Cybercriminals are downsizing their botnets to try and trick software security companies.
The Bobax worm, which is less than a week old but has already spawned four variants, is one of the first worms to conduct a bandwidth test on its infected host to see if it is worthy of being used as a spam zombie.
A Trojan horse disguised as CNN pictures of Osama Bin Laden committing suicide is being distributed on the Internet
Police in London, acting in conjunction with Finnish law enforcement authorities, arrested three suspected virus writers on Tuesday.
Spammers have started using spyware to steal personal information so they can customise the subject lines of unsolicited emails to increase their chances of being read.
commentary Who takes the time and effort to pull off malicious stunts, like viruses, malware, worms, Trojans, or any other deliberately damaging actions? And why?
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