There is an online banking Trojan out there that is bypassing up-to-date anti-virus programs as much as 77% of the time, according to security company Trusteer. The Zeus Trojan is also known as Zbot, WSNPOEM, NTOS and PRG. It is the most prevalent financial malware on the web, Trusteer says.
Spam And Viruses Continue To Grow
The problem of spam continues to be a major annoyance for many. Over the past two years the amount of spam has increased. According to Postini, a communications security firm they blocked more than 25 million spam messages in December. This was a 144 percent increase from December 2005 to December 2006.
Viruses & Spyware Don’t Taste Like Cookies
When I first started working with computers a little over ten years ago I had never heard about viruses.
IBM: Phishing Up, Viruses Abound
A new report from the Armonk, NY technology company suggests phishing attacks jumped more than 200 percent in May.