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  • Zeus malware weakens as ISP support is choked

    But a series of reconnections may revive Trojan, according to security researchers.Troyak, which is believed to be based in eastern Europe, was knocked offline earlier this month after other networks supplying its connectivity to the Internet…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Researchers • Infected • Experts • Carrying • Carry • Action

  • Zeus botnet malware is improving for hackers

    SecureWorks calls this a "total presence proxy," and it's so useful to criminals, just this one VNC module for ZeuS costs $10,000.The Windows-based Zeus Trojan software, which takes up about 50,000 bytes on a compromised Windows-based computer, is…
    12 March 2010
    Tags: Windowsbased • Transactions • Criminal • Botnet • Attackers • Attacker

  • Reader exploit prompts Adobe update alert

    Users of Adobe PDF Reader should check they are running the latest version of the software after the discovery of an exploit that takes advantage of a serious flaw patched only three weeks ago.According to Microsoft's Threat Research and Response…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Reader • Flaw • Exploit • Discovery • Check • Adobe

  • FDIC: Hackers stole $120m in three months of online bank fraud

    Typically a victim is tricked into visiting a malicious website or downloading a Trojan horse program that gives hackers access to their banking passwords. Ongoing computer scams targeting small businesses cost US companies US$25 million in the…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Institutions • Fraud • Bank • Authentication • Accounts • Account

  • Energizer Bunny infects PCs with backdoor malware

    The Energizer Bunny infects PCs with backdoor malware, the Department of Homeland Security's US-CERT said Friday.According to researchers at US-CERT (United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team), software that accompanies the Energizer DUO USB…
    08 March 2010
    Tags: Trojan • Malware • Infects • Duo • Connected • Battery

  • Internet hit by wave of ransom malware

    The former assumes that users won't know they are being scammed, while the latter assumes they will but won't know what to do about it.The technique is slowly becoming more common - see the Vundo attack of a year ago - but what is also different…
    05 March 2010
    Tags: Wave • Rogue • Malware • Detected • Campaign • Assumes

Latest Features

  • Why I'm dropping Google

    Is the Trojan horse of free email, YouTube videos, and online word processing documents worth giving up one's privacy, all so a company can make billions from ads? For a company whose unofficial slogan is "Don't Be Evil," Google has been ignoring…
    26 February 2010
    Tags: Sharing • Profile • Frequency • Delete • Blogs • Assets

  • FAQ: The Kneber botnet revealed

    It's a botnet discovered 26 January, 2010, by NetWitness that compromised 74,000 computers via the ZeuS Trojan and gathered login and password information from them. Individuals whose personal data was mined might suffer financial loss if criminals…
    19 February 2010
    Tags: Trojan • Logs • Dangerous • Compromised • Agencies • Activity

  • Mac security: What you can ignore

    And I would advise you to use an email service that filters for viruses, since email is the most common vector of attack.All major services, including MobileMe, Google Mail, Hotmail, and Yahoo, filter for malware, as do many Internet service…
    18 January 2010
    Tags: Infected • Bluetooth • Attacker • Botnet • Infection • Antivirus Software

  • Reader's top stories of 2009

    A Russian hacker slipped a lovely message in with his revision of the Zlob trojan, praising the work of the Microsoft security team trying desperately to plug holes in their operating system. The economic crisis, the lingering effects of the…
    01 December 2009
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Events • Story • Readers • Hacker • Universal

  • Seven reasons websites are not secure

    Someone in the ad-providing supply chain can be the culprit, though tracing a compromise back to them can be exceedingly difficult, Wang said.Whatever the case may be, a downloaded Trojan is then free to gather up usernames, passwords and other…
    14 September 2009
    Tags: Guys • Ad • Input • Granted • Hacker • Lab

  • Spotting weak security staff

    In the past six months, for example, his security team has seen three variants of the Storm Trojan come in that hadn't been spotted elsewhere. Competent? Knowledgeable? Ask a security professional for horror stories and you might think again.
    20 July 2008
    Tags: Bundle • Guys • Discussion • Exec • Purchasing • Requested

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How-Tos

  • How to stop P2P data breaches

    The client software itself could easily be compromised with some sort of Trojan or botnet-type malware which could infect systems and allow attackers access.2. While no company wants to have confidential information exposed to unauthorised users on…
    26 February 2010
    Tags: Unauthorised • Sharing • Root • Nature • Folder • Configured

  • How to make cloud computing more secure

    A malicious instance could easily be created as a Trojan horse to gain access to a company's internal network, Meer said.With those pitfalls in mind, here are five lessons from the presentations at Black Hat.1.
    10 August 2009
    Tags: Guys • Firms • Amazon • Instances • Trust • Thirdparty

