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Product Review

SkyRecon StormShield v5.1

StormShield Device Control System v5.1 is part of the StormShield integrated offering. StormShield is a distributed protection system that covers all of the workstations belonging to an organization.

August 01, 2009

 

Product Review

SkyRecon StormShield Security Suite

StormShield Security Suite v5.1 offers integrated system control, system protection and data security in a single, lightweight client. It requires very low overhead on endpoints and networks during deployment.

April 01, 2009

 

Product Review

SkyRecon StormShield 5.1

StormShield Flexible Data Encryption by SkyRecon is a client-server-structured software solution that provides file- and folder-based encryption to host machines.

July 01, 2009

 

News

New Twitter worm strikes

A new worm attack seems to be breaking out on Twitter, this time through direct messages sent to users.

September 23, 2009

 

Brief

Worm in Twitter invites

A wave of fake email Twitter invitations carry a mass-mailing worm, Symantec researchers said Thursday. The invitations look like they've come from a Twitter account, except the URL that would ordinarily be part of the standard text is missing. What is included is an attachment named "Invitation Card.zip." Clicking...

June 18, 2009

 

Brief

Twitter worm search poisoned

Cybercriminals are poisoning results when users search for information on the Twitter worm that was unleashed over the weekend, according to security firm F-Secure. The attackers use search-engine optimization tactics so that their malicious sites -- serving up fake anti-virus software -- rank near the top of results. These...

April 15, 2009

 

News

Conficker worm variant kills security processes

Computer systems that are already infected by the Conficker worm are being pushed a new component that kills protective security processes.

March 06, 2009

 

News

Twitter worm underscores social-networking vulnerabilities

Twitter was struck by a particularly nasty cross-site scripting worm over the weekend, again bringing to light the threat of client-side attacks across social networking sites.

April 13, 2009

 

News

Worm outbreaks climb, finds Microsoft threat report

Worms rose from being the fifth most prevalent type of malware worldwide during the second half of 2008 to the second most prevalent cyberthreat during the first half of 2009, according to Microsoft.

November 02, 2009

 

News

Conficker worm targets legitimate travel site

The website for a major commercial airline, along with a number of other legitimate sites, could face downtime due to the Conficker worm, a researcher said Monday.

March 02, 2009

 

News

iPhone worm plays prank, but signals danger ahead

The first known iPhone worm leverages a vulnerability in jailbroken devices to propagate.

November 09, 2009

 

Opinion

Conficker worm

March 10, 2009

 

News

New Neeris worm variant imitates spread methods of Conficker

The Conficker worm has not just infected millions of computers worldwide, but it also is serving as a model for other malware.

April 06, 2009

 

News

Conficker worm updated to send spam, hawk fake AV

One week after Conficker's supposed activation date, the worm awoke from its slumber.

April 09, 2009

 

News

No joke -- Conficker worm set to explode on April Fool's Day

Security researchers have warned that Conficker worm's newest variant, which kills protective security processes, is set to activate on April 1.

March 13, 2009

 

News

Mac worm poses little risk, represents cross-platform innovation

A recently discovered Macintosh worm, known as OSX/Tored.A, remains a low-risk threat but is an indication that malware authors are not turning a blind eye to the Apple platform, researchers said Tuesday.

May 05, 2009

 

News

Virtumundo, now a worm, spreading via USB stick

A long-standing trojan that serves as a malware-distribution service has found a new way to infect computers: via a USB stick or other removable device.

March 19, 2009

 

News

Waledac worm sends no love to Valentine's Day spam victims

Cybercriminals behind the Waledac botnet are trying to capture more victims by using Valentine's Day-themed exploits, researchers from McAfee Avert Labs warned Monday.

February 09, 2009

 

News

On the eve of Conficker, anticlimactic predictions abound

It's already April 1 in some parts of the world and there have yet to be any reports of internet meltdowns due to the activation date of the Conficker worm.

March 31, 2009

 

News

Poisoned search results capitalize on Conficker's popularity

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