According to an annual report by Barracuda Networks, 95 percent of all email sent in 2007 was spam. In 2001, the report points out, 5 percent of all email was classified as spam. The company bases its...

For anyone who doubts the seriousness of phishing on the Internet, a new study by Gartner shows that phishing attacks cost 3.6 million consumers more than $3.2 billion dollars. The number of phishing...

A security company in Bucharest has identified a Trojan aimed at replacing Google AdSense text with malicious ads. The malicious ad links could direct unsuspecting users to malware sites that could...

A recent survey of 455 IT executives working for small and medium sized businesses reveals that 40 percent of the respondents believe their networks are not secure, despite the use of anti-virus...

According to the makers of PC Tools, a new program dubbed CyberLover, which mimics human flirtation, is circulating on Russian chat boards. The software was designed to extract personal information...

Symantec has issued a warning to users to be aware of malware delivered by holiday e-cards. Cyveillance notes that phishing attacks designed to lure unsuspecting visitors to malicious Web sites...

F-Secure reports that the number of malware signatures they were monitoring in 2007 doubled from about one-quarter million to about one-half million. The majority of the increase represents...

Network administrators are becoming so security-conscious that they may be doing more harm than good to their network. The networks most at risk? Those that use more than one anti-virus engine....

Last week, some visitors to job site Monster.com got more than they were looking for after the site was hacked and was being used to infect visitors with a multi-exploit kit. Large portions of the...

Sophos is offering a free white paper analysis of security threats the company identified in the first six months of 2007. According to the security company, small targeted attacks were the preferred...

Commtouch has developed a Web-based malware outbreak notification resource that publicizes up-to-date and ongoing global malware information, as well as information about the latest variants, and...

Security firm Intego has discovered a Trojan aimed at Macintosh users. The Trojan installs a DNS changer that redirects the user's computer to certain web sites, steals the administrator's...

A recent survey by CompTIA reveals that companies are struggling with security issues that result from an increasingly mobile workforce. Data theft and abuse by workers with hand-held devices is a...

Network nodes that are equipped to recognize suspicious activity may deliberately disable themselves and nearby misbehaving devices, using a technique called "suicide revocation." Once a...

TrendLabs, a division of TrendMicro, has uncovered a Trojan that users may be installing on their computer. The Trojan is loaded when users attempt to gain access to full software packages via...

Elcomsoft, a Moscow-based software firm, has filed a patent application with the USGPO for a technique that uses off-the-shelf graphics hardware to crack computer passwords. The technique uses the...

The Storm worm is still building a mega-botnet and distributing a significant amount of spam. The worm, which was identified in January 2007, is a classic scam that emails individuals with the...

Symantec has issued a security warning to users of the RealPlayer media software after discovering attack code that can enable a back door exploit on vulnerable Windows computers. The Windows XP SP1...

Home Depot reported on Wednesday that a laptop containing sensitive information on 10,000 Home Depot employees was stolen. The employee information included employee names, addresses and Social...

Skype is warning of a new malware attack on users of the service. Users may inadvertently load a Trojan horse that masquerades as Skype Defender onto their computers. The malware affects Windows Skype...