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A free, almost foolproof way to check for malware

How to scan every running process on your system for malware in seconds, without installing antimalware software

Dec 11, 2015 1 min

US cyber criminal underground a shopping free-for-all

The North American cyber criminal underground isn't buried as deep as in other geographies, according to a new report by Trend Micro

By Maria Korolov

Dec 8, 2015 4 mins

Cybercrime Security

New payment card malware hard to detect and remove

FireEye finds that Nemesis, which comes from a suspected Russian group, is a bootkit

By Jeremy Kirk

Dec 7, 2015 2 mins

Malware Security

Widespread exploit kit, password stealer, and ransomware program make dangerous cocktail

Cyber crime group combines Pony, Angler, and CryptoWall 4.0 in a single campaign

By Lucian Constantin

Dec 4, 2015 2 mins

Cybercrime Encryption Malware

Microsoft teams with law enforcement to disrupt Dorkbot botnet

The 4-year-old botnet called Dorkbot steals login credentials for many online services and has infected 1 million computers worldwide

By Jeremy Kirk

Dec 4, 2015 2 mins

Cybercrime Malware Technology Industry

Hacking is a business — and business is good

Price lists, Black Friday discounts, and hacking as a service are all part of the increasingly sophisticated underground economy of cyber crime

By Bill Snyder

Dec 3, 2015 4 mins

Cybercrime Data and Information Security Hacking

Adobe tells developers to use HTML5 instead of Flash

Flash isn't dead yet, but Adobe is encouraging developers to adopt Web standards like HTML5

By Fahmida Rashid

Dec 2, 2015 4 mins

Development Tools Malware Web Development

Microsoft enables potential unwanted software detection for enterprise customers

Sysadmins can now turn on the feature in System Center Endpoint Protection and Forefront Endpoint Protection

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 30, 2015 2 mins

Malware Security Technology Industry

Millions of embedded devices use the same hard-coded SSH and TLS private keys

Keys hard-coded in thousands of routers, modems, IP cameras, VoIP phones and other devices can be used to launch man-in-the-middle attacks

By Lucian Constantin

Nov 30, 2015 4 mins

Cybercrime Encryption Security

Tech’s five biggest turkeys of 2015

This year’s flock of turkeys underpaid women and African-Americans, exposed users to fraud and embarrassment, and carelessly loaded their products with malware

By Bill Snyder

Nov 25, 2015 6 mins

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Cybercrime

A free, almost foolproof way to check for malware

US cyber criminal underground a shopping free-for-all

New payment card malware hard to detect and remove

Widespread exploit kit, password stealer, and ransomware program make dangerous cocktail

Microsoft teams with law enforcement to disrupt Dorkbot botnet

Hacking is a business — and business is good

Adobe tells developers to use HTML5 instead of Flash

Microsoft enables potential unwanted software detection for enterprise customers

Millions of embedded devices use the same hard-coded SSH and TLS private keys

Tech’s five biggest turkeys of 2015