Bad assumptions lead to false claim about Samsung laptops
Bad assumptions resulted in what turned out to be false allegations published by Network World that Samsung laptops came loaded with a key logger.
Bad assumptions resulted in what turned out to be false allegations published by Network World that Samsung laptops came loaded with a key logger.
A new phishing scam that targets bank and PayPal passwords and other consumer data that criminals use to loot private accounts is designed to beat security built in to Firefox and Chrome Web browsers.
Spotting notorious Trojans like SpyEye and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/120810-trojan-bank.html">ZeuS</a> on compromised desktop computers is the goal of a new <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> service from Trusteer.
A spike in attacks against IP PBXs that started last fall shows no signs of abating, spawning speculation that those responsible have tapped intobotnets and cloud computing resources to carry out their illegal activities.
Last week's revelation that over 50 apps in the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/030811-android-security-apps.html">Google Android market</a> were malware-laden has shaken up Google and the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/030311-security-roundup.html">security industry</a> to its core.
Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks like the ones that nailed WordPress blogs in early March have been around for decades, but it's only in the last dozen years that they've had enough impact to grab public attention.
The Google Android Market for apps is supposed to be an apps showplace, but the fact that Google this week yanked down about 50 Android apps it found out were malicious came as something of a jolt to many in the security industry.
E-mails stolen by hactivist group Anonymous indicate that the security company it targeted was proposing to make a “new breed of rootkit” and that it passed along the plan to a technology firm that caters to the federal government.
Symantec today announced the 12th edition of its flagship enterprise desktop anti-malware product, Symantec Endpoint Protection, that looks to go beyond traditional anti-virus signatures to use a cloud-based file-identification system to protect users from virus mutations.
Android Market's instant-download feature for applications that customers buy has a flaw: It could open up Android devices to malicious downloads from attackers, according to security firm Sophos.
Antenna Software has made the latest acquisition in its bid to create a complete mobility toolset for designing, building, running and managing <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/cisco-study-finds-everyone-and-everything-goi">mobile applications</a>, for everything from feature phones to tablets. The vendor is buying UK-based Volantis Systems, which has a set of tools for building mobile Web applications.
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) is to overhaul its data and systems security shortly, with the deployment of new organisation-wide antivirus and anti-malware suites.
A Sophos IT security consultant has issued a warning not to fall prey to malware that uses a PowerPoint presentation demonstrating sexual positions from the Kama Sutra as its lure.
Sourcefire today announced it has acquired start-up Immunet for $21 million, including $17 million paid at closing and $4 million expected to be paid over the next 18 months upon “achievement of product-delivery milestones related to the enterprise version of Immunet’s product.”
The infamous Rustock botnet, responsible for almost half of all spam sent last year through its command-and-control system exploiting over a million compromised PCs, has suddenly slowed to a crawl, Symantec said today, noting the unexplained event has led to a substantial drop in spam.