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- 25% of worms use USB drives to spread - According to Panda’s report, 25% of worm based malware spreads through the USB drives. Even more, most of viruses are designed to spread via USB drives. Security Company confirms that cybercriminals are very persistent and put a lot of efforts to make use August 30, 2010
- IE8 malware filter hits new record, proves malware growth - People at Microsoft must be very proud as the malware filter for the Internet Explorer 8 proves to be highly efficient. The Smartscreen Filter has blocked one bilionth malicious download since the launch in 2009. July 26, 2010
- Kraken Botnet’s Comeback - A Kraken botnet returning amused security researchers who thought that they already dismantled it last year. It seems like, notorious Kraken botnet has its heir and it also makes a huge damage to machines. This son-of-Kraken botnet has infected about 318, June 29, 2010
- Google's Research on Spam - Despite researchers effort to make sure that spam disappear from its existence it seems like it is not working at all. According to Google's e-mail filtering division Postini, the volume of unsolicited email in the first quarter was around 6 percent highe April 16, 2010
- Recently Used Spam Categories - Avira’s AntiSpam engine detected and announced the most used spam categories in February 2010. At the list below you can see that the biggest percentage (37.55%) is still for buying meds from online pharmacies. March 2, 2010
- Investigation of 32 million breached passwords reveals old tendencies - Imperva security experts analyzed 32 million passwords cracked in Rockyou.com incident. The results of the study are not surprising: people still don’t care about their security enough to come up with strong passwords. January 21, 2010
- Angelina Jolie and Barack Obama: most exploited names in spam - How to attract victims to open spam emails and click on links? The answer may vary but one scheme works for sure: mentioning a celebrity. McAfee released a monthly report on spam trends which includes top celebrities chosen by spammers to fool people. January 12, 2010
- Top 10 U.S. Botnet Threats - Damballa, an online security company based in Atlanta, Georgia, has recently published a list of 10 most active botnets in the United States. The list contains the names of the most widely spread online security threats as well as the number of computers July 28, 2009
- Survey Finds Users Ignoring Security Certificates - Research at Carnegie Mellon University revealed surprising tendencies: security certificates may seem to be informative but users tend to ignore them. Are the warnings worth something if they are not useful in real life situations? July 28, 2009
- Botnets Keep Spam Levels Rising up - MessageLabs, one of security research companies, reported 90.4% of email messages being spam. The levels were reached in May and remained the same in June. This is the highest number since 2007. July 3, 2009
