Tag: INFECTION

The battle against malware sure has changed over the past couple of years. It's no longer you and I in our chairs at home armed only with knowledge and an antivirus app. No, today's fight against trojans, botnets, and other software evil-doers involves everyone from lawyers to the police. In the case of the recent Bredolab botnet, it was the Dutch police who stepped up. Following a concerted ...

Dasient, the web security firm founded by ex-Google staffers that launched in June of this year, have published a blog post which shows just how dangerous a place the web is becoming. If you do any computer service - either as a job or a favor to friends and family - you've no doubt seen the end result of these attacks. Fake antivirus applications continue to be the biggest source of business ...