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Report: Bitcoin mining malware spreads on Skype

Posted April 5, 2013 - 14:27 by Trent Nouveau

Security researchers say they have positively identified a spam message campaign on Skype designed to spread malware with Bitcoin mining capabilities.

Malware hits Apple browsers

Posted March 22, 2013 - 06:52 by Nick Farrell

Malware writers are starting to take the Nintendo when it comes to hacking Apple gear.

Microsoft busts Bamital botnet

Posted February 7, 2013 - 09:06 by Kate Taylor

Microsoft and Symantec say they've taken down a botnet that hit more than eight million computers worldwide.

'Red October' cyber-espionage campaign revealed

Posted January 15, 2013 - 05:44 by Emma Woollacott

Researchers at Russian cybersecurity from Kaspersky Labs say they've uncovered a massive cyber-espionage ring, dubbed Operation Red October, that's been operating since 2007.

Medical equipment riddled with malware

Posted October 18, 2012 - 07:00 by Emma Woollacott

Viruses and other malware are running rampant through medical technology, security experts have warned.

Google works on malware scanner as FBI issues Android warning

Posted October 16, 2012 - 05:37 by Emma Woollacott

Google's reported to be developing a malware scanner for Google Play - with excellent timing, as the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has just issued a warning about increasing levels of malware targeting Android phones.

BAD, bad piggies!

Posted October 10, 2012 - 07:20 by Emma Woollacott

Fake Bad Piggies games sold in the Google Chrome web store may have infected 80,000 users with malware.

Twitter DMs deliver malware

Posted September 25, 2012 - 07:06 by Emma Woollacott

Twitter users are receiving direct messages, purportedly from friends, alerting them to Facebook videos in which they are said to feature.

Brand-new PCs found preloaded with malware

Posted September 14, 2012 - 04:44 by Emma Woollacott

Microsoft has discovered that cybercriminals within the hardware supply chain have been pre-installing malware on PCs in China so that they were infected before they were even taken out of the box.

Google snaps up malware scanning firm

Posted September 10, 2012 - 04:59 by Emma Woollacott

Google's acquired VirusTotal, which offers a free service allowing users to scan files and website URLs for malware.

Shamoon malware stalks, corrupts and deletes  

Posted August 17, 2012 - 15:20 by Trent Nouveau

A number of security firms have positively identified a new piece of malware stalking the energy sector.

Kaspersky wants your help cracking malware payload

Posted August 15, 2012 - 04:43 by Emma Woollacott

Kaspersky Lab is asking for help cracking an encrypted 'warhead' in the Gauss malware which it identified last week.

On the Twilight computer curse

Posted August 14, 2012 - 22:15 by David Konow

Who's sick and tired of Twilight? Actually, the question should be who isn't sick and tired of the Twilight series.   Let's hope there's no reboot, or a new series of books based on the characters when the frachise finally finishes up.

Gauss is new virus on the digital block

Posted August 9, 2012 - 14:17 by Trent Nouveau

  Security researchers say they have positively identified a new computer virus plaguing networks in the Middle East.

No: it isn't you, it's Twitter malware

Posted July 27, 2012 - 07:35 by Kate Taylor

A malware attack is currently spreading across Twitter, claiming to link to an online photo of the recipient.

Mac malware hijacks video and audio data

Posted July 26, 2012 - 13:19 by Trent Nouveau

Morcut malware - aka Crisis - was apparently specifically coded to spy on infected Mac OS X users by hijacking video and audio data.   

Thousands may lose internet access today

Posted July 9, 2012 - 05:26 by Emma Woollacott

If you're reading this, then you're OK - but, today, many people around the world will have a nasty surprise.

Infected printers spew out pages of garbage

Posted June 25, 2012 - 04:47 by Emma Woollacott

You can't help suspecting that many people won't notice the difference, but a new outbreak of the Trojan.Milicenso malware has left printers all over the world spewing out page after page of garbage.