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New ransomware targets the master boot record
Such a behavior differs from the typical M.O. of this class of malware, which usually sees users being denied access to their personal documents or files due to the application of file encryption.
Trend Micro bumps a Zeus botnet server off the Net
Security vendor Trend Micro on Wednesday announced that it has successfully eliminated a Zeus botnet server, otherwise known as a command-and-control (C&C) server, from the Internet. In a blog
Trend Micro bolsters encryption capabilities with Mobile Armor buy
Trend Micro announced it will acquire Mobile Armor to bolster its encryption capabilities for laptops, tablet PCs and smartphones. Mobile Armor offers full disk, file, folder and removable media
McAfee AV update debacle reveals weakness of push updates
This week isn't a good week to be working at McAfee. A serious error in a virus definition somehow slipped through and got pushed out to live subscribers. The result for affected systems was
Released: Exploit code to bypass DEP security in Windows
Google security software engineer Berend-Jan Wever has published proof-of-concept code on how to bypass Microsoft's data execution prevention technology, or DEP. First introduced in Windows XP
FBI probes high school webcam spying incident
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now investigating whether Harriton High School broke any federal wiretap laws in which software was installed and activated to spy on a student at home. The
Trend Micro: Microsoft's whitelist suggestion helps hackers
Microsoft's recommendation that users exclude certain files and folders from antivirus software may put users at risk, says security company Trend Micro. In a nutshell, Microsoft posted a document
Trend Micro announces Web Gateway Security
In an effort to combat the increasing number of threats slipping into the enterprise via innocuous looking URLs, Trend Micro on Monday launched a product called Web Gateway Security to address this
Microsoft to roll out beta of free antivirus software for PCs soon
Microsoft will be launching the beta version of its free antivirus software for PCs "soon," according to eWeek. Code-named Morro, the application will eventually find its way to Microsoft's Website
New Windows worm builds massive botnet
A critical bug patched by Microsoft in an emergency fix in late October has been exploited to build a new, massive botnet. Ivan Macalintal, of Trend Micro, thinks that about 500,000 PCs have been
