Report: Malware-laden sites double from a year ago March 8, 2011 5:23 AM PST by Elinor Mills More than 1 million Web sites were believed to be infected with malware in the fourth quarter of last year, nearly double from the previous year, according to figures released today by Dasient. Malvertising, advertising containing malware, also […]

Fake Android app steals data, takes shot at pirates March 30, 2011 5:37 PM PDT by Elinor Mills A malicious Android app that masquerades as a free version of a legitimate app steals data and sends spam text messages and a warning that chastise the user for trying to get around paying for the actual […]

It is that time of the year again to start anew. In terms of personal computers, the act of restarting the machine is called a reboot – an action that triggers execution of code from a special part of the disk called the Master Boot Record (a.k.a. MBR). As the year 2010 ended, here are some […]

Thinking of sending an MMS message to a loved one?  Think twice before downloading mobile applications that promise just that. With all the hoopla that this love month already has going on, obviously malware authors are joining in on the bandwagon. Instead of making someone’s day, you might have unknowingly been victimized by an SMS […]

Malware writers never miss the chance to take advantage of big world events, no matter how tragic. The recent Japanese nuclear incident, caused by the devastating earthquakes, is their target this time. The Microsoft Malware Protection Center has been tracking a new backdoor (detected as Backdoor:Win32/Sajdela.A, SHA1 0c3526c7e1d6b8a3d2f5c21986c03f1dc0d88480) that is distributed by utilizing Exploit:Win32/CVE-2010-3333 – […]