It seems the wicked of the computer world have officially sold out. According to a recently released report by Panda Security virus writers are no longer interested in old fashioned havoc-wreaking worms. The notorious script kiddies of the past have either sold out or been replaced by money hungry trespassers, who now focus on revenue [...]
Spammers have once again sunk their fangs into Halloween and flooded email with holiday themed threats. When I was a kid parents feared tainted trick-or-treat candy. Now they can add spyware and computer viruses to their list of worries.
Keep your eyes out for a “dancing skeleton” spam attack which contains links to malicious web sites. [...]
When SpaMP3 hit the airwaves, some experts recommended blocking MP3 attachments, for example Sophos, and even SC Magazine. A spokesperson for GFI was quoted as saying “How many companies do you know that use MP3 files for business use?”
I agree, MP3 isn’t the most broadly used file-type in most businesses, however there are some businesses [...]
Well it’s about time someone decided to distribute a stock pump&dump message inside an excel file.
Commtouch first identified and blocked this new type of spam on Saturday, July 21, at 1:20 pm GMT. The Excel spam promotes stocks in file attachments with names like “invoice20202.xls,” “stock information-3572.xls,” and “requested report.xls.”
Of course this seems like a [...]
We always knew that security can’t be left up to users, and now there is hard proof. Reuters just published the results of an (admittedly ridiculous) test in which a computer specialist named Didier Stevens offered free viruses on Google Adwords. The text of the ad was “Is your PC virus-free? Get it infected here!” [...]
F-Secure is one of the leading companies devoted to the study and prevention of computer viruses, spam, and other types of malware. Mikko Hypponen, the company’s Director of Anti-Virus Research, joins Phil and Scott in a discussion of the current status of the virus problem. In addition to reviewing his background, Mikko talks about how [...]
Anti-virus leaders Kaspersky and F-Secure paint a grim picture of the battle against malware. Reporting from CeBIT, the article describes an overwhelming ‘avalanche’ of malicious code.
Read what Mikko Hypponen and Kaspersky himself had to say in the Deutsche Welle article:
At Tech Fair, Experts Say War Against Viruses Could Be Lost
(Thanks to Haggai for this article)
When my colleague Nikki and I started brainstorming a name for our new Commtouch blog, we thought about all that we hoped it could accomplish:
show the face & voice of the people behind Commtouch’s technology
share the type of informal information that we are exposed to daily just wandering the halls here, that might also interest [...]
