Office files with nasty macros remain a pesky vector for threat actors, having become popular a couple of years ago, JavaScript has taken over in the past two months in terms of message volume
A new edition of the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report reveals the biggest threats to Canadians among worms, trojans, and rogue security software. A Toronto security expert says rogue security tools prey on fear and training
Statistics from security firm Webroot suggest attackers are leaning on the idea of passing off or packaging malicious functions with what appear to be legitimate programs
In hindsight, 2004 may be looked back upon as the year that a long tradition of hobbyist hackers and flashy, but harmless, viruses gave way to shadowy, professional online crime syndicates.
Security experts downplayed the danger of a Trojan horse program named Phatbot that uses peer to peer (P-to-P) technology to create a network of infected zombies for carrying out attacks or spreading malicious code.