New breed of worm steals gaming passwords

Monday, June 23rd, 2008

A new generation of malware alware that looks for passwords to online games has emerged – and its success rates are stunning. Last patch Tuesday, Microsoft added special detection functions for two contaminants called Taterf and Frethog to its Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT). The results sent back to Redmond ...

USB malware on the rise

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Around a tenth of all malware is designed to use portable storage media, such as removable USB drives, as an attack and spread vector. Security firm ESET said that 10.3 per cent of malware detections last month were identified as files containing information on programs to be run automatically when removable ...