Virus

How To Explain Ransomware To A Five-Year-Old

The definitive definition of ransomware from the experts for the kids (and adults, too)

10 years ago

Memory Corruption Flaws Found In VLC Media Player

VLC says 'non-exploitable' flaws in VLC 2.1.5 have been fixed

10 years ago

What New Year’s Resolutions Should Chief Security Officers Be Making?

The best-laid plans of mice and men often go awry, but what plans should CSOs be making this year? Here…

10 years ago

What Should Chief Security Officers Ask Santa For This Christmas?

It’s the one time of the year when chief security officers can ask Santa for a little bit of help.…

10 years ago

The Biggest Facebook Scams Of 2014 Targeted Curious Perverts

‘Naked videos of Facebook friends’ installed Trojan on thousands of PCs

10 years ago

Chthonic: The Dangerous ZeuS Trojan Attacking You Via Your Bank

Kaspersky Lab discovers a new strain of Trojan targeting victims through 150 banks' web links and email attachments

10 years ago

Worm Burrows Into Storage Servers Via Shellshock Flaw

System administrators who have not patched their storage servers for the Shellshock flaw may have given online attackers a backdoor…

10 years ago

Android OS And iOS Targeted by Man-in-the-Middle Attacks

Spate of attacks install remote access Trojans to phish for login credentials, with jailbroken devices at particular risk

10 years ago

Will Your Colleagues Screw Up Your Company’s Network This Christmas?

BalaBit survey reveals security shortcuts taken by 'privileged users' during the festive season

10 years ago

Dangerous XSS Vulnerabilities Found On Trip Advisor Website

XSS attacks are being used in combination with spear phishing, social engineering and drive-by attacks

10 years ago

Sophisticated ‘State-sponsored’ Regin Spy Tool Discovered

The capabilities of Regin suggest it is one of the main cyber espionage tools used by a nation state

10 years ago

Ebola-Themed Malware Sweeping The Net

Security firm Tustwave warns users not to open email purporting to be from World Health Organisation

10 years ago

Alleged Gozi Virus Creator Walks Away Free, For Now

Latvia will not extradite Deniss “Miami” Calovskis to the US, following a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights

11 years ago

Malware Kept US Power Plant Offline For 3 Weeks

Unsecured USB drives pose a real danger to Industrial Control Systems, warns ICS-CERT

12 years ago

Saudi Aramco Network Back Online After Cyber Attack

Aramco now wants to know who was behind the attack

12 years ago

Stuxnet And Flame Scare Critical Iranian Infrastructure Offline

After Stuxnet and Flame cause carnage, Iran is set to take some of its infrastructure off the Internet

12 years ago

Iran Nuclear Agency Not ‘Thunderstruck’ By Virus

AC/DC wasn't being blasted out at nuclear facilities, Iran says

12 years ago

Flame Is More Than Just FUD

Ignore the sceptics. The Flame worm is significant for what is says as much as what it does, argues Tom…

12 years ago

Iran Claims Flame Caused ‘Massive’ Data Loss

Iran says Flame caused significant data loss as the UN puts out a warning for member states

12 years ago

Kaspersky Lab Discovers Invisible Memory-Only Bot

The clever Russian malware hides in RAM and spreads trough banners on news websites

13 years ago

Iran Begins Blocking Sites Using HTTPS Protocol

Reports suggest that Iran is clamping down on sites in the build-up to the 33rd anniversary of the Islamic Revolution

13 years ago

Zeus-based Ice IX Trojan Redirects Bank Phone Calls To Attackers

Modified version of Zeus malware targets online banking customers to capture bank and telephone data

13 years ago

Facebook Reveals Names of the Koobface Gang

Social network giant Facebook has released identities of those it believes to be behind the Koobface malware

13 years ago

Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing: 10 Years Of Securing Windows

Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing initiative, panned as a hollow public relations campaign 10 years ago, has hardened Windows and introduced secure…

13 years ago

Duqu Server Shut Down In India

Indian authorities have seized hard drives from a server linked with the Duqu worm

13 years ago