Cyberattackers will target Windows 7 and spam volumes will spike next year, according to a recently released Symantec report covering internet security trends. ...
Users lulled into false sense of security while exposed to greater risks Cybercriminals are employing increasingly persuasive online scare tactics to convince users ...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Tens of millions of U.S. computers are loaded with scam security software that their owners may have paid for but which only makes the machines more vulnerable, according to a new Symantec report on cybercrime. Cyberthieves are increasingly planting ...
"There's a web app attack for that," might be a suitable ad slogan for cybercriminals these days, reports Chuck Miller. Web application security is critical for every internet-facing initiative, especially in light of an unending growth of websites. Lurking among even the ...
Reddit is the latest Web 2.0 site to be slowed by a cross-site scripting attack. Social news website Reddit has cleaned up from a nasty cross-site scripting (XSS) worm that spread Sunday night via the site's comments section.The worm first was created ...
Microsoft to release full version of free Security Essentials antivirus software for PCs Microsoft Corp. says its new computer security program can be downloaded starting on Tuesday. Microsoft Security Essentials, as the free antivirus software is called, has been available in a ...
MICROSOFT STEPS UP ITS WAR ON HACKERS Microsoft thinks everyone who runs Windows should be using antivirus software. I can just hear the cynics saying: "They ought to know--it's their buggy software the hackers are exploiting." In fact, over the past five ...
