The recently-discovered psyb0t worm adds a new threat to the ever-growing list of security risks: the new malware infects routers and DSL modems and includes them into a large botnet. March 24, 2009, 14:22 |
Lucky day for one unlucky phisher/scammer: Thomas Taylor was sentenced to only four years of probation for his part on the fake eCards scheme. March 24, 2009, 13:55 |
Using a well-known company to deliver malware around the world is common practice among cyber-criminals. This time is was DHL's time to be the victim. March 23, 2009, 16:56 |
IOActive finished its tests and the verdict is grim:vulnerabilities identified within Smart Grid could further expose the US to attacks on the power infrastructure. March 23, 2009, 14:43 |
Symantec announced the availability of Brightmail Gateway 8.0, its latest enterprise messaging security platform. March 18, 2009, 15:34 |
Not even Australians enjoy having their data misplaced or deleted: an Aussie hacker was recently sentenced to three years and four months imprisonment for messing up thousands of records in Australia's Northern Territories. March 18, 2009, 15:24 |
March will be a rather quiet month for Microsoft: the monthly patch will only include 3 security updates this time. March 9, 2009, 16:20 |
Twitter users were hit by a massive spam campaign, which was run right on the popular micro-blogging site. March 9, 2009, 12:13 |
John Schiefer had already convicted to four years in prison for cyber crimes when search firm Mahalo decided to hire him as a security consultant. March 6, 2009, 15:54 |
A recent research shows that 3% to 5% of enterprise computers are compromised with targeted attack/bot malware, even though up-to-date security tools are being used. March 5, 2009, 16:05 |