Microsoft: find and patch RDP services now because new BlueKeep threats are coming
Attackers could be finding the BlueKeep flaw's sweet spot: Windows Servers, no worm needed.
Attackers could be finding the BlueKeep flaw's sweet spot: Windows Servers, no worm needed.
Windows XP gets a second patch in two years over fears it could be used in a massive cyberattack.
The security issues affecting businesses are similar around the world. Most involve employees innocently bringing an infected personal mobile device into the corporate network, or clicking on a social media link that looks harmless but hides a Trojan or worm that will secretly steal data and money and, potentially, remain undetected with severe impact on security of the infected device.
Dmitriy Ayrapetov, director of product management of Dell SonicWALL | 08 Mar | Read more
A sophisticated worm designed to steal industrial secrets has been around for much longer than previously thought, according to security experts investigating the malicious software.
Robert McMillan | 06 Aug | Read more
Ten years ago today, on May 4, 2000, a security team with MessageLabs, a provider of messaging security services, came in to work and discovered the number of viruses its system had intercepted in the last several hours was off the charts.
Joan Goodchild | 06 May | Read more
A computer worm that China warned Internet users against is an updated version of the Panda Burning Incense virus, which infected millions of PCs in the country three years ago, according to McAfee.
Owen Fletcher | 30 Nov | Read more
Some Facebook users have been infected with a worm after clicking on an image of a scantily clad woman, which then redirects the victims to a pornography site, according to security researchers.
Jeremy Kirk | 25 Nov | Read more
The first worm written for Apple's iPhone has been unleashed and is infecting phones in Australia.
Robert McMillan | 09 Nov | Read more
The Conficker worm is still infecting systems at a brisk rate and continues to snag computers in Fortune 1000 companies, according to security researchers.
Robert McMillan | 21 May | Read more
There have been big computer worm outbreaks before, but nothing quite like Conficker.
Robert McMillan | 16 Feb | Read more
A highly disruptive Internet worm has claimed a new victim: the French navy.
Robert McMillan | 10 Feb | Read more
The odds are pretty good that this will never happen to you, but should a floating head of U.S. President Barack Obama pop up on your desktop Monday morning, know this: You've been hit with the Obama worm.
Robert McMillan | 30 Jan | Read more
Shutting down computer attacks could be carried out inexpensively by peer-to-peer software that shares information about anomalous behavior, say researchers at the University of California at Davis.
Tim Greene | 14 Jan | Read more
The computer worm that exploits a months-old Windows bug has infected more than a million PCs in the past 24 hours, a security company said Wednesday.
Gregg Keizer | 15 Jan | Read more