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November 1, 2021 | 14:00

Inscryption Review

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October 27, 2021 | 12:05

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Budget in price, mainstream in aspiration.

October 21, 2021 | 09:43

McAfee update kills Windows

A bad signature update for McAfee anti-virus software quarantines svchost.exe - killing Windows.

April 22, 2010 | 10:35

Energizer charger spreads Trojan

The Windows software which was bundled with a model of USB-powered battery charger from Energizer has been found to install a Trojan horse program on host systems.

March 9, 2010 | 10:02

Microsoft moots digital healthcare tax

Microsoft's Scott Charney has suggested that the problem of malware-infected PCs could be solved through general taxation - offering a free 'digital healthcare' service.

March 3, 2010 | 13:16

Patch Tuesday brings 13 fixes

Tuesday is set to bring a whopping 13 patches for Microsoft Windows and Office products, eleven of which are marked Critical - and which fix twenty-six bugs in total.

February 5, 2010 | 16:28

Banking trojan hits Android

A trojan application which attempts to steal banking details, uncovered by First Tech Credit Union, has been removed from the Android Market - but leaves unanswered questions.

January 11, 2010 | 14:02

Worm author given iPhone dev job

The man credited with the creation of the first successful iPhone worm - which was later used by others to extort money and steal banking details - has been given an iPhone dev job.

November 27, 2009 | 10:18

Mac OS game deletes files

A Space Invaders clone for the Mac deletes a file each time an enemy is killed - but its author claims it is art, rather than malware.

October 30, 2009 | 10:05

Websense warns over OWA attack

Security firm Websense has issued a warning regarding a major attack against Outlook Web Access portals, designed to install a banking Trojan into company systems.

October 19, 2009 | 13:07

Mozilla demos CSP anti-XSS tech

The Mozilla Foundation has released a demonstration of its new Content Security Policy system, designed to prevent cross-site scripting attacks completely.

October 5, 2009 | 13:58

Finjan warns over new banking Trojan

Security firm Finjan has alerted users to a particularly insidious new Trojan which infects Windows-based systems and steals money from on-line banking systems.

October 1, 2009 | 14:59

MS releases free Security Essentials

Microsoft has released its Security Essentials, a free anti-virus, anti-spyware, and anti-malware package for Windows - and reviews are positive.

September 30, 2009 | 12:52

Google used to distribute malware

Google's DoubleClick advertising brokerage has been used by ne'er-do-wells to put malware-laced ads on some of the web's top sites - but the company blames others.

September 29, 2009 | 10:02

Razer ships malware with drivers

Peripheral manufacturer Razer has taken down its support site following reports that it was unwittingly distributing a worm dropper as part of several driver update packages.

September 23, 2009 | 10:08

New York Times suffers ad-based malware

The New York Times website has been playing unwitting host to an "unauthorised advertisement" which attempts to con users into installing worthless 'security' software.

September 14, 2009 | 10:16

Firefox, Opera popular with malware authors

Research has revealed the browser choices of drive-by malware download site creators - with Opera making a strong showing.

August 24, 2009 | 14:40

Symbian signs malware app by mistake

The Symbian Foundation has admitted to a failure of its digital signing process which lead to a botnet-creating malware package being signed as safe for install.

July 20, 2009 | 13:20

Web-based malware hits 40,000 sites

A new strain of malware - which attempts to exploit Internet Explorer and Firefox flaws to infect passing visitors - has latched itself on to more than 40,000 websites.

June 4, 2009 | 12:40

Worm targets Linux routers

A new worm has been uncovered which targets routers based on the Linux operating system and makes them part of an IRC controlled botnet.

March 26, 2009 | 12:45

Researchers create BIOS malware

A pair of researchers claim to have developed malware which is resident in a system's BIOS, and which is capable of surviving a complete OS reinstall.

March 24, 2009 | 13:23

ATM malware discovered

Anti-virus vendor Sophos claims to have received code samples of a Trojan which aims to skim card details from Diebold cash machines.

March 19, 2009 | 13:09

Malware sold on two photo frame brands

Malware has been discovered on two commercially available lines of digital photo frames over the Christmas period - one from Samsung, the other from Mercury.

December 30, 2008 | 14:25

Apple advises use of Mac anti-virus

Apple has updated its support site with a suggestion that users of Mac OS X employ some form of anti-virus defence in the wake of several Mac-based trojans.

November 27, 2008 | 13:07