Ransomware scammers hit half a million users in 18 days 

Ransomware scammers hit half a million users in 18 days

In Crypto - By Darren Pauli, 12 November 2012 3:03 PM
Attackers still active, remain on the run.
Facebook adds Webroot, AVG and Panda as friends into AV Marketplace 

Facebook adds Webroot, AVG and Panda as friends into AV Marketplace

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 18 October 2012 7:40 AM
Malware crackdown.
Sophos flags its own update as malware 

Sophos flags its own update as malware

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 21 September 2012 10:53 AM
Anti -anti-virus.
Microsoft targets Bafruz trojan 

Microsoft targets Bafruz trojan

In Applications - By Danielle Walker, 16 August 2012 2:01 PM
Trojan targets Facebook, mines Bitcoins and disables anti-virus.
LogMeIn adds anti-virus monitoring and management for remote worker control 

LogMeIn adds anti-virus monitoring and management for remote worker control

In Applications - By SC Staff, 14 August 2012 6:20 AM
LogMeIn has added anti-virus monitoring and management capabilities to its IT automation product.
Diablo hacker springs reverse engineers 

Diablo hacker springs reverse engineers

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 21 June 2012 2:18 PM
“Why are you researching my trojan?”
Payments provider forces Chinese to patch, run firewalls 

Payments provider forces Chinese to patch, run firewalls

In Risk - By Darren Pauli, 20 June 2012 4:49 AM
Millions of security slack users sent warning notices.
Download Iran CERT's Flame removal tool 

Download Iran CERT's Flame removal tool

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 29 May 2012 5:41 PM
Dangerous malware evaded 43 anti-virus tools.
Flame surveillance worm 'most complex threat ever' 

Flame surveillance worm 'most complex threat ever'

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 29 May 2012 1:17 PM
Two-year rampage in Middle East.
Check Point offers free anti-virus and firewall 

Check Point offers free anti-virus and firewall

In Applications - By SC Staff, 1 May 2012 9:59 PM
First freebee for the company.
Cybercrime shop manages hacked web sites 

Cybercrime shop manages hacked web sites

In Web/client - By SC Australia Staff, 1 May 2012 9:26 PM
Offers counter anti-virus, vulnerability discovery.
Wordpress a vector for Flashback 

Wordpress a vector for Flashback

In Applications - By Marcos Colon, 23 April 2012 7:29 AM
iFrames used to infect users.
AVG gets do not track feature 

AVG gets do not track feature

In Networks - By SC Staff, 28 March 2012 3:59 PM
Gets protection from unknown WiFi access points.
CrySyS tool IDs new Duqu variant  

CrySyS tool IDs new Duqu variant

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 23 March 2012 1:05 PM
'Son-of-Stuxnet' ducks, fails, anti-virus check.
Avast premium support sold like fake AV 

Avast premium support sold like fake AV

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 19 March 2012 8:17 AM
Operators hawked AV to fix non-existence problems.
Symantec confirms Norton AV code leaked 

Symantec confirms Norton AV code leaked

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 13 March 2012 7:06 AM
Symantec has confirmed that source code for its Norton anti-virus has been leaked.
Avast updates anti-virus product 

Avast updates anti-virus product

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 27 February 2012 8:23 AM
Updates free product.
Bungled update sees Microsoft block Google 

Bungled update sees Microsoft block Google

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 17 February 2012 11:34 AM
Microsoft anti-virus detected phantom Blackhole exploit kit.
Malvertising up 240 per cent 

Malvertising up 240 per cent

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 14 February 2012 6:28 AM
Malnets responsible.
Google employs Bouncer to cleanse Android malware 

Google employs Bouncer to cleanse Android malware

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 5 February 2012 9:41 AM
Claims malware app downloads had dropped 40 per cent.
Research offers software salvation from AV friendly-fire 

Research offers software salvation from AV friendly-fire

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 2 February 2012 7:07 PM
Yet it is too underdeveloped to replace existing malware analysis.
Twitter buys anti-malware firm 

