Scanning, quarantine, and the detection engines are the modules that received most of the developer’s attention this time. The fixes and improvements range from eliminating crash bugs (service application and quarantine) to bettering 64-bit PE-file and Bifrost Trojan detection. Although the build version increment is pretty shy, Emsisoft Anti-Malware 6.0.0.46 shows important stability improvements. There [...]

without knowing your Windows password, intruders can easily gain access to files and passwords stored by Windows and other programs on your computer. They can do this by booting into their own operating system (Windows or Linux) from a special disc or USB flash drive. After doing so, they can access your hard drives just [...]

The government also aims to ratify an international treaty on online crimes, the Nikkei said without citing a source. Japan plans to work more closely with private companies by sharing information on cyber attacks after defence contractor Mitsubishi Heavy Industries was hacked, Nikkei business daily has reported. The United States has recently pressured Japan to [...]

According to Nielsen in the US, online gaming accounts for 10.2% of time spent on the Web,  says Sergey Golovanov, Malware Expert at Kaspersky Lab. “Such a statistic certainly provides proof to the fact the online gaming is a growing industry that, in our experience, turns over impressive revenues each year. The world of online [...]

A growing number of companies , including start-ups and big names in computer security like McAfee, Symantec, Sophos and AVG. See a business opportunity in mobile security  protecting cellphones from hacks and malware that could read text messages. Store location information or add charges directly to mobile phone bills. Hackers have broken into the cellphones [...]

Hackers have already expressed already dismay after it emerged that that Cody Kretsinger, who was arrested by the FBI last Thursday for allegedly hacking into the Sony Pictures website, had been identified via his use of HideMyAss’s proxy service to disguise his IP (internetprotocol) address when connecting to the Sony Pictures site. At least one [...]

The Norton Cybercrime Report 2011 also reveals that 10 percent of adults online have experienced cybercrime on their mobile phone. “The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report (vol. 16) reports that there were 42 percent more mobile vulnerabilities in 2010 compared to 2009 – a sign that cybercriminals are starting to focus their efforts on the [...]

U.S. law targeting cyber crime may need to be changed because it has allowed law enforcement agencies to target people who simply violate websites’ terms of service or their employers’ computer use policies, two senators said Wednesday. President Barack Obama called for changes to the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), with his focus mostly [...]

David Goodman, director of the Ohio Department of Commerce, warned Ohioans to be alert to an email scam telling the recipient that they have international unclaimed funds worth millions in cash. A new e-mail scam promising riches to unsuspecting recipients is making its way across the country and this one appears to bear the approval [...]

Security company McAfee which uncovered the intrusions,said it believed there was one “state actor” behind the attacks but declined to name it,though one security expert who has been briefed on the hacking said the evidence points to China. Security experts have discovered the biggest series of cyber attacks to date, involving the infiltration of the [...]