Ryan Naraine is a journalist and social media enthusiast specializing in Internet and computer security issues. He is currently security evangelist at Kaspersky Lab, an anti-malware company with operations around the globe. He is taking a leadership role in developing the company’s online community initiative around secure content management technologies….
OPSWAT shows ‘virtual desktop’ security system
Security developer OPSWAT has announced the Secure Virtual Desktop (SVD), an unusual ‘desktop isolation’ system designed to lock down sensitive corporate applications using a mixture of browser virtualisation and proxying. The SVD launches as a parallel desktop on any PC from a small download, walling off all activity within the…
Global Research Shows Mobile Malware Accelerating
SUNNYVALE, CA–(Marketwire -02/15/12)- Juniper Networks (NYSE: JNPR – News) released findings today from its 2011 Mobile Threats Report, showing that mobile malware has reached a new stage of maturation. The report, conducted by the Juniper Networks Mobile Threat Center — the only threat center in the world devoted exclusively to…
Software vendors fail to stem tide of security flaws, report shows
Many of the software industry’s top vendors are still struggling to reduce the number of vulnerabilities across all classes of products, an analysis of 2011’s flaw figures by research company Secunia has revealed. Using its own database plus publically known Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs), Secunia’s Yearly Report 2011 found…
Mobile Malware Hosted on German Server Shows Diversity of Fraud
The ecology of mobile malware is beginning to take root and grow into a real wilderness as malicious software authors continue to penetrate the market. Fortunately, we have numerous vendors working to protect people’s phones. Recently, many antivirus and mobile security vendors discovered an interesting mix of malware being hosted…
Evolving Malware Shows How Evil Apps Will Evade Detection
Just a few days after Google announced new safeguards against malicious apps in its Android Market, one researcher is already offering a helpful reminder that the mobile malware cat-and-mouse game is just getting started. Last Friday, North Carolina State University professor Xuxian Jiang wrote on his blog that his team…
Evolving Malware Shows How Evil Apps Will Evade Detection
Just a few days after Google announced new safeguards against malicious apps in its Android Market, one researcher is already offering a helpful reminder that the mobile malware cat-and-mouse game is just getting started. Last Friday, North Carolina State University professor Xuxian Jiang wrote on his blog that his team…
Evolving Android Malware Shows How Evil Apps Will Evade Google’s Scans
Just a few days after Google announced new safeguards against malicious apps in its Android Market, one researcher is already offering a helpful reminder that the mobile malware cat-and-mouse game is just getting started. Last Friday, North Carolina State University professor Xuxian Jiang wrote on his blog that his team…
Google’s Bouncer For Android Shows Malware Apps the Door
Bouncer scanning software, developed by Google, is designed to search the Android market for software that could be malicious, the company announced Thursday on its blog. With the success of Android this year, the company says it wants to protect its many users and their devices from harm. [More from…
Google’s Bouncer For Android Shows Malware Apps the Door
Bouncer scanning software, developed by Google, is designed to search the Android market for software that could be malicious, the company announced Thursday on its blog. With the success of Android this year, the company says it wants to protect its many users and their devices from harm. [More from…