Matthew Hines

Security researchers continue to unearth new threats aimed at users of Apple’s Mac OS, illustrating how attackers will always move where the money is and have thus increased their focus on Apple users as the company’s market share climbs. The latest round of Mac attacks discovered by researchers also follows a similar pattern of many […]

As I was watching Symantec security expert Stephen Trilling brief “60 Minutes” correspondent Leslie Stahl about Conficker last night, I had to shake my head in wonder at how high profile the attack has really become. For a single malware campaign to gain such specific notoriety just seems pretty unprecedented, at least since anything that […]

Experts have been saying for years that the influx of online malware attacks and related identity theft would eventually have a negative impact on consumers’ willingness to shop over the Web, but a new research report issued by Javelin Strategy & Research has actually put some numbers behind the theory. In fact, according to the […]

Anyone following the IT security space in recent years has likely observed the futile situation that providers of traditional signature-based AV have found themselves in as a result of server-side polymorphism, or in simpler terms, the ability of malware distributors to launch smaller batches of more customized threats to avoid detection. Even the most stalwart […]

Malware programs designed specifically to steal people’s sensitive data, such a banking Trojans, continue to proliferate widely, according to a recent research report issued by PandaLabs. According to the AV specialist, of the 67 million endpoint devices that it scanned during 2008, more than 10 million had some form of ID-thieving crimeware buried somewhere within. […]

It’s a departure from the stance that most people are taking these days when it comes to issues of social networking and security, but some industry players are pitching the idea that the ever-more-popular communications applications could someday replace more traditional messaging platforms based on their ability to be more centrally protected from attacks. Adam […]

Vulnerability management may be the next big thing in terms of IT security strategy, but deriving the maximum value out of your efforts requires hard work and a comprehensive plan, industry insiders recognize. Speaking at the SOURCE Boston conference this week, scanner maker Tenable Security’s Carole Fennelly outlined some of the best practices that organizations […]

The proliferation of technologies such as social networking sites and cloud computing, coupled with the ongoing economic uncertainty, is only complicating the high wire act that organizations must pull off these days to balance sustainable IT security with sufficient flexibility to support business initiatives, experts contend. At a panel held at the SOURCE Boston 2009 […]

It’s astonishing, but apparently no one wants to be the federal government’s Cyber Czar… at least not for very long. As first reported by AP yesterday, Silicon Valley entrepreneur Rod Beckstrom is walking away from the post after just a year on the job, the latest in a series of appointees to jump from the […]

Adware distributors have been tapping into the viral nature of Web 2.0 sites to fool users into downloading and even distributing their content for some time, but the activity has been ramping up in recent days, with one particular campaign taking off, according to researchers at PandaLabs. According to the badware-tracking experts, infections of the […]

Hey there soldier, how about a great deal on this cherry ’83 El Camino? Anyone who has attempted to buy or sell a car over the Web with any frequency over the last few years has likely already come across some variation on the old Nigerian scam model that targets the online automotive resale market […]

The Conficker botnet might as well have been named the Confounder botnet up until recently, but some experts think that despite the attack’s continued proliferation, there may finally be some light at the end of the tunnel. Looking at various reports highlighting Conficker’s worming propagation during the month of Feb. it’s clear that the attack […]