  • How to make cloud more secure

    A malicious instance could easily be created as a Trojan horse to gain access to a company's internal network, Meer said.With those pitfalls in mind, here are five lessons from the presentations at Black Hat.1.
    07 August 2009
    Tags: Third Party • Firms • Scan • Amazon • Instances • Configured

  • Ten tips for ultra-safe browsing

    And once a virus or Trojan horse gets in, removing it can be incredibly tough. On the web, hackers, spammers, and phishers may be evil, but they're not required to be geniuses. Here are ten ways to defend yourself against them, genius or not.
    13 August 2008
    Tags: Scans • Signature • Upload • Attachment • Secunia • Guarantee

  • Readers' favourite free network tools

    Concerned that your users' machines may be running a Trojan known to listen on TCP port 25192? From sniffing to mapping and monitoring, these ten utilities perform surprisingly sophisticated tasks. We recently showcased 10 great free network…
    02 June 2008
    Tags: Evaluate • Utilities • Remote Access • Producing • Statistics • Network Management

  • Case Study: Clinic needs management upgrade

    It seems a Trojan had been infiltrating the network and slowly installing itself on the company's servers and desktops. Having just upgraded its LAN and WAN, the Fallon Clinic medical group realised that its network management needed an update as…
    05 November 2006
    Tags: Management Software • Invest • Collect • Hub • Alert • Network Management

Reviews

  • Symantec Norton Antivirus 2010 review

    In traditional detection tests using known Trojan horses, spyware, worms, and other baddies, Norton successfully detected 99.5 percent of samples from AV-Test.org. Symantec's Norton AntiVirus ($40 for a one-year, single-PC license) offers some…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Scans • Antivirus • Saved • User Interface • Detection • App

  • Avira AntiVir Premium review

    AntiVir proved capable at detecting known malware, detecting 99.3 percent of AV-Test.org's collection of more than half a million samples of Trojan horses, worms, spyware and other kinds of malware. Avira's AntiVir Premium Edition lacks an advanced…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Antivirus • Detection • App • Defense • Standalone • Expert

  • BitDefender Antivirus 2010 review

    BitDefender detected 99.66 percent of all samples in a huge cache of spyware, Trojan horses, worms, and the like. BitDefender Antivirus ($30 for a one-year, three-PC license) holds its own at dealing with malware, but its interface isn't especially…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Antivirus • Apps • Malware • Package • Detection • Block

  • Avira AntiVir Premium Edition

    Avira AntiVir Premium Edition proved capable at detecting known malware, detecting 99.3 percent of AV-Test.org's collection of more than half a million samples of Trojan horses, worms, spyware, and other kinds of malware.
    02 December 2009
    Tags: Antivirus • Edition • Detection • App • Spot • Warning

  • Whitelisting security comes of age

    Oh, to have such choices.New world orderIn today's world, where most successful malware exploitations involve Trojan horse programs that the user was tricked into installing, whitelisting programs make more sense than ever.
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Active Directory • End Users • Enabled • Audit • Trust • Trusted

  • Bit9 Parity Suite

    It could be a legitimate upgrade or a crafty Trojan horse program.Parity's central console also has dozens of reporting reviews, including charts and drill down data, as well as the unique risk and trust ratings I've already applauded.
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Category • Metrics • Alerts • Trust • Identified • Trusted

White Papers

  • Cutting the cost and complexity of managing endpoint security

    The proportion of email which is virus infected has fallen considerably over the last year as hackers have turned from mass-mailing attacks to targeted Trojan horses containing spyware. Managing the desktops, laptops and servers at the endpoints of…
    16 May 2007
    Tags: Infected • Spyware • Hackers • Consuming • Task • Targeted

  • Why one virus engine is not enough

    It is a well known fact that viruses, trojan horses, worms, spam, and other forms of malware present a real threat to all modern-day organizations and affect productivity and business operations negatively.
    21 March 2007
    Tags: Viruses • Threat • Anti Virus • Engine • Organizations

  • MessageLabs Intelligence - 2007

    For the first time, MessageLabs noted that the proportion of phishing attacks in email has now overtaken the threat from virus or Trojan attacks. Welcome to the January 2007 edition of the MessageLabs Intelligence monthly report.
    21 March 2007
    Tags: Viruses • Numbers • Authentication • Targeted • Phishing • Virus

  • Avoiding Legal Traps on the Web

    These and other events add up to an increase in exposure to liability as a result of a worker's illegal activity on the Internet while using company equipment.Additionally, users who browse a malicious Web site can become infected with a Trojan or…
    15 February 2007
    Tags: Activity • Equipment • Filtering • Exposure • Organization • Protecting

  • Q2 2005 Virus Roundup

    The worm component could gather email addresses from the user's address book and send copies of the Trojan via an embedded Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) engine. The Trojan component then downloads the worm into the system, creating a vicious…
    21 January 2007
    Tags: Technique • Spyware • Family • Trojan • Worms • Alerts

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