Once again, criminal hackers are targeting a worldwide event to deposit their malicious software on victims' PCs, according to one security vendor.
Customers of an Australian recruitment firm have been targeted with resumes that are booby-trapped with a backdoor trojan.
C-level employees of publicly listed companies are being targeted by cybercriminals using malware-infected RTF (Rich Text File) documents disguised as recruitment letters.
E-mail security provider MessageLabs has discovered a new password stealing trojan, however at this stage the company is still treating it as a low-level threat.
A strain of malware disguised as anti-spyware has become the latest double-agent in multi-step "convergence" crime online.
In three years phishing has transformed from an unknown threat into a multi-million dollar industry; in the next stage of its evolution, phishers will avoid using spam and instead hijack small parts of 'trusted' Web sites in order to bypass anti-phishing tools.
The explosion in drive-by download attacks continues to grow. How has the situation got so dangerous? Are there any "trusted" Web sites left?
Anti-virus companies said they intercepted several copies of a new password-stealing Trojan over the weekend.
Messagelabs CTO Mark Sunner claims that ISPs allowing unfiltered traffic to flow to customers is like a water authority pumping out raw sewage. Additional reading: Microsoft reward snags suspected Sasser author
Cybercriminals are spreading a malicious Trojan horse under the guise of an update to Skype, e-mail security firm MessageLabs said on Monday.
Security researchers worked overtime in 2007, which turned out to be a nightmare for software vendors from day one.
Commentary: It's sad, but true. We'll see plenty of e-mail viruses in 2004, despite expectations that these pests would disappear in 2003. Here's why viruses won't go away--and how to protect yourself.
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