Viruses

Avast: Users frequently hitting websites loaded with ransomware

Avast's user base has landed on websites hosting ransomware more than 18 million times over six weeks

Time to modernize thinking, technology in fighting malware

The day the AV died

AV really died in 2009, Microsoft killed it.

Mass malware on mobile devices: Why haven’t we seen it yet?

Are mobile phones en masse more or less vulnerable than other systems? Or are they just different?

Can anti-virus technology morph into breach detection systems?

Such breach detection systems would need a centralized management reporting system and cloud-based analysis of gathered threat data.

A clear-eyed guide to Mac OS X’s actual security risks

Nov’IT says flashing a new ROM onto your Android phone can make it more secure

Uhuru Mobile is a new ROM derived from Cyanogen that aims to make Android phones more secure

History of Computer Viruses, Part 1: The Early Days

Chalk Talk video highlights the concept and behavior of first viruses to strike computers

Network Solutions investigating DNS hijack

The same pro-Palestinian group that hit LeaseWeb earlier this week claimed responsibility

More than 50% of consumers say they’ve been victimized by bad apps