Twitter buys anti-malware firm

In Applications - By SC Staff, 26 January 2012 1:39 AM
Makes second play in infosec market in as many months.
Ex-anti-virus tech flogged MacDefender malware 

Ex-anti-virus tech flogged MacDefender malware

In Networks - By Dan Raywood, 25 January 2012 6:35 AM
Botnet bloodbath continues.
Sourcefire launches malware analytics tool 

Sourcefire launches malware analytics tool

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 24 January 2012 9:45 AM
Contains forensics capabilities.
Symantec corporate anti-virus source code stolen  

Symantec corporate anti-virus source code stolen

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 20 January 2012 7:53 AM
Then worm exploits Symantec remote vulnerability.
Westpac dumps PC Tools for BitDefender 

Westpac dumps PC Tools for BitDefender

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 11 January 2012 12:03 PM
Customers get free anti-virus.
Symantec's doubts dashed: Hackers stole code 

Symantec's doubts dashed: Hackers stole code

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 7 January 2012 1:04 PM
But code was defunct.
Symantec disputes claims hackers stole Norton source code 

Symantec disputes claims hackers stole Norton source code

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 6 January 2012 10:45 AM
Hackers' sneak peek lacks source.
Anti-virus: Something's got to give 

Anti-virus: Something's got to give

In Applications - By Dan Emory, information assurance practice leader, TKC Global, 4 November 2011 7:40 AM
Revenues are falling and viruses are rising.
An interview at Kaspersky Lab HQ 

An interview at Kaspersky Lab HQ

In Applications - By Paul Fisher, 29 October 2011 11:41 AM
Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky talks security.
Rogue anti-virus becomes passé 

Rogue anti-virus becomes passé

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 28 October 2011 8:23 AM
Compromise attempts plummet.
Avira flags itself as malware 

Avira flags itself as malware

In Networks - By SC Australia Staff, 27 October 2011 12:41 PM
Bad update.
Mac malware disables OS X defenses 

Mac malware disables OS X defenses

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 20 October 2011 9:11 AM
Contains anti-anti-virus.
Bundestrojaner sparks war of words  

Bundestrojaner sparks war of words

In Applications - By David Glance, 11 October 2011 12:33 PM
Did hackers uncover a German Government spy operation?
Microsoft blocks, uninstalls Google Chrome 

Microsoft blocks, uninstalls Google Chrome

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 4 October 2011 10:40 AM
Bad update flags Chrome as malware.
Sophos says Windows 8 anti-virus will be skirted 

Sophos says Windows 8 anti-virus will be skirted

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 15 September 2011 7:47 AM
Anti-virus firms may file lawsuits.
Mikko Hypponen's 20 years of cyber crime fighting 

Mikko Hypponen's 20 years of cyber crime fighting

In Hackers - By Darren Pauli, 2 September 2011 10:09 AM
Hypponen celebrates 20 years at F-Secure.
Internet death worm found 

Internet death worm found

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 29 August 2011 10:49 AM
Not your typical tech support.
Killing Conficker, 1000 days on 

Killing Conficker, 1000 days on

In Applications - By Aryeh Goretsky, researcher, ESET, 22 August 2011 10:05 AM
If Windows users are unwilling to manage security, then enforcing more secure choices may be the only solution.
BitDefender's silent dragon 

BitDefender's silent dragon

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 9 August 2011 2:45 PM
Anti-virus goes quiet.
Security chiefs lock horns over anti-virus 

Security chiefs lock horns over anti-virus

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 21 July 2011 11:29 AM
Claims that anti-virus misses about 60 percent of malware.
Astaro to release end-point software ahead of Sophos merger 

Astaro to release end-point software ahead of Sophos merger

In Applications - By SC Australia Staff, 5 July 2011 9:48 AM
'God box' becomes legit.
Sophos offers to hire sacked Symantec engineers 

Sophos offers to hire sacked Symantec engineers

In Applications - By Darren Pauli, 9 June 2011 1:15 PM
Rival ramps-up hires, seeks skilled engineers.
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