A banner ad on MySpace containing a Windows exploit may have infected over a million machines with spyware
Over the past year the number of online dating sites has increased significantly but security experts at Internet Security Systems (ISS) say many of these sites are being used at this time of year to spread malicious code, not love.
An adware purveyor has apparently used two previously unknown security flaws in Microsoft's Internet Explorer browser to install a toolbar on victims' computers that triggers pop-up ads, researchers said this week.
In what could prove to be one of the great second acts in Internet history, erstwhile king of spam Sanford Wallace takes centre stage this week as exhibit A in a federal crackdown on invasive online advertising software.
The U.S. Department of Justice has filed a criminal complaint against four Detroit-area men under the federal Can-Spam Act, in the first case sparked by the legislation.
Internet security experts are gathering at a secretive conference later this week to strategise in their fight against cybercriminals.
Internet Service Providers are in the perfect position to kill vast armies of compromised computers -- or bots -- that are being used by cyber-criminals to launch the majority of spam and phishing attacks, according security specialists at the AusCERT 2006 conference.
The recent surge in worms could be part of an underground battle to hijack computers for use in Internet crimes, some security experts say -- but others aren't convinced.
Authorities are cracking down on phishing and botnets, but the threats are advancing instead of diminishing, two law enforcement officials said.
Microsoft on Wednesday made available a free software tool to help victims of the worms that are currently attacking Windows computers clean their systems.
The latest variants of the Bagle worm have alarmed antivirus vendors because of the multi-stage process they use to attack PCs.
The threat of infection by mass-mailed viruses is decreasing, according to reports, while tailored attacks are on the increase.
Police are warning Internet users about 'Trojan' e-mails containing links to malicious Web sites that can steal sensitive information such as PINs and password log-ins from vulnerable PCs.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has outlined some of the "obvious solutions" to the security issues that have forced the software giant into the spotlight in recent years.
In one of the rolling hills above Winchester, England, is a decommissioned nuclear bunker that houses Symantec's U.K. Security Operations Center.
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