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News
So-called scareware programs top the list of internet threats, according to Microsoft's sixth Security Intelligence Report.
April 08, 2009
News
A Cincinnati man has agreed to pay $1.9 million to settle charges with the Federal Trade Commission for his involvement in a scheme that allegedly tricked more than one million individuals into buying rogue anti-virus products.
June 29, 2009
News
Noticing increased media interest in the Conficker worm, purveyors of "scareware" programs have learned that the worm is now part of pop culture.
March 26, 2009
News
Users of popular blogging platform Twitter fell victim this past week to a scareware scam.
June 02, 2009
Brief
The latest Malicious Software Removal Tool, released Tuesday by Microsoft as part of its monthly security update, includes detection and elimination of the Internet Antivirus Pro family of rogue security programs. Like other scareware, Antivirus Pro tries to trick users into believing their computers are infested with malware, according...
June 10, 2009
News
In a reprise of an old trick, cybercriminals are using SEO poisoning to attract victims to a rogue software site, according to Trend Micro.
July 24, 2009
News
Victims have lost more than $150 million falling for rogue anti-virus schemes, the FBI says in a new warning.
December 14, 2009
News
One week after Conficker's supposed activation date, the worm awoke from its slumber.
April 09, 2009
News
A new Symantec report released Monday reveals a booming marketplace for criminals involved in installing bogus anti-virus products on victim computers.
October 19, 2009
News
Hackers continue to use a tried-and-true tactic to infect internet users: poisoned search results.
September 14, 2009
News
An ongoing attack on Google users is sending victims to rogue AV software sites, according to researchers at eSoft's Threat Prevention Team.
September 22, 2009
News
Botnets accounted for nearly 43 percent of all click fraud in the third quarter of this year, according to a new report.
October 23, 2009
News
Attackers are using the Ford Motor Co. name to poison search engine results with some 1.2 million malicious links that lead to rogue security software, according to PandaLabs.
April 14, 2009
News
Microsoft is back in the courts, this time suing alleged purveyors of malicious advertisements.
September 18, 2009
News
Spam and spyware still are profitable for cybercriminals, but the big money is in banking trojans and other web exploits, Cisco's annual security report has found.
December 08, 2009
News
Cybercriminal gangs spreading rogueware via affiliate networks are netting as much as $10,800 a day, but one such major distribution network has shuttered.
March 23, 2009
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June 04, 2009
Opinion
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July 06, 2009
Feature
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December 01, 2009