What do you think of when you hear the word “malware”? Most people think of the general term “virus”–something that a hacker puts on your computer that disrupts activity or steals information. In reality, malware (malicious software) can encompass a variety of different hacker tools, and true viruses are just one in a long list Read more…
Tags: AutoRun malware, USB drives, windows, Worms
In September we added 1.6 million malware to our database. With these new entries, our malware collection surpassed 70 million samples. The five million new samples in the third quarter represent approximately 55,000 samples per day, 2,300 per hour, or 38 per minute. To get a sense of these threats, I examined one day at Read more…
At McAfee Labs every day we monitor millions of intrusion prevention systems (IPS) alerts from our sensors around the world. From these alerts, we often see interesting global data and trends. Recently, ISC noticed a sudden decline of Slammer traffic in the wild, which we also noticed on our sensors. The infamous Slammer was a Read more…
Tags: host intrusion prevention, IPS, malware, Malware research, Worms
No, it’s not last Sunday’s Dr Who episode! I’m talking about some of the really nasty stuff that can happen to your family’s computer. As a kid I was petrified of the Daleks, but as an adult this kind of stuff is just as scary, particularly if you don’t understand the “lingo” so here’s Cybermum’s Read more…
Tags: Family Safety, Spyware, trojans, Worms, zombies
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