‘Long-Term’ Phishing Attack Underway

Monday, April 28th, 2008

The notorious Rock Phish gang has added a new twist to its phishing exploits that doesn’t require its victim to visit a malicious Website -- instead, it just loads a malicious keylogging Trojan onto the victim’s machine that steals information or credentials.Both Trend Microand F-Secure over the past few days ...

Mass SQL injection

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

There's another round of mass SQL injections going on which has infected hundreds of thousands of websites.Performing a Google search results in over 510,000 modified pages.

AVG Technologies Releases AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0

Thursday, April 24th, 2008

AVG Technologies, a leading provider of Internet security software, will tomorrow release AVG Anti-Virus Free 8.0, the latest version of the company’s popular and widely-used free security software, which now incorporates protection against spyware through a new combined anti-virus and anti-spyware engine.AVG Free provides basic protection against viruses and spyware, ...

Malware to grow tenfold in 2008

Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

The number of online threats will have grown tenfold by the end of 2007, according to researchers at anti-malware firm Kaspersky.Kaspersky analysts said at Infosec Europe 2008 that new malicious programs recorded on the internet, including viruses, worms and Trojans, amounted to 2.2 million in 2007, representing a fourfold increase ...

Do a Cloud Scan for Malware and Try for a Prize

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Is your PC infected with malware? Panda Security says it is, and they're putting their money where their mouth is. Submit to their free online scan and be found totally malware-free, and your company could bring in a cool $7,500. Or, if you're a consumer and you clear the scan, ...