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Elusive TDL4 malware variant infected Fortune 500 companies, government agencies, researchers say

Damballa researchers believe a new variant of the sophisticated TDL4 bootkit affected over 250,000 victims in the past few months

By Lucian Constantin

Sep 18, 2012 4 mins

Malware Small and Medium Business Viruses

Malwarebytes offers enterprise anti-malware detection, prevention

Malwarebytes Enterprise Edition is Windows-only, with management console

By Ellen Messmer

Sep 17, 2012 2 mins

Malware Network Security Viruses

Postini competitors go after Google’s customers

However, Google is confident it will retain these customers as its transitions them to Google Apps

By Juan Carlos Perez

Aug 27, 2012 4 mins

Malware Small and Medium Business Viruses

Crisis malware infects VMware virtual machines, researchers say

The Windows version of Crisis also infects Windows Mobile devices and USB drives

By Lucian Constantin

Aug 21, 2012 3 mins

Malware Small and Medium Business Viruses

McAfee antivirus update causes problems for home and enterprise customers

McAfee's DAT 6807 and 6808 updates crippled antivirus programs and left some computers without an Internet connection

By Lucian Constantin

Aug 21, 2012 5 mins

Malware Small and Medium Business Viruses

9 popular IT security practices that just don’t work

The security products and techniques you rely on most aren't keeping you as secure as you think

By Roger Grimes

Aug 13, 2012 13 mins

Authentication Small and Medium Business Viruses

Shylock malware injects rogue phone numbers in online banking websites

Fraudsters attempt to trick victims into contacting them instead of their banks

By Lucian Constantin

Aug 8, 2012 2 mins

Fraud Small and Medium Business Viruses

Mahdi cyberespionage malware infects computers in Iran, Israel, other Middle Eastern countries

Security researchers from Kaspersky Lab and Seculert discover new cyberespionage operation targeting Middle Eastern countries

By Lucian Constantin

Jul 17, 2012 4 mins

Intrusion Detection Software Small and Medium Business Viruses

10 crazy IT security tricks that actually work

IT security threats are constantly evolving. It's time for IT security pros to get ingenious

By Roger Grimes

Jul 9, 2012 11 mins

Authentication Small and Medium Business Viruses

ClamAV Founders Moving On From Sourcefire

Letting go can be hard to do

By Alan Shimel

Jun 20, 2012 3 mins

Mobile Security Open Source Viruses