Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: malware

malware stories: 31 news summaries

21 - 31 of 31 Stories | << Prev 1 2

Switch to grid view »

Analysis

Fake Pop-Ups Dupe
Most Users, Study Says


Sep 23, 08 7:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - Malware makers love to create fake error-message popups, but surely those are obvious ploys that no one falls for, right? Wrong, Ars Technica reports. Psychology researchers recently tested a group of college students with a series of fake popups, each laden with what should have been warning signs. The students... More »

MORE ABOUT:
computer security • malware

Planted on Networks, Phony Download Infects 500K PCs

Malware masquerading as media file seen widely on sharing sites like Limewire

May 8, 08 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Almost 500,000 people have unintentionally downloaded an adware bundle from file-sharing networks in the past week, security firm McAfee says, with ugly consequences. Disguised as a music file or popular movies, the phony file is circulating on the eDonkey and Limewire networks. It asks users to install a codec... More »

MORE ABOUT:
file sharing • trojans • downloads • eDonkey • malware • adware • McAfee • Limewire

Yahoo Partners With McAfee
to Make Search Safer

Security upgrade part of wider trend in protecting computers from Web's ills

May 6, 08 2:20 PM CDT
(Newser) - Yahoo search will now label risky sites, including spyware and virus hosts and spammers, thanks to an exclusive deal with McAfee SiteAdvisor, the companies said today. It also will omit sites entirely that attack visiting computers, reports CNet. Yahoo sees millions of clicks through to some such sites daily, a... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Yahoo • Google • computer virus • Internet security • search • malware • McAfee

Malware Threats
Skyrocketed in 2007

Symantec mulling new security approach

Apr 8, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Last year saw an explosion in malware threats that has Symantec considering a new approach to Internet security—“whitelisting” legitimate computer code rather than blacklisting known threats. Of 1.1 million threats the company has discovered in over 25 years, it uncovered almost two-thirds of them in 2007, Computerworld ... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Symantec • Internet security • phishing • cybercrime • malware

Free Tool Offers Web Security

Former Microsoft employees run startup Haute Secure

Mar 7, 08 11:12 AM CST
(Newser) - A new free system designed to protect Web surfers from dangerous code is taking on the software security giants, reports the Wall Street Journal. Developers say Haute Secure, the brainchild of ex-Microsoft security experts, blocks Web pages embedded with malicious code. The public can download the program free, and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
technology • Internet • Microsoft • Symantec • Internet security • startup • phishing • malware • malicious code • computer code • Haute Secure • McAfee

Vicious Bugs Lurk in
Digital Photo Frames

Cute photos can be latest back-door way to destroy files

Jan 27, 08 12:41 PM CST
(Newser) - Digital photo frames of the kids on shelves across America are cute and trendy—but they can hide computer heartbreak, warns the San Francisco Chronicle. Destructive bugs can lurk in the software and wipe out entire files as photos are being downloaded. "It was the nastiest virus I've ever... More »

MORE ABOUT:
hacker • digital downloads • computer virus • hackers • malware • digital photo frames

Malware Is Outpacing Anti-Virus Apps

But they're still the best defense; PC World lists most effective

Jan 1, 08 8:20 PM CST
(Newser) - Malware is trumping anti-virus apps these days, and even using them to stay ahead of security teams. A recent test by PC World reported that security suites spotted only one in four infiltrators because "the bad guys have the element of surprise," one McAfee expert said. "Bad... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Trojans • computer virus • Internet security • malware

PC Virus Using Bhutto Rumors to Spread

Online search for assassination details returns malicious code

Dec 29, 07 12:22 AM CST
(Newser) - Hackers are adapting a recently released Trojan virus to exploit curiosity surrounding the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, Ars Technica reports. Many sites claiming to contain exclusive information or even video footage of the attack itself are hiding malicious embedded files. Once visited, the files allow for the download of additional... More »

MORE ABOUT:
computer virus • Benazir Bhutto • Trojan • malware • Trend Micro

Pro Hackers Take Bite At Apple

'Zlob gang' launches malware Mac attacks

Dec 5, 07 10:57 PM CST
(Newser) - Apple computer users are being threatened by malicious hackers, according to computer security experts. The Financial Times reports security researchers have discovered an increase in the number of malicious programs in recent months that are specifically designed to attack Apple computers. The threat puts a question mark on Apple's reputation... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Apple • virus • hackers • malware • F Secure • Zlob gang • Endpoint technologies

Google Wants You! - to Help Stop Malicious Web Sites

Internet surfers can report sites online

Nov 30, 07 1:27 PM CST
(Newser) - Google is enlisting Web users in the hunt for sites hosting malicious code aimed at infecting visitors' computers. The internet giant has created an online form where Web surfers can report suspect sites, says PC World. Google searches that display sites the company believes are malicious show a warning, and... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Google • Internet • search engine • hackers • malware

Malicious Mac "Trojan Horse" App Discovered

Program may be the first in a wave of OS X targeted malware

Nov 2, 07 4:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - A rare "Trojan horse" program designed to fleece Mac users has been discovered, the Wall Street Journal reports. Luring users with spam directing to porn sites, the Trojan poses as a missing video codec necessary for the naughty vids. Installation of the "codec" requires an administrator login, which... More »

MORE ABOUT:
Apple • Trojans • computer virus • Macintosh • malware

21 - 31 of 31 Stories | << Prev 1 2


from our news partners