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In a recent blog post, Webroot warned of a Firefox Trojan that forces the browser to save all login credentials by default and subsequently uses the stolen information to create a new user account (username: Maestro) on the compromised machine. It t…
Antivirus vendors went on the offensive when Microsoft announced it was dropping its Windows Live OneCare in favor of offering a free security suite, Microsoft Security Essentials. One year later and with 31 million installations now under its belt, Mi…
Maximum PC readers tend to be ahead of the curve in common sense computing, so it probably won’t come as much of a surprise that using the term “free” when searching for stuff online increases the chances of running across a malware infected site. What…
Malware writers are a cunning bunch, and if you don’t keep up with the latest trickery, you could be in for a world of hurt. The latest ruse making the rounds is a nasty bit of code called Rogue:MSIL/Zeven that first detects what browser you’re using a…
One of the world’s largest botnets responsible for as much as 10 percent of all spam suffered a temporary setback this week when several ISPs took action by unplugging infected servers, according to security firm M86 Security.
Known as the Pushdo or Cu…
It seems TweetDeck is the latest target of unscrupulous internet fiends. Just weeks after seeing a fake TweetDeck app show up in the Android Market, hacked Twitter accounts are spewing out links purporting to be an update to the popular Twitter client….
Most computer users have probably found themselves at the wrong end of a malware-infected USB flash drive at least once. In fact, as US Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III recently revealed, even the mighty US military has firsthand experie…
All of a sudden, malware is making flying the friendly skies seem not so friendly anymore. Last week we learned that a malware infected mainframe may have doomed an Spanish airliner, and now Symantec tells us that some airport terminals are muddled wit…