Scareware victims seldom fight back

Too embarrassed or too ignorant? Victims of rogue anti-virus scams rarely attempt to claw back fraudulent credit card payments for worthless software packages, according to new research.

Sophos Provides Free Tool to Protect Against Windows '.LNK' Zero-Day Vulnerability

BOSTON----IT security and data protection firm Sophos has today released a free tool to protect against a Windows zero-day vulnerability that is being actively exploited to infect computers.

Zeus bot latches onto Windows shortcut security hole

bLNKing hell Miscreants behind the Zeus cybercrime toolkit and other strains of malware have begun taking advantage of an unpatched shortcut handling flaws in Windows. It was first used by a sophisticated worm to target SCADA-based industrial control and power plant systems.

Free Tool to Protect Against Windows .LINK Zero-Day Vulnerability

Windows Shortcut Exploit Protection Tool protects against high profile vulnerability

Microsoft IE8 stops one billion malware attacks

Miya Knights, V3.co.uk , Monday 26 July 2010 at 12:46:00 SmartScreen web spam filter reaches milestone Microsoft has revealed its web browser spam filter technology has stopped its one-billionth piece of malware from being downloaded. Internet Explorer 8's (IE8's) SmartScreen Filter uses URL reputation-based anti-malware technology to warn users if they are visiting web sites hosted by servers ...