According to Symantec a new rootkit has been found. The kit, named Trojan.Mebroot, lurks in a PC's master book record. What's particularly nasty about this one is it's beginning to infect...

A systems administrator at health care firm Medco Health Solutions Inc, was sentenced to 30 months in jail for a hacking scheme that involved the planting of a "logic bomb" in the...

Despite the arrests of several major spammers in 2007, spam levels rose to record levels in December, accounting for 97% of all emails sent that month. Viruses accounted for .11%. Researchers at...

Researchers at Symantec have discovered a trojan targeted toward the iPhone. Disguised as "iPhone firmware 1.1.3 prep", it claims to be a critical firmware update. Fortunately, it turns out...

2007 was a banner year for cybercriminals. We saw them find more and more ways to get past spam filters and anti-virus software. PDF spam died out but MP3 spam rose. There was ransomware, increased...

This week a federal grand jury indicted 11 men in an international spam and stock fraud scheme. The 41 count indictment names Michigan resident Alan Ralsky and 10 other men. They are accused of...

A new Trojan making the rounds offers a new twist-it takes over your desktop and won't go away unless you pay $35! Call it ransomware. The Trojan, called Backdoor.Win32.Delf.ctk, locks the user...

BitDefender has released it's Top Ten Spams of 2007: 1. penny stocks spam 2. Drug spam 3. Pornography 4. Replica watches 5. Loans 6. Phishing spam 7. Pirated software 8. Fake job ads 9. Dating...

Today the FTC released a new report describing findings from its July 2007 workshop "Spam Summit: The Next Generation of Threats and Solutions". It also includes actions that can be taken to...