About 100,000 Web pages for e-commerce sites based on the open source OS Commerce software have been compromised with malware through a mass iFrame injection attack, according to security firm Armorize.
Mobile app fans worried about downloading malware onto their devices may be able to rest a little easier if they use Verizon's V Cast Apps store.
You don't need to spend money to keep a <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/windows.html">Windows</a> computer running in top form. Here's how to fix, clean and maintain Windows using programs you can download now for free.
General public apathy and collaboration with the <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/fbi-internet-crime-high-types-misdeeds-changi">law enforcement community</a> assure that <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/fbi-internet-crime-high-types-misdeeds-changi">cybercrimes</a> of all sorts will <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/does-irs-need-more-options-fight-identity-the">continue to rise</a>.
Conspicuous spending -- not technical sleuthing -- unearthed what may be the largest login-stealing botnet yet known, according to one expert working on the case.
Federal authorities have seized all the cash in a Swiss bank account held by a scareware mogul and scam artist who is charged with selling phony Symantec security software.
One in every 20 Windows PCs whose users turned to Microsoft for cleanup help were infected with malware, Microsoft said this week.
For the second time in the last four weeks, Adobe has told users that hackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player, again by embedding malicious code inside a Microsoft Office document.
People who make a lot of online transactions, are popular online and who respond to most of the emails they receive are at the highest risk for being duped by malicious phishers, according to a multi-university study.
The complex Stuxnet worm, which some allege was designed by US and Israeli government agents to cripple Iranian nuclear technology, could be re-engineered at far less expense by civilian hackers to inflict more general damage, says anti-malware company founder Eugene Kaspersky.
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.
Educational institutions and <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/facebook-blames-zuckerberg-embarrassment-api-">social networks</a> are the worst when it comes to leaving their Web sites exposed to known vulnerabilities, with health care and banks doing the best, according to a study by <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/072310-researcher-finds-safari-reveals-personal.html">WhiteHat</a> <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">Security</a>.
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.
The battle against groups of hacked computers known as botnets is suffering from a lack of coordination, resulting in a cybercrime industry worth more than US$10 billion worldwide annually, according to a report from a European Union security agency.
From malware on Google's <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/news/2010/110910-google-android-useful-resources-smartphones.html">Android</a> phones to the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency trying to understand how stories or narratives impact <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/topics/security.html">security</a> and human behavior, the security world certainly is never boring. Here we take a look at 20 security stories that have shaped the industry in the past few months.