Hackers exploit router flaws in unusual pharming attack
An email-based attack spotted in Brazil recently employed an unusual but potent technique to spy on a victim's Web traffic.
Jeremy Kirk | 27 Feb | Read more
An email-based attack spotted in Brazil recently employed an unusual but potent technique to spy on a victim's Web traffic.
Jeremy Kirk | 27 Feb | Read more
President Obama called for strengthening cybersecurity and privacy protection in his State of the Union speech Tuesday. Most security experts agree with the President's overall goals, but warn of potential unintended consequences that could do more harm than good.
Tony Bradley | 23 Jan | Read more
Regin, the latest malware threat, is also one of the more mysterious ones. When Symantec unveiled details of the new cyber espionage campaign last weekend, its researchers described it as a highly sophisticated threat with an unprecedented level of technical competence.
Tony Bradley | 26 Nov | Read more
Malicious advertisements made their way last week to almost two dozen popular websites and used browser-based exploits to infect computers with CryptoWall, a nasty file-encrypting ransomware program.
Lucian Constantin | 23 Oct | Read more
A detailed look at Russian cybercriminals focused on accessing online banking accounts reveals an effective hidden system for spreading malware through compromised websites.
Antone Gonsalves | 09 Oct | Read more
The Russian gang behind the obscure Qbot botnet have quietly built an impressive empire of 500,000 infected PCs by exploiting unpatched flaws in mainly US-based Windows XP and Windows 7 computers, researchers at security firm Proofpoint have discovered.
John E. Dunn | 08 Oct | Read more
A mistake by a suspected Russian-speaking cybercriminal group allowed a security vendor to peep on a campaign that stole login credentials for hundreds of thousands of online bank accounts.
Jeremy Kirk | 08 Oct | Read more
Research by security firm Proofpoint has discovered something unexpected about the flood of spam sent to users in the UK – more of these emails seem to contain malicious links than for other countries.
John E. Dunn | 12 Sep | Read more
There's no doubt that the momentum in computing adoption is with mobile meaning enterprises will have to protect the communications that emanate from, and are sent to, these devices.
George V. Hulme | 16 Mar | Read more
Spammers are people too...apparently. They have families and want to take a vacation to spend quality time with them over the traditional holiday break just like everyone else. Or, at least that is the way that it appears if you follow the trends in spam traffic.
Tony Bradley | 13 Jan | Read more