million computers in 100 countries…
U.S. Says It Pulled Plug On International $14M Malware Ring (NewsFactor)
NewsFactor – Six alleged hackers, plus a seventh still at large, have been indicted by the U.S. Department of Justice in New York in a wide-ranging malware scam that netted as much as $14 million in ill-gotten fees and may have involved a staggering 4 million computers in 100 countries…
FBI tackles DNSChanger malware scam
If you’ve been familiar with the malware scene over the past few years, you know one of the prominent attacks on personal computers and information has been the DNSChanger scam. DNSChanger is a Trojan horse that was distributed in many forms, and when installed it actively changes the infected system’s…
Remove Hard-to-Kill Malware
Jane13434 asked the Antivirus Security Software forum about removing a malicious program that has defeated AVG, SUPERAntiSpyware, and Malwarebytes’ Anti-Malware. Are you sure the problem is malware? People often jump to that conclusion when there’s something wrong with their PC, and in my experience that conclusion is more often wrong…
FBI’s Operation Ghost Click takes out operators of DNS Changer malware network
The FBI is cock-a-hoop today, having just announced the bust of six Estonians for malware-related cybercrimes. The case goes back to 2007, with the investigation itself apparently having taken two years. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security