Malicious threats set to increase this year, as cyber criminals use the economic downturn to their advantage.
This finds that while global spam volumes continued to increase, Internet Security Providers and law enforcement efforts demonstrated that significant disruption to spam volumes can be achieved by going after the perpetrators
Financial fraud in the mobile malware industry will only get more pronounced over time, says Kaspersky Lab.
Spam e-mails claim Barack Obama has refused the position of president of the US.
System administrators should shoulder the blame, said 30% of respondents in a Sophos Web poll.
The worm has already affected 8.9 million computers, says Trend Micro.
This malicious spam campaign is aimed at infecting computers with the Waledec botnet
More than 80 000 viruses were detected in November and December last year, says Kaspersky.
Computer users will continue to be hit hard by malware programs.
Local employees face the axe as the company moves to minimise the effects of the global economic downturn.
Sophos warns Twitter members of a widespread phishing scam that hackers are using to steal personal information.
The accounts of 21 million German bank account-holders are being offered for sale on the black market, says Brett Myroff, CEO of Sophos SA.
From cyber-vandalism to cyber-crime, malware has evolved into a profit-driven business, says Kaspersky Lab.