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1. Kaspersky Details the State of Malware

   [ Blog ] Topic: Viruses and Worms | Author: RalphDeFrangesco | Date Published: 03/09/2009

   Kaspersky Labs, the anti-virus software development company, has recently released its malware report titled, " Kaspersky Security Bulletin: Malware evolution 2008 ." For malware developers, 2008 was a very profitable year and the Kaspersky report confirmed it. The top four security trends in...

2. Cybercriminals Gain the Upper Hand, Report Indicates

   [ Blog ] Topic: Network Security | Author: RalphDeFrangesco | Date Published: 01/07/2009

   McAfee recently released its annual Virtual Criminology Report for 2008, which focuses on the state of cybercrime. Three key findings came out of the study: Cybercrime is not yet a big enough problem to be a priority for governments. Cross-border law enforcement remains a problem in...

3. Wireless Vulnerability Highlights Need for Automated Security

   [ Blog ] Topic: Vulnerabilities and Patches | Author: KenHardin | Date Published: 08/03/2006

   Upgrade your wireless cards' firmware. That's not the most comforting advice, but it's the best we can offer in the wake of news that many wireless card drivers are open to rootkit attacks . Hackers/researchers (one of whom works for a security firm) were able to take over a high-end Mac...

4. The Sum of All Security Fears

   [ Blog ] Topic: Spyware | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 11/27/2007

   It's a classic good news/bad news scenario: On one hand, the problem of spyware is not abating. The upside is that IT executives appear to be more attuned to the issue. The newfound sensitivity is reflected in a Computing Technology Industry Association (CompTIA) survey released this week . The...

5. The Feds Step up on Botnets

   [ Blog ] Topic: Botnets | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 06/15/2007

   The best news from this NewsFactor Network story about the arrest of three bot herders: An FBI special agent was quoted as saying that the arrests were "just the tip of the iceberg" and that there are hundreds of open investigations that, presumably, will lead to more arrests. We certainly...

6. Was it Necessary to Create RexSpy?

   [ Blog ] Topic: Viruses and Worms | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 11/22/2006

   There are a couple of interesting takeaways from this story in RCR News . The first is that the virus described, which uses a secret SMS message to eavesdrop on just about anything the target device does, appears to be potentially very dangerous. The other element of interest is how...

7. Evolving Malware Still a Major Problem

   [ Blog ] Topic: Viruses and Worms | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 04/07/2008

   For an article with the headline "Viruses Expected to Hit 1 Million This Year," this is an unexpectedly upbeat piece. Sophos says that about one-quarter of unique malware was developed during the last six months, despite the fact that these malicious shards of code have been around, in one...

8. Nugache Creator: Young, Smart and a Felon

   [ Blog ] Topic: Viruses and Worms | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 07/04/2008

   This is an interesting post from Sam Masiello, director of threat management at MX Logic , about the resolution of the criminal case against Jason Michael Milmont. Milmont, who wrote the Nugache worm , pleaded guilty to one count of unlawfully accessing computers in the District Court for...

9. April 1st Just Another Day, Not a Conficker Meltdown

   [ Blog ] Topic: Viruses and Worms | Author: RalphDeFrangesco | Date Published: 03/31/2009

   It's hard to believe that tomorrow will be April 1st. Along with the many jokes and pranks, the threat of the Conficker worm looms. Conficker is designed to take advantage of several weaknesses in Microsoft's Windows operating system to turn your computer into a bot. With D-day for the worm...

10. Security Is for SMBs, Too

    [ Blog ] Topic: Botnets | Author: Paul Mah | Date Published: 05/11/2009

    I came across this interesting Q&A with an FBI agent who played a pivotal role in busting a transnational cybercrime outfit. Agent J. Keith Mularski spent two years infiltrating an underground Internet forum used to facilitate the buying and selling of stolen credit card data for identity...

11. Hearing from the Cartographers of the Cyber Age

    [ Blog ] Topic: Internet Governance | Author: CarlWeinschenk | Date Published: 10/09/2007

    This story at the University of Southern California's Information Sciences Institute Web site offers no definitive information on precisely how the Internet census the group recently completed will be used. A couple of intriguing possibilities are offered, however. The description of the...

12. Flowers, Candy and a Virus

    [ Blog ] Topic: Botnets | Author: RalphDeFrangesco | Date Published: 01/29/2009

    What are you going to get your loved one this year for Valentines Day? I usually go with flowers and candy. You know, the standard stuff. However, some people like to give viruses -- the kind that infect computers, that is. Valentines Day is one of those days that drive IT security professionals...