Malware

Twitter announced Thursday that is adopting Domain-Based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance (DMARC), a new specification designed to authenticate emails so users don't fall for fraudulent emails.

Cyber criminals are repurposing data-stealing trojans, once used primarily to steal banking information, to collect intellectual property, which can be sold for a higher price tag, according to a McAfee study.

Security firm Seculert is tracking two versions of the threat: one which is targeting Japanese organizations and the other directed, ironically, toward Chinese journalists.

The software company has updated its ubiquitous Flash software because of two pressing zero-day vulnerabilities.

Microsoft, in partnership with security firm Symantec, announced Wednesday that it has disrupted the Bamital botnet, known for rerouting victim machines to websites, online advertisements and links of the attackers' choosing.

Valeri Aleksejev, an Estonian, pleaded guilty for his role in "Operation Ghost Click," where DNSChanger malware infected four million computers worldwide.

In this video, Tom Buoniello, senior vice president of product management at AppRiver sits with Greg Masters, managing editor at SC Magazine, to discuss this prevalent threat and what users can do to protect themselves.