Antivirus vendor F-Secure is warning of a new threat to mobile users. The Flexispy.A Trojan is the first commercial spying application for the Symbian OS. According to F-Secure, Flexispy.A records ... Read More

David Pogue of the New York Times got a sneak peek at the Spam Cube, a new spam appliance geared towards home users. The Spam Cube sits between your computer ... Read More

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On a recent trip to New York, I stayed at an elegant 4-star hotel in midtown Manhattan. Despite my posh surroundings, when I stepped into the hotel's business center it ... Read More

Last week, a vulnerability in Internet Explorer was discovered that could lead to remote code execution. The specific flaw is discussed in Microsoft Security Advisory (917077). This week, the media ... Read More

In The Night of the Living Dead, zombies sucked brain matter in a frenzied hunger. In the computer world, a Trojan can be used to turn your PC into its ... Read More

There is no such thing as a good virus, but some viruses are more despicable than others. Case in point, the newly discovered W32/QuickBatch.G!tr Trojan that specifically targets members of ... Read More

Spam email warning of the "Deadly H5N1 bird flu virus" and another claiming "Slobodan Milosevic was assassinated" contain links that point to malicious websites, booby-trapped with several Internet Explorer and ... Read More

It reads like something out of a sci-fi novel - RFID chips with the potential to disrupt supply chains and shutdown airport operations. Unfortunately, this particular tale may be more ... Read More

It's tax time, it's back, and it's not the tax man. It's a resurrection of the IRS refund scam targeting hardworking taxpayers. This latest version claims: After the last annual calculations ... Read More

A common scam targeting PayPal customers revolves around an email that claims an erroneous charge was made to the recipient's account. For example, one such email claims: Dear Customer, This email confirms ... Read More

McAfee DAT file 4715 falsely identified legitimate, non-infected files as being infected with the W95/CTX virus. The faulty DAT file was released on Friday, March 10th. The corrected DAT, 4716, ... Read More

Phishing scams are disguised as correspondence from valid financial or eCommerce providers. The email typically uses fear tactics in an effort to entice the intended victim into visiting a fraudulent ... Read More

In "Virus Naming a Lost Cause", Robert Lemos discusses the age-old problem of virus naming. At issue are dozens of different virus names assigned to a single threat. Lemos points ... Read More

According to survey results from the Entertainment Software Association , 35% of American parents play video and computer games. Of these, nearly half (47%) are women and the average age ... Read More

The Netsky.P worm was first discovered in March 2004, and two years later it continues to maintain a presence on antivirus prevalence charts. Netsky.P exploits an old (and patched) vulnerability, ... Read More

A new variant of the Bagle worm, discovered on March 2, 2006, sends an infected email claiming 'LAWSUIT AGAINST YOU' and instructing recipients to open its attached file for details. ... Read More

Plagued by spyware and adware that keeps reinstalling itself everytime you remove it? If you haven't kept your security patches up to date, the resuscitating spyware and adware may be ... Read More