Microsoft leads crackdown on ‘Lumma Stealer’ malware with DOJ, Europol, and others Microsoft announced a coordinated effort to hobble Lumma Stealer, a widely used piece of malware known for stealing personal information… Read More
Microsoft Defender software to combat malware on iOS and Android mobile platforms Microsoft is bringing its fight against cyber criminals to more smartphone users as the tech giant announced Thursday that its… Read More
Boeing downplays reports of massive disruption from WannaCry malware, says no production issues Boeing is not experiencing any production issues after experiencing what it called a “limited intrusion of malware” Wednesday, despite a… Read More
30 percent of malware is ‘zero-day,’ finds new WatchGuard cybersecurity study New cybersecurity threats are challenging the ability of technology companies and traditional antivirus software companies to keep up, according to a… Read More
Ransomware: It’s hospitals vs. hackers now, and there will be many losers Everyone in the tech/security world knew this was coming, we just hoped we were wrong. Hackers are now holding hospitals… Read More
Fighting ‘ransomware’: Security researchers offer free fix for Cryptolocker woes Cryptolocker is one of the most potentially painful pieces of Windows malware floating around the web these days. When the… Read More
Mac security milestone: Flash for Safari is ‘sandboxed’ in OS X Mavericks Much as Steve Jobs hated it, the world still runs (at least a bit) on Adobe Flash Player. That means… Read More
Storming the castle: FBI, Microsoft attack Citadel botnet Microsoft’s Digital Crimes Unit (DCU) claims that it has taken down more than 1,000 of the estimated 1,400 command-and-control servers… Read More
Bing refutes study that showed it led to 5X more malware than Google Microsoft has finally responded to a study claiming that Bing’s search results delivered five times as much malware than Google’s,… Read More
Protecting the people: Microsoft helps crush Bamital malware that affected thousands Chalk one up for Microsoft. Today, the Redmond software giant teamed up with Symantec to take down a nasty malware… Read More
