Japanese Police arrest six over alleged virus scam 

Japanese Police arrest six over alleged virus scam

In Risk - 12 February 2012 7:23 PM
Suspected 1.1 million infections.
Heartland pays another $5.4m for malware infection 

Heartland pays another $5.4m for malware infection

In Risk - By Liam Tung, 3 September 2010 9:38 AM
Attacks on payments hub.
Energizer warns of malware in battery chargers 

Energizer warns of malware in battery chargers

In Applications - By Shaun Nichols, 12 March 2010 10:02 AM
Infection keeps going and going and going.
Support Staff survives data theft attempt 

Support Staff survives data theft attempt

In Applications - By Ry Crozier, 21 January 2010 9:33 AM
Recruiter speaks out after thief tries to put malware on computer.
Malware will migrate to mobile devices: AVG 

Malware will migrate to mobile devices: AVG

In Web/client - By Dan Raywood, 8 December 2009 11:54 AM
But viruses will be less effective.
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.
"Frighteningly bad" Adobe Flash flaw discovered 

"Frighteningly bad" Adobe Flash flaw discovered

In Applications - By Greg Masters, 16 November 2009 11:15 AM
Issue is 'not patchable'.
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.
Mass SQL injection attacks still scaling up 

Mass SQL injection attacks still scaling up

In Web/client - By Chuck Miller, 28 August 2009 10:31 AM
The mass SQL injection attacks that gained attention earlier this week are continuing, with some 210,000 pages infected so far.
Mac trojan targets game sites to infect users 

Mac trojan targets game sites to infect users

In Hackers - By Dan Kaplan, 22 June 2009 11:03 AM
Virus researchers have spotted a new variant of a Mac trojan that attempts to change a victim computer's DNS settings.
Disabling AutoRun could block a Conficker attack 

Disabling AutoRun could block a Conficker attack

In Applications - 27 March 2009 11:10 AM
Removing AutoRun could help block a Conficker attack vector and prevent other threats from automatically infecting computers.
Internet Explorer zero-day infection rates grow 

Internet Explorer zero-day infection rates grow

In Web/client - By Dan Kaplan, 16 December 2008 10:03 AM
Attacks exploiting an unpatched vulnerability in Internet Explorer spread quickly over the weekend, according to Microsoft.
Guessing ahead of cybercriminals is crucial to prevent infection 

Guessing ahead of cybercriminals is crucial to prevent infection

In Hackers - By Dan Raywood, 25 November 2008 9:53 AM
Companies need to step up their ability to guess where cybercriminals will strike next.
New mobile virus goes 'old school' 

New mobile virus goes 'old school'

In Web/client - By Shaun Nichols, 17 November 2008 9:49 AM
A new virus is relying on some old tricks to infect Windows Mobile users. The so-called 'companion virus' attack uses a method of assuming the identity of an existing file and ...
Poorly implemented sites blamed for latest malware infection 

Poorly implemented sites blamed for latest malware infection

In Web/client - By Greg Masters, 14 May 2008 10:24 AM
Half a million websites have been infected with a new round of malware attack and poorly implemented website configurations have been blamed.
Hackers turn to PowerPoint for virus infection 

Hackers turn to PowerPoint for virus infection

In Applications - By Iain Thomson, 19 April 2007 1:00 PM
Slack patching leaves application open.
Zombie hacker pleads guilty to hospital infection 

Zombie hacker pleads guilty to hospital infection

By William Eazel, 8 May 2006 10:07 AM
A U.S. man has pleaded guilty of creating a zombie network of 50,000 computers to launch a devastating attack against a Seattle hospital.
Virus activity up, infection times down 

Virus activity up, infection times down

By Marcia Savage, 30 June 2005 10:14 PM
The number of computer viruses increased in the first half of 2005 while infection times have decreased, according to research by antivirus supplier Sophos.
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