Malware

A day after news broke of the death of British actress Natasha Richardson, malicious websites sprung up to lure victims looking for information on the tragedy.

A long-standing trojan that serves as a malware-distribution service has found a new way to infect computers: via a USB stick or other removable device.

The economy remains the main topic spammers focus on to lure users into opening emails with malicious links.

Security companies warned Monday of a new malware campaign in which the Waledac botnet creators are distributing emails that falsely claim the recipient's city has been the site of a bomb blast.

Security researchers have warned that Conficker worm's newest variant, which kills protective security processes, is set to activate on April 1.

Some 20 international phishers were arrested this week in Romania, suspected of stealing the equivalent of hundreds of thousands of dollars from victims tricked into revealing their login credentials online, according to reports. The suspects, rounded up on Wednesday, were thought by police to be members of two separate gangs that set up counterfeit banking websites. When victims visited the sites, they were duped into entering their personal information. — CAM

The prevalence of web-based malware massively rose last year -- and the state of the economy is likely a big reason, according to an annual threat report from ScanSafe.