Cryptolocker: what you need to know
What happens when a computer is infected with the malicious software or a virus, and what should you do to protect your files? Cryptolocker is...
N.S.A. Devises Radio Pathway Into Computers
WASHINGTON — The National Security Agency has implanted software in nearly 100,000 computers around the world that allows the United States to conduct surveillance on...
Malware communicates at a distance of 65 feet using built-in mics and speakers.
Computer scientists have developed a malware prototype that uses inaudible audio signals to communicate, a capability that allows the malware to covertly transmit keystrokes...
How To Avoid CryptoLocker Ransomware
Over the past several weeks, a handful of frantic Microsoft Windows users have written in to ask what they might do to recover from PC...
SIM Cards Have Finally Been Hacked, And The Flaw Could Affect Millions Of Phones
Smartphones are susceptible to malware and carriers have enabled NSA snooping, but the prevailing wisdom has it there’s still one part of your mobile phone...
FBI Ransomware Now Targeting Apple’s Mac OS X Users
For years, Windows users have been plagued by ransomware demanding several hundred dollars to unlock their computers. (more…)
U.S., Long Engaged in Cyberwar Against Iran, Has Now Declared It
Just a week ago, the Flame virus, suspected to be a weapon in a heretofore undeclared cyberwar, was discovered by computer security experts. Now, unnamed...
New variants of the fast-growing Flashback Trojan have affected more than 600,000, according to security vendor Doctor Web.
More than 600,000 Apple Mac computers worldwide—more than half of them in the United States—have been hit by a new fast-moving variant of the Flashback...
Crowdsourcing assists in breaking Mystery Programming Code
A group of researchers who recently asked the public for help in figuring out a mysterious language used in the DuQu virus have solved the...
AVAST AnitiVirus Software, streams updates beginning in Version 7
Hybrid cloud technology in the new avast! 7 will give all users streaming updates on new malware threats in addition to the regular virus database...