Countries with good national security teams (CERTs) and diligent ISPs show consistently lower rates of malware infection than those states that adopt a less paternalistic approach to security, a new analysis by Microsoft researchers has suggested. According to statistics drawn from the company’s...

Botnets and botnet kits are flourishing. They’re now a commodity, as are the use of controlled machines. Just about daily, a new and frightening major system crack is revealed, data released, embarrassed IT security people called on the carpet. Were these a human virus, the CDC would be subjecting it...

A stolen laptop is a nightmare, but new antitheft software such as GadgetTrak, Hidden, and LoJack for Laptops is turning the tables on thieves. If you’ve ever lost a laptop or had one stolen, you know what an awful feeling it leaves behind. But a new breed of laptop security software is turning the...

The European Parliament has resumed normal email service following a suspected cyberattack. An attack on the Parliament’s systems is thought to have begun on March 24, two days after the European Commission and the European Union’s External Action Service detected a sustained and targeted...

Ruh-Roh, a Trojan virus has been discovered and it’s infecting users who are downloading applications outside of the official Market. Dubbed Geinimi, the virus “grafts” itself onto repackaged original applications, and ignores all those pesky permission. Lookout spotted the virus out in the wild, and...