MALWARE

Foreign media in China have been targeted by emails laden with malicious computer software in attacks that appear to be tied to the run-up to the National Day military parade on October 1.

Microsoft Corp on Thursday filed five civil lawsuits in Seattle, Washington against alleged malvertisers.

Dell Inc.'s second-quarter profit was plunged 23 percent as the personal-computer industry's slump dragged on this summer. Dell said it earned $472 million, or 24 cents a share, on revenue of $12.76 billion.

On Wednesday, it was discovered that the latest version of Apple's OS X has clear built-in malware protection, which Apple confirmed.

Jessica Biel is the most dangerous celebrity on the web because online searches for her name lead to spyware and viruses, according to security technology company McAfee Inc.

Actress Jessica Biel has overtaken Brad Pitt as the most dangerous celebrity to search in cyberspace, according to Internet security company McAfee Inc.

Internet security company McAfee Inc. says, both tabloid fixture Megan Fox and American icon Angelina Jolie resulted in an equal number of risky download Web sites, proving cybercriminals are in the business of capitalizing on the world’s most famous faces.

PC Antispyware 2010 is a fake antispyware claiming to be a valid antispyware system. It is a “scareware” which tries to fool PC users and send out information prompting user with false information.

The U.S. Marine Corps banned use of social web sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook on its networks, citing security risks, while the Pentagon also said it will consider implementing similar bans.

A Mac security expert has uncovered a technique that hackers could use to take control of Apple Inc computers and steal data that is scrambled to protect it from identity thieves.

The popularity of Facebook and other popular social networking sites has given hackers new ways to steal both money and information, the security company Sophos said in a report released on Wednesday.

The popularity of Facebook and other popular social networking sites has given hackers new ways to steal both money and information, the security company Sophos said in a report released on Wednesday.

Users of Microsoft's Office software for Windows PCs have suffered from attacks since last week through a zero-day leak, and local newspaper in China reported on Tuesday one million Chinese suffered from the attack since June 6.

Microsoft Corp warned that cybercriminals have attacked users of its Office software for Windows PCs, exploiting a programing flaw that the software giant has yet to repair.

Internet criminals are doing business like legitimate companies to successfully execute their work, according to the Cisco midyear edition security report.

Virus researches on Monday said Trojans accounted for 70 percent of all new malware between April and June 2009 and are responsible for over a third of all infections.

A fake antivirus software is making its way around the Internet, duping users and potentially destroying people's computers.

Today, Microsoft debuted its new antivirus software, “Microsoft Security Essentials” for a free download for all Windows users.

Microsoft finally announced that its new antivirus software, codenamed ‘Morro’, will officially be named “Microsoft Security Essentials” and comes out on June 23 serving Windows end-user for free.

Software giant Microsoft Corp is launching a free PC security service next week in what could be the biggest challenge to date for anti-virus companies with billions of dollars in annual revenue.

For more than six months after Sun Microsystems warned the world of flaws in its Java virtual machine, Apple finally released security updates for Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server 10.4.11 and 10.5.7.