New Worm Transcodes MP3s to Try to Infect PCs

Friday, July 18th, 2008

A new kind of malicious software could pose a danger to Windows users who download music files on peer-to-peer networks. The new malware inserts links to dangerous Web pages within ASF (Advanced Systems Format) media files. "The possibility of this has been known for a little while but this is the first ...

New Zlob Trojan Alters Your Router Settings

Thursday, June 12th, 2008

Another new development in the malware arena, this new version of Zlob will actually log onto your router and change the DNS settings to hijack your traffic. Pretty interesting approach and it will work because 99% of people won’t change the default password on their routers. Let’s face it, have you ...

Second mass hack exposed

Tuesday, March 18th, 2008

Hot on the heels of a recent hack in which 10,000 sites were compromised, researchers have disclosed a new large-scale attack.. Researchers at McAfee estimated that the attack has been active for roughly one week, and in that time frame has managed to place itself on roughly 200,000 web pages. Most of ...