Patent trolls and their effect on security 

Patent trolls and their effect on security

NPEs are limiting IT security innovation.
iFrame-injecting Linux rootkit found 

iFrame-injecting Linux rootkit found

The malware is targeting 64-bit Linux platforms and hid itself within the kernel, giving the rootkit advanced system privileges.
Vupen offers Windows 8 zero-day for sale 

Vupen offers Windows 8 zero-day for sale

French outfit claims to have defeated Windows 8 security.
Kaspersky to create secure ICS operating system 

Kaspersky to create secure ICS operating system

Fends off malware.
Millions of DSL modems hacked in Brazil 

Millions of DSL modems hacked in Brazil

Admin vulnerability.
Hotmail called out for sly password gaffe 

Hotmail called out for sly password gaffe

Long passwords accessible via first 16 digits.
Flame-related malware detected in the wild  

Flame-related malware detected in the wild

Flame claims 10,000 victims.
Spammers send more malicious attachments 

Spammers send more malicious attachments

But overall spam levels fall.
Data-wiping Shamoon targets Middle East energy sector 

Data-wiping Shamoon targets Middle East energy sector

Goals of malware writers unknown.
Gauss trojan targets Lebanese banks 

Gauss trojan targets Lebanese banks

Joins ranks of Flame, Stuxnet and Duqu.
Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 

Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8

Kaspersky Endpoint Security 8 provides a centralized solution for managing corporate network anti-virus security systems based on Kaspersky Lab applications included in ...
Messiah spy malware uncovered 

Messiah spy malware uncovered

Code written in Persian.
Iran CERT fingers Flame for oil refinery attacks 

Iran CERT fingers Flame for oil refinery attacks

Malware cut oil artery from the internet.
Download Iran CERT's Flame removal tool 

Download Iran CERT's Flame removal tool

Dangerous malware evaded 43 anti-virus tools.
Flame surveillance worm 'most complex threat ever' 

Flame surveillance worm 'most complex threat ever'

Two-year rampage in Middle East.
Mac OS X malware used in targeted attacks 

Mac OS X malware used in targeted attacks

Targets 'Flashback' Java vulnerability.
Sluggish Apple strikes at Flashback 

Sluggish Apple strikes at Flashback

Flashback removal tool planned as malware storm subsides.
Flashback botnet shrinks to half size 

Flashback botnet shrinks to half size

But experts say decline may not be rapid.
CrySyS tool IDs new Duqu variant  

CrySyS tool IDs new Duqu variant

'Son-of-Stuxnet' ducks, fails, anti-virus check.
Kaspersky Lab reveals complexity of 'OO C' coded Duqu 

Kaspersky Lab reveals complexity of 'OO C' coded Duqu

Source code may reveal Duqu creator
Duqu spoke in alien tongue 

Duqu spoke in alien tongue

Part of the Duqu Trojan was written in an unknown programming language.
CarrierIQ: Don't root, don't remove, don't worry 

CarrierIQ: Don't root, don't remove, don't worry

But vendors warned to disclose tracker apps.
Kaspersky quits BSA, snubs US piracy bill 

Kaspersky quits BSA, snubs US piracy bill

Calls bill "counter-productive".
An interview at Kaspersky Lab HQ 

An interview at Kaspersky Lab HQ

Kaspersky Lab CEO Eugene Kaspersky talks security.
Kaspersky launches Endpoint Security 8 

Kaspersky launches Endpoint Security 8

Includes anti-virus, a system watcher and integration with cloud-based threat intelligence.
Kaspersky launches Endpoint Security 8 

Kaspersky launches Endpoint Security 8

Includes anti-virus, a system watcher and integration with cloud-based threat intelligence.
Mikko Hypponen's 20 years of cyber crime fighting 

Mikko Hypponen's 20 years of cyber crime fighting

Hypponen celebrates 20 years at F-Secure.
Kaspersky website vulnerable to XSS 

Kaspersky website vulnerable to XSS

Reddit post outs flaw.
McAfee, Kaspersky lock horns over Shady RAT 

McAfee, Kaspersky lock horns over Shady RAT

McAfee says Shady RAT ain't no botnet.
'Indestructable' malware infects 4.5m with Stuxnet efficiency 

'Indestructable' malware infects 4.5m with Stuxnet efficiency

Pimped out malware infects 90,000 Australian computers.
Kaspersky: Australia shouldn't sign EU Cybercrime treaty 

Kaspersky: Australia shouldn't sign EU Cybercrime treaty

Calls for global police unit instead.
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