TalkingTech
The view from the top of IT with TechWorld Editor Rohan Pearce
A new variant of SpyEye malware allows cybercriminals to monitor potential bank fraud victims by hijacking their webcams and microphones, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab.
By Lucian Constantin | 23 May, 2012 02:07
Malware writers have used Crossrider, a cross-browser extension development framework, to build a click-fraud worm that spreads on Facebook, security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab said on Monday.
By Lucian Constantin | 22 May, 2012 02:34
Virtualization software vendor VMware today downplayed the seriousness of a source code leak involving the company's ESX hypervisor technology.
By Jaikumar Vijayan | 26 April, 2012 08:17
Contrary to reports by several security companies, the Flashback botnet is not shrinking, the Russian antivirus firm that first reported the massive infection three weeks ago claimed today.
By Gregg Keizer | 21 April, 2012 06:31
A large spam campaign observed on Twitter during the last couple of days directed users to malicious websites that exploited vulnerabilities in browser plug-ins to infect their computers with rogue antivirus programs, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Kaspersky Lab.
By Lucian Constantin | 20 April, 2012 02:06
Kaspersky Lab may not be a household name in the United States, but in some parts of the world, it's the most popular consumer antivirus software. In China the company boasts 100 million users, and the software is also popular in Germany, and, of course, Russia, where Kaspersky got its start in 1997.
By Robert McMillan | 05 February, 2010 12:06
Absent-minded people who lose their smart phones have had a win and thieves who steal mobile devices have had another setback, with the Singapore launch of a new mobile phone security product.
By Ross O. Storey | 27 August, 2009 02:13
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