Malware

Network-connected-and-configured devices can be infected by malware that provides access to patient data, monitoring systems and implanted patient devices.

The latest news and updates from PCI Security Standards Council, CryptoLocker, Edward Snowden and more.

We're off to another year. I read recently where one security maven is referring to 2014 as the "Year of Cryptolocker."

January's threat of the month is credentials theft, where cyber criminals seek user credentials that will enable access to valuable systems and resources.

At the annual Chaos Communication Congress on Friday, German researchers demonstrated a new malware attack against ATM machines.

A variant of the Zeus P2P/Gameover trojan has been identified that will allow an attacker to take over the account of anyone using China's biggest Bitcoin platform, BTC China.

The number of infected computers in the U.S. outpaced, by far, infections in other countries, a security firm found.

Malware disguising itself as a Firefox add-on has ensnared more than 12,500 PCs in a botnet that, since May, has uncovered more than 1,800 vulnerable websites.