Symantec warns of Android botnet

A 'million dollar' Android botnet has been created, security vendor Symantec has warned.
 

Using business logic as a hacking vector

Imperva's latest analysis of the hacking landscape shows that the bad guys know as much about your business as you do.
 

Symantec: spammers ever clever with deceptive, themed emails

Symantec’s latest January 2012 report shows that spammers are being as deceptively clever as ever, “using holidays and major events to make their mail more appealing”, with 1 in every 327.9 Australian emails containing malware.
 

Scanning QR codes can infect your smartphone

Cybercriminals are using QR codes to infect mobile phone with malware in a rapidly growing mobile malware 'industry'
 

FireAMP provides smart malware protection

Imagine being able to retro-actively identify exactly which computers were affected by some piece of malware and which others they affected as the infection propagated.  
 

'Explosive growth' in malware predicted

A security vendor is predicting a 23% growth in malware during 2012.
 

ThreatMatrix acquires Australia's TrustDefender

California based Internet security specialist ThreatMetrix has acquired privately held Australian company TrustDefender, a developer of secure browsing technology designed to stop man-in-the-browser (MitB) attacks and provide malware protection.
 

Kaspersky labs forecasts 2012's cyber threats

Yet another security company dusts off the crystal ball.  Here's what Kaspersky Labs sees in the year ahead.
 

Don't buy that used memory stick!

A recent 'purchasing raid' on Sydney's RailCorp lost property auction yielded 50 memory sticks, 66% of which contained malware.
 

Cnet's Download.com is bundling malware with Nmap

Fyodor (Nmap's original author) is an angry man right now.  The download.com website has added a wrapper to Nmap and other downloads to install various additional components; the wrapper is also recognized as malware by many AV packages.
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