Search giant Google has catapulted itself to the top in the ranks of web hosts with the most malware, courtesy of its blogging website Blogger, according to security vendor Sophos.
Drive-by downloads, in which malicious Web sites exploit browser vulnerabilities to execute malicious code, have increased since April 2007, warned Google researchers have warned.
Microblogging service Twitter has started to be targeted by online criminals with malware.
The amount of web-based malware hosted by trusted websites has increased by over 400 percent since last year, according to security vendor ScanSafe.
For the first time, the amount of malicious software being released has outstripped that of legitimate software, according to new research.
When foreign markets are willing to pay twice as much for your exports, it's usually a good sign. Unfortunately for Australia, the goods being traded are compromised PCs but why are Australians worth twice as much as Americans?
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.
It was inevitable that micro-blogging service Twitter would become infested with malware, according to a number of high-profile Australian users of the service.
The latest Internet Threat Survey from Symantec is a whopping 120 pages and unlike in its previous reports, the company has avoided any mention of malware for Apple's OS X.
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.
The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Apple computers have built a solid reputation on being virus-free, but is the reality different from the image?
Security software vendors may soon side with US government authorities and intentionally fail to report "certain spyware" to customers if ordered by a court to remain quiet, according to a survey of leading firms.
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Spyware is gaining more mindshare amongst IT departments and security vendors alike. We round up eight tools that take on the undercover software.
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