After a brief hiatus, new variants have appeared in the wild of Trojan.Mebroot, a rogue rootkit discovered in December attacking the Windows Master Boot Record (MBR), Symantec has warned.

Fortinet researchers have discovered a new socially engineered Symbian OS worm they say is actively spreading on mobile networks as users unwittingly send the malware to their unit's entire address book.

Script-based attacks that cycle through multiple exploits and target trusted websites, increasingly sophisticated botnets, and cyberespionage that uses phishing to steal terabytes of data head SANS Institute's Top 10 list of 2008 security menaces.

California has merged two major departments focused on information security and privacy into a single agency that will battle electronic identity theft.

Cyberattackers are exploiting the assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto to spread malware, according to researchers at numerous anti-virus vendors.

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A rise in international cyberspying will pose the most significant threat to the national security of the United States in 2008, according to a report from anti-virus vendor McAfee.

Less than a week after disappearing from the web, the Russian Business Network (RBN) has cut short its re-emergence in China.

Italian authorities are holding the founder of WabiSabiLabi, an eBay-like online marketplace for buying and selling zero-day vulnerabilities.

McAfee told organizations not to lose any sleep over reports that al Qaeda would target Western websites in a mass-cyberattack this Sunday.