December 29, 2009 - Day 2 and Night 2 of the 26th Chaos Communication Congress is over, so it’s time for a short update on what you are missing here. This year the Congress is organized as a distributed event: Many local Hacker (continue reading...) Read more
December 28, 2009 - With the New Year just days away, it’s time for McAfee Labs 2010 Threat Predictions. What should you be wary of in the coming year? Social networks. Sites such as Twitter and Facebook have changed the way we communicate, interact, (continue reading...) Read more
December 17, 2009 - Yesterday, my colleague Dave Marcus quoted for you the new graphs and stats posted by Shadowserver. Indeed, since November 2008, W32/Conficker (alias Downup, Downadup, Kido) has frequently made headlines. This computer worm has five main variants, which have appeared (continue reading...) Read more
December 16, 2009 - Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) is a method for making phone calls over the Internet or using private networks. Traditional phone calls must travel over a series of switches and circuits owned by the telephone companies, which control the process (continue reading...) Read more
December 16, 2009 - Our good friends at Shadowserver have recently added some excellent graphs and stats that highlight the continued infections and propagation by the Conficker worm. Conficker, although it actually does very little, continues to be a major annoyance worldwide, so (continue reading...) Read more
December 15, 2009 - Much malware comes with a kernel rootkit component. Subverting the Windows kernel is indeed the best way to conceal malicious activities on infected systems. To achieve this, many types of malware load malicious device drivers that enjoy full access to (continue reading...) Read more