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It's Christmas Eve, and you're probably thinking more about what you are going to open tomorrow than anything else, so I was tempted to keep this light. However, I was pulled onto a TV news program to talk about what may be the most dangerous prank of the year and I want to make sure you and your fa...
An investigation into the latest version of "gpicode.ai" -- a Trojan horse carrier of malware that encrypts recipients' data -- put security researchers on to a trail of clues that provides new insights into the ongoing evolution of spam-driven malware and its use by botnet operators based in Russia...
Organized criminal activity will continue to be a big risk on the Internet next year, but the growing tumors of cyber espionage and cyber warfare could metastasize, suggests security firm McAfee. In fact, it predicts that the rise in international cyber spying will pose the single biggest security t...
A report that an "electronic jihad" will be launched next week against 15 anti-Muslim Web sites by al Qaeda has stirred up the network security community. While some have viewed the warning with skepticism, others are reluctant to put such an idea past the capabilities or desires of the terrorist g...
Spyware was originally designed to observe users' Internet patterns and deliver pop-up ads based on their individual browsing and shopping preferences. Now, although pop-up ads continue to be a nuisance, hackers are far more focused on spyware as crimeware: computer programs designed expressly to fa...
Microsoft kept to its schedule in rolling out its October "Patch Tuesday" updates, which included four "critical" fixes -- two deemed "important" -- that in total address nine flaws. The security updates range from crucial patches for the Kodak Image Viewer to Microsoft's Outlook Express and Windows...
Hackers associated with the Chinese government broke into the Pentagon's computer systems earlier this summer, according to a report in the Financial Times. The London-based paper, which cited anonymous sources in the current and previous administrations in its article, said officials believe the Pe...
In an attempt to combat what it views as illicit activities, the Chinese government announced Tuesday it will deploy two virtual police officers to patrol the Internet, according to reports from the state-run China Daily. The cartoon cops, one male and one female, will hit their beat Saturday and wi...
Cybercrime has become a threat to the nation's economic and security interests, according to a report released Monday by a Congressional research and investigation agency. Cybercrime in its various forms -- computer crime, identity theft and phishing -- costs the U.S. economy some $117.5 billion a y...
There's no denying that the Internet has changed the world for both good and bad, but few elements of its dark side inspire more fear than its use by terrorists. Observers around the world were horrified when a video of the 2002 beheading of American journalist Daniel Pearl was disseminated on the W...
Following the massive cyberattacks against the Baltic country of Estonia in April, NATO on Thursday asserted that cyberdefense must now be a priority among member nations. Several defense ministers, including Estonia's, raised the issue during a meeting at NATO headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, and...
The FBI is launching a new initiative in the cyber crime wars, taking on the criminal organizations -- the so-called "bot herders" -- that have gathered under their control compromised or zombie PCs. The bot herders' purpose is to send out malware or spam and phishing campaigns over the Internet tha...
After three weeks of coordinated cyberattacks on Estonian Web sites, NATO has reportedly sent an official to the country to help investigate. About 1 million computers worldwide were reportedly used to conduct the denial-of-service attacks on Estonian government and corporate Web sites, swamping the...
As Web access becomes more streamlined and efficient, the Internet -- free-floating and nonrestrictive by nature -- may gradually render the traditional office obsolete. Bye-bye cubicles and water coolers. The big mama of Internet connectivity, Google enables searches of the entire globe. It joins m...
Security threats paint a constantly evolving landscape, and there is no end in sight in terms of threats that keep appearing. Enterprises have survived through extraordinary cycles of security threats, including the 2003 "summer of worms"; the 2004 proliferation of DDoS-based cyber extortion of onli...
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