Developer: Google took a week to pull infected apps 

Developer: Google took a week to pull infected apps

In Applications - By Stewart Mitchell, 4 March 2011 7:29 AM
Malware outbreak left to fester despite warning from developer
Zeus-driven botnet discovered that has infected 100,000 computers 

Zeus-driven botnet discovered that has infected 100,000 computers

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 9 August 2010 1:20 PM
Harvests banking and card details.
Thousands of websites infected with 'backdoor code': Websense 

Thousands of websites infected with 'backdoor code': Websense

In Applications - By Dan Raywood, 5 May 2010 11:33 AM
Threats changing hourly.
U.S. Treasury websites infected with malicious script 

U.S. Treasury websites infected with malicious script

In Applications - By Dan Kaplan, 4 May 2010 10:54 AM
Malicious IFRAME used.
Waledac takedown severed 100,00 computers from network 

Waledac takedown severed 100,00 computers from network

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 19 March 2010 11:00 AM
Operation b49 "decimates communications" from botnet.
Phone handset shipped with Mariposa pre-installed 

Phone handset shipped with Mariposa pre-installed

In Web/client - 19 March 2010 10:23 AM
HTC Magic comes with unwanted extra.
Facebook worm detected that uses news feed 

Facebook worm detected that uses news feed

In Messaging - By Dan Raywood, 25 November 2009 10:35 AM
Infects associated profiles.
Gumblar site infections return, WordPress among affected 

Gumblar site infections return, WordPress among affected

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 9 November 2009 11:47 AM
Sites show error message.
95% of user-generated comments to blogs and forums are malicious 

95% of user-generated comments to blogs and forums are malicious

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 13 October 2009 11:05 AM
Asking users to report inappropriate content a "largely ineffective" method.
Malware persists on compromised machines: Trend Micro 

Malware persists on compromised machines: Trend Micro

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 17 September 2009 10:50 AM
Lies dormant for months on end.
Website infected every 3.6 seconds 

Website infected every 3.6 seconds

In Web/client - By Angela Moscaritolo, 23 July 2009 11:02 AM
Infected websites have been the single biggest threat over the past six months, and the threat vectors that have seen the most growth are Web 2.0 and social networking ...
Malicious server used to propagate Zbot shut down 

Malicious server used to propagate Zbot shut down

In Hackers - By Angela Moscaritolo, 2 July 2009 10:10 AM
A criminal operation has been halted by the shutdown of a malicious server in the Cayman Islands, but the attackers are likely to be looking for a new home.
Office of U.S. Marshals infected by Neeris virus 

Office of U.S. Marshals infected by Neeris virus

In Applications - By Angela Moscaritolo, 25 May 2009 9:24 AM
The office of U.S. Marshals was infected with a computer virus on Thursday that was able to infiltrate their computer network because the federal law enforcement agency was ...
'Gumblar' attack explodes on to the web 

'Gumblar' attack explodes on to the web

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 15 May 2009 10:20 AM
A complex new malware attack is setting infection records and raising alarms from security experts.
Bogus versions of Microsoft Windows 7 infected with malware 

Bogus versions of Microsoft Windows 7 infected with malware

In Applications - By Chuck Miller, 11 May 2009 11:04 AM
The final release candidate for Microsoft's newest version of Windows was made available last week, and already infected pirated versions of the software are making the rounds.
New variant of Pinch Trojan detected with 4000 users already infected 

New variant of Pinch Trojan detected with 4000 users already infected

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 5 February 2009 11:36 AM
A new variation of the Pinch Trojan has been detected by Prevx.
AVG offers infected users free year of service 

AVG offers infected users free year of service

In Applications - By Emma Hughes, 17 November 2008 9:54 AM
AVG announced yesterday that it would be offering a free year of service after its antivirus software got confused and misidentified a key Windows system file as malware.
Seagate warns of infected drives 

Seagate warns of infected drives

In Networks - By Shaun Nichols, 15 November 2007 11:00 AM
Seagate is warning users to scan their systems for malware after a password-stealing Trojan was found on some of its hard drives.
Thousands infected with video disguised malware 

Thousands infected with video disguised malware

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 28 June 2007 10:03 AM
A Trojan that disguises its malicious content by playing a humorous animation is spreading across the internet, according to security experts.
Number of infected web pages soar 

Number of infected web pages soar

In Web/client - By Fiona Raisbeck, 4 June 2007 9:52 AM
More than 9,500 new infected web pages were detected every day last month, latest figures show.
TomTom devices infected with virus 

TomTom devices infected with virus

In Applications - By Fiona Raisbeck, 30 January 2007 7:30 AM
A number of recently shipped TomTom satellite navigation devices are infected with malware, the Dutch company said today.
Gromozon rootkit has infected 250,000 PCs 

Gromozon rootkit has infected 250,000 PCs

By Ericka Chickowski, 5 September 2006 11:16 PM
A leading malware research firm in the UK warned on Friday that the nearly undetectable Gromozon rootkit has infected a quarter of a million computers.
Half-million PCs infected by porn worm 

Half-million PCs infected by porn worm

By Frank Washkuch, 23 January 2006 9:26 PM
More than 500,000 PCs have been infected by the Nyxem worm, which is set to enter its next stage on Feb. 3.
Mystery download await infected Sober PCs 

Mystery download await infected Sober PCs

By David Quainton, 20 May 2005 4:42 PM
The Sober worm saga is set to take another fascinating twist on Monday. Every hour compromised computers will start downloading mystery information from websites selected by ...
One-third of PCs infected by spyware 

One-third of PCs infected by spyware

By Dan Ilett, 17 June 2004 11:13 AM
One third of PCs could be infected by spyware.
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