Self-repairing software tackles malware! Software, heal thyself!
What if networks and applications could automatically detect malware intrusions, repair any damage done and then slam the door on further infections of the...
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Bad apples? Malware bites Mac and iOS
Apple devices are immune to malware. That's the prevailing wisdom, and oft-repeated by those who own iPhones, iPads or Mac laptops as a way...
Hackers make unsweet music with Spin.com redirection
On 27 October security researchers at Symantec discovered that Spin.com was redirecting visitors to the Rig exploit kit, via an injected iframe.
Visitors to the popular...
BlackEnergy malware plug-ins run rampant
Kaspersky Lab’s Global Research & Analysis Team last week published an interesting report detailing the crimeware turned cyber espionage tool BlackEnergy.
First identified several years...
The criminal’s cloak: Bitcoin’s new role in ransomware
There’s a tradition in policing, popularized by All The President’s Men – to expose criminal activity, you follow the money. After all, it’s money...
OS X Yosemite: Are security and privacy the first thought or an afterthought?
Mac OS X Yosemite (10.10) has arrived and, according to Apple, it comes with safety. Built right in.
The company’s claim that security was “The...
Don’t get bit: URL-shortening service flagged as malware
If you can't trust Bitly, who can you trust? Citizens of the web found themselves stymied last week when Google Chrome and Firefox began...
Backoff, malware! POS problem won’t leave well enough alone
Visited a Dairy Queen lately and paid with your credit or debit card? If so, it's possible your personal information was stolen by the...
Verizon’s ‘perma-cookie’: Just another example of how ISPs invade, threaten our privacy
**Update: Verizon forced 'supercookies' on all of their customers until March 2015, when several senators raised privacy concerns over the practice. One year later,...
