In the past, Malwarebytes started out focused on consumer-based malware, but now the San Jose, Calif.-based company says it’s offering an enterprise product for desktop-based anti-malware detection and eradication protection. ...
Tags: antivirus, detection, Kaspersky, malware, Malwarebytes, prevention
Cyber espionage is?nothing new.So a report from the Defense Security Service(DSS)about efforts in foreign countries to steal U.S.technology,intellectual property,trade secrets and proprietary information might sound like just more of the ...
Tags: Cyber espionage, DSS, Defense Industry
IDG News Service - Project Blitzkrieg, a coordinated attack against U.S. banking customers allegedly planned for the spring of 2013, is a real and credible threat, security researchers at McAfee have said. A cybercriminal using the ...
Tags: Computer Products, Credible Threat, Mcafee, Blitzkrieg E Banking Heist
Symantec said Windows 8 “doesn’t move the needle much” on security as it rolled out new versions of its antivirus software and promised to provide users with several so-called “Modern” apps for the new ...
Tags: apps, cyber security, Metro, Microsoft, security, Symantec, Windows 8
BitDefender Labs has discovered Android malware that regularly broadcasts the location of the infected mobile device to a remote server. What the malware creators intend to do with the privacy-invading information is not clear. The app ...
Tags: Android malware, infected mobile device, remote server
Symantec last week crippled a large number of Windows XP machines when it shipped customers a defective update to its antivirus software,the company acknowledged Friday. "After a full evaluation and root cause analysis...we have ...
Tags: Symantec, SONAR, Windows XP PCs, BSOD, SEP
When 32-year-old Russian programmer Andrey N.Sabelnikov visited the U.S.for the first time in January,he had a surprise waiting for him. The surprise was an amended civil lawsuit soon to be filed against him by Microsoft,which alleged he ...
Tags: Russian Coder, Microsoft, Botnet, U.S.District Court
A team of researchers from two German universities has released a study asserting that many of the most popular free apps available through the Google Play store may be vulnerable to man-in-the-middle attacks — seriously threatening ...
Tags: Android, google play, highlightedpost, mobile, privacy, researchers
Google's new app scanner in Android 4.2 Jelly Bean moves the platform closer to Apple's model of vetting software before it is made available to mobile device users, a security expert says. Google isn't expected to copy Apple's model of ...
Tags: Android, app, Apple, application, Gartner, Google, Jelly Bean 4.2, smartphone
Authorities in several countries have arrested a total of 10 people suspected of setting up a botnet of hijacked computers to steal personal information from millions of victims. The arrests were made in the UK, Bosnia and Herzegovina, ...
Tags: Authorities, Arrest, Thieves
CSO-In Windows 8,Microsoft has greatly improved the operating system's ability to detect malware before it has a chance to run,experts say.Windows 8 should also make it more difficult for people to unknowingly install malware in the first ...
Many big companies are failing to learn from information security incidents, according to Rob Kraus, director of research at malware analysis firm Solutionary. Few organisations are conducting post-incident reviews to see how and why the ...
Tags: information security, Cyber Attacks, 2012(ISC)2 Security Congress
Researchers have confirmed the existence of new Mac malware just hours before the release of Mountain Lion, the latest version of Apple's OS X operating system. Within hours, researchers at security company Sophos also confirmed an iOS ...
Tags: Mac, Apple, operating system, malware
Soft4Boost recently released a new version program with support optimize and security settings that helps to keep Windows operating system clean, safe and running efficiently FRESH MEADOWS, NY, July 04, 2012 /24-7PressRelease/ -- ...
Tags: program for Windows operating system, PC Win Booster, Soft4Boost