Malware

The Science and Technology Committee seems to be taking malware and cyber crime seriously.

Malware may have allowed attackers to make off with the personal information of thousands of people connected to Indiana University Health Goshen Hospital.

Symantec is trying to call attention to 13 applications that have showed up in the official Android Market over concerns that they contain software development tools that enable the theft of data.

A Russian computer programmer has denied allegations by Microsoft that he was responsible for manning a prolific spam botnet.

Facebook and the state of Washington have filed separate lawsuits against Adscend Media, alleging the company was responsible for spreading malware and for stealing personal information from Facebook users.

The self-regulating authority of Wall Street is warning securities firms about a rise in customers' email accounts being hacked to deliver bogus funds transfer requests.

Researchers warned Thursday that a recently patched vulnerability in Windows Media is being used by remote attackers to launch malware.

Eighty-five percent of all malware is web-based, and some 30,000 websites are newly infected with malicious code each day, according to Sophos' "Security Threat Report 2012."