Malware

Symantec analysis of the botnet shows that many computers remain compromised with the trojan, though hundreds of thousands have been cleaned, and the infrastructure contains a Twitter communication apparatus.

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A new trojan is targeting the same Java vulnerability that the Flashback malware took advantage of last week.

Eighty-seven thousand people affiliated with Housatonic Community College may be open to identity theft after the institution became the second Connecticut school to experience a malware outbreak this year.

Apple has released a third update related to Flashback, but this time, the patch comes with a detection and removal capability for the prolific trojan, and disables Java by default.

The purveyors of the pernicious Zeus trojan, which traditionally have targeted corporate bank accounts, have found a new cash cow: payroll accounts.

The company said it is creating software that will detect and remove Flashback, as well as coordinating with global ISPs to dismantle the botnet's infrastructure.