The Storm worm which first surfaced in January is on the rise, but this time round the attack is delivered over the Web.
By next year, Internet users can expect more cyberattacks to originate from the Web than via e-mail, security firm Trend Micro predicts.
An e-mail announcing a new Trojan horse scanner is itself an Internet worm that could flood e-mail servers with useless mail.
Before you entrust your credit card information to a malicious user, find out what the American Red Cross has to say about the Septer Trojan horse.
The most popular antivirus applications on the market are rendered useless by around 80 percent of new malware, according to AusCERT.
Discerning thumbs for BlackBerry users are essential to keep away a new threat which can compromise the security of the popular smartphone. Well that's according to Research In Motion's (RIM) Ian Robertson, senior manager of security and research.
Microsoft launched its Windows Live OneCare antivirus package in the US earlier this year and instantly grabbed 15 percent of the market; although this may be good in terms of short term revenue, it could completely wreck everything the software giant has invested in improving its reputation for security.
A socially engineered e-mail, which contains a Trojan file that exploits a zero-day vulnerability and then hides behind a rootkit, might be the perfect attack and impossible to defend against.
Software vendor CA recently took me for a tour around their AV research centre in Melbourne, where I got to visit their "live virus" room, which was the only place in the building I saw a Mac.
Rootkits, which alter the kernel of an operating system and allow malicious code to hide from security software, seem to have stumped the security industry.
Could quarantining e-mails be a better way of dealing with viruses than the traditional approach used by most antivirus companies?
One big reason viruses are still rampant on the Net: Too many people don't use antivirus software. The way to get them to change their ways is to make that software free.
Virus writers are merging spam, phishing and Trojan programs to develop more complex attacks on the unwary.
The worst part of SoBig.F may not be that it is spreading quickly and bogging down networks. Several antivirus companies have discovered that this worm carries a hidden Trojan.
An e-mail pretending to be a Windows XP security update harbours a malicious Trojan horse that could let hackers build an "army of zombie computers."
One big reason viruses are still rampant on the Net: Too many people don't use antivirus software. The way to get them to change their ways is to make that software free.
An e-mail announcing a new Trojan horse scanner is itself an Internet worm that could flood e-mail servers with useless mail.
Before you entrust your credit card information to a malicious user, find out what the American Red Cross has to say about the Septer Trojan horse.
Despite a face-lift, the redesigned McAfee VirusScan Plus continues to consume system resources and leaves its customers lacking support.
Antivirus software makers aim to protect users against Internet threats, but now have to face a new threat of their own: Microsoft.
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