Diary of the Dead Six botnets are responsible for 85 per cent of all spam, according to an analysis by net security firm Marshal.… Read more…
Who guards the guards? Security products from both Trend Micro and Symantec – two of the big three anti-virus players – have become the subject of serious security vulnerabilities.… Read more…
Green means good very little Security vendors like VeriSign consider a new technology called EV SSL an important measure against phishing attacks. But two recent items suggest it will do little to stop skilled conmen from spoofing trusted websites.… Read more…
Worm wars get stealthy Miscreants have created a strain of malware capable of removing rootkits from compromised PCs, only to install almost undetectable backdoor code of its own.… Read more…
Poker faced fraud Email fraudsters are increasingly targeting customers of online casinos with phishing attacks. A wave of assaults against punters betting in casinos run from Antigua and the Dutch Antilles shows that attackers are extending their range beyond targets such as online banks and eBay.… Read more…