Viruses

China security market tough to crack for foreign vendors

Local rivals still lead McAfee, Symantec and other vendors who entered China years ago

Trend Micro CEO: hackers hitting AV infrastructure

Rogue AV is designed to make antivirus vendors look bad, Eva Chen says

Symantec: Rogue Security Software is Big Business for Crooks

Hocking so-called "scareware" is the latest lucrative business in cybercrime, says Symantec

Symantec calls ‘SpywareGuard’ and ‘AntiVirus’ top scareware threats

Those duped into buying scareware also face identity theft risks, vendor says

Hacked Facebook apps lead to fake antivirus software

At least four Facebook applications were somehow modified to attack users' PCs

Botnet production eerily like commercial code practice

Misguided youth in Netherlands feeding the botnet monster?

Hackers plan to clobber the cloud, spy on Blackberries

The Hack in the Box security conference will highlight threats on popular networking sites such as Facebook

Microsoft: You Won’t Sell More Windows Licenses By Not Making Microsoft Security Essentials Free To Everyone

Like the "free bike" in the TV commercial, Microsoft Security Essentials should be free, not "free, but".

Anti-malware test in hand, Symantec swats Microsoft Security Essentials

Claims Microsoft consumer security software just stripped down version of older antimalware tool

Microsoft wary as security, identity integration plan lags