Wednesday, June 08, 2011
Microsoft pursues botnet herders via Russian newspapers Ads notify unnamed defendants in a legal suit and give them an opportunity to make their case, but a Microsoft executive admits that's unlikely
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Scareware gang evades Apple's new malware defences Within hours of Apple's security fix, a new fake security scam appears. The malware file is identified as "mdinstall.pkg" and if installed, plants the phony MacGuard software on the victim's Mac
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Facebook video scam puts malware on Mac, Windows The scam uses fake links to videos of Rihanna and Hayden Panettiere as bait. It was spotted Tuesday by antivirus vendor Sophos
Thursday, June 02, 2011
Canada's antispam enforcer ready to fight CANADIAN TELECOM SUMMIT 2011: The woman who will wield the whip behind Canada's antispam law is warning malware creators. Also, why an expert worries about business security 
Thursday, May 26, 2011
More dangerous Mac Defender variant emerges According to experts at security firm Intego, MacGuard is more dangerous than Mac Defender as it doesn't require an administrator password to install. The aim of the malware is to persuade victims to hand over their credit card details
Friday, May 13, 2011
Windows 7's malware infection rate climbs, XP's falls But Windows 7 remains nearly five times less likely to get nailed by hackers, says Microsoft. The infection rates were tabulated from scans conducted by the Malicious Software Removal Tool
Tuesday, May 10, 2011
Canada shoots to sixth place in global cyber crime list Canada has usually ranked twelfth or thirteenth but its cyber crime landscape has changed dramatically in the past year, according to a new Websense report. The country is also second globally for hosting phishing sites with a 319 per cent jump in the number of servers hosting those sites
Wednesday, May 04, 2011
FBI warns that fake bin Laden video is a virus It’s in the form of malicious software disguised as photos of the dead Al Qaeda leader. The warning comes as scammers press to take full advantage of global interest in bin Laden's death
Thursday, April 07, 2011
Chrome tips users to dangerous Windows downloads Google follows Microsoft's lead and plans to warn users of unsafe downloads before they reach the PC. The search giant said extending Safe Browsing to downloads helps shut a malware door
Wednesday, April 06, 2011
Trend Micro makes foray into security for universities How Trend Micro's security software is being used by Carleton University, St. Lawrence College and University of Windsor to protect their staff and students
Friday, April 01, 2011
50,000 pages hit in SQL injection attack The Lizamoon attack started on March 29. The attack, which has been tracked by Websense, exploits a security flaw and allows hackers to insert a link to their website into the URL
Thursday, March 31, 2011
Toolkits on the rise, analyst says Toolkit sales increased in 2010, according to a new report from Trend Micro. Amateurs can now use malware to target enterprises. How IT pros can protect end users
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
How does Canada’s spam output fare globally? The month of March showed a spam output that is a tad higher than the global rate, according to Symantec’s March 2011 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Why Canada fits well with spam strategies featuring pharmaceutical products
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Security service on lookout for ZeuS, SpyEye Trusteer's security service Pinpoint looks for malware. The service will let organizations receive an alert if it appears a customer desktop is infected at the very start of any authentication process
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Android Market spiked with malware-laced apps More than 50 applications have been found to contain code that steals personal data from Android smart phones