Hybrid Malware – the New Threat

Hybrid malware is the new type of cyber threat, announces BitDefender. This type of malware results from the infection with viruses of the worms on the computers affected. The study conducted by BitDefender reveals the existence of more than 40,000 of such hybrids in a sample of ten million infected files. That means no less than 0.4% of cyber attacks detected and verified by experts.
Hybrid malware is even more dangerous if it has a higher spreading …

VeriSign, a leading provider of SSL certificates, has passed on a petition for full authority to shut down websites with malware, Ars Technica reports.

VeriSign headquarters in Mountain View, California. (Image: Coolcaesar (GFDL), via Wikimedia Commons)

According to the post, VeriSign also want powers to scan sites for possible malware and fold domain names with consent from law enforcement authorities.
VeriSign manages a large volume of top-level domain names such as .com, .net and …

A survey of 4,640 organizations by research firm the Ponemon Institute showed that companies and organizations are more at risk from virus and malware attacks because their employees are using Facebook, Twitter, and other social networking websites while on the job.  Security firm Websense, based in San Diego, sponsored the survey carried out by the Ponemon Institute, which is based in Traverse City, Michigan.
 

Ponemon study finds higher security risks go with increased social media …

A new study has revealed that in the booming market for smartphones, over 80 percent of owners of these devices do not have any security-related products installed on their devices.

Over 80 percent of smartphone owners do not have security software installed on their smartphones. Image: Phil Roeder / Flickr (CC)

The new study was done by NPD and says further that one in every four smartphone owners do not have any idea how to install security-related smartphone software.
The news comes after …

The number of malware for Android has increased by 76% in the second quarter of this year compared to Q1, and has put Google’s mobile platform at the first place in the ranking of attacked systems, said the anti-virus company McAfee on Tuesday.
In the first quarter of this year, Android “held” the third place in the ranking of most attacked platforms, leaving first and second places for devices using Java ME (generally common mobile phones) and Symbian (most phones from Nokia). However, …

Eset, the antivirus software developer, has reported a wide distribution of new malware going around by the name of Win32/Delf.QCZ, which infects the computers through the social networking site Facebook. Users in Russian speaking countries like Ukraine, Belarus and Russia are most prone to the malware.
To spread the Trojan application is using chat in the social network, where with the help of “robot”, as if on behalf of friends it sends users links to infected sites, where the …

I talked for about 30 minutes yesterday with Neo Zhang, General Manager of Application Store Connect (ASC), a company that prepares and distributes mobile apps to partner app stores, primarily for China’s mobile market, and powers the HTC marketplace in China.
 

ASC is a primary channel where consumers can safely download apps

ASC launched in the first quarter of 2010 and Mr. Zhang joined the company shortly after, relocating to Beijing from Connecticut in the United States where he …

Google has announced that its search engine will start sniffing out malware that covertly captures online activity on Windows-based computers.
A big yellow box on top of the Google Search results page will automatically appear for malware-infected users, linking to a support page that shows instructions how to get rid of the infection.
According to the page, users must update the installed antivirus software on their computers and follow the steps provided to ensure proper removal.
In a post …

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The U.S. Department of Homeland security has said that imported gadgets and even those made in the U.S. but have components imported from other countries may be a security risk because of the possibility that these gadgets and the components that make them are infected with malware.
According to various reports, the news comes from DHS official Greg Schaffer who hinted that the government …

Good news for anyone who has been hit by autorun malware infections or is wary of getting victimized by the pesky little buggers. Microsoft has revealed recently that steps it had taken to curb the prevalence of the these types of computer infections seem to be working.
In a blog post, Microsoft revealed that there were 1.3 million fewer incidents of autorun malware infections in the three-month period running through mid-may.
The systems involved in the autorun malware infections drop are …