Google To Start Notifying Users Affected By The DNSChanger Malware
Google will notify roughly half a million people whose computers or home routers are infected with a well-publicized form of malware known as DNSChanger. Google...
Apple Tool Combats Flashback Malware
Apple has released a new Java update that is supposed to remove the Flashback malware on infected Macintosh computers. The release comes two days after...
Apple Patches Flashback Botnet Malware
Responding to recent reports that the BackDoor.Flashback botnet has infected thousands of computers running Mac OS X, Apple on Tuesday publicly acknowledged that...
More Than 550 000 Mac Systems Have Been Exposed To Botnet
Russian anti-virus vendor Doctor claims that the BackDoor.Flashback botnet has infected more than 550,000 computers running Mac OS X, most of which are located in...
ISPs To Secure Their Communications Networks
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) unanimously adopted recommendations for voluntary action by Internet service providers (ISPs) to combat three major cyber security threats, including botnets,...
Microsoft And Financial Services Industry Disrupt Massive Zeus Cybercrime Operation
In an effort to disrupt botnets, Microsoft, in collaboration with the financial services industry, has executed a coordinated global action against some of the most...
AV-Test Report Evaluates Virus Scanners for Android Devices
The AV-TEST Institute, an independent anti-virus research provider, tested the different virus scanners for Android and evaluated their detection performance. The popularity of the Android...
Kaspersky Found Unknown Programming Language in the Duqu Trojan
The Duqu Trojan was partly written using an unknown programming language, according to researchers at Kaspersky. "The big unsolved mystery of the Duqu Trojan relates...
FCC: Internet Companies Should Safeguard Web
Internet service providers need to work harder to prevent hacks, data theft and other fraud, including contacting customers whose infected computers have been hijacked by...
Threat Predictions For 2012 Include High-Profile Industrial Attacks, Cyberwarfare Demonstrations and New Hacktivist Targets
McAfee today unveiled its 2012 Threat Predictions report, outlining the top threats that McAfee foresees for the coming year. The list indicates that emerging threats...
