Malware

A new, free toolkit that turns a trojan into a worm -- discovered this week by Panda Labs' researchers -- is a ploy to keep the heat off the more sophisticated hackers, experts say.

Two crimeservers containing 500 megabytes of stolen data have been discovered in Argentina and Malaysia. The data was likely being made available online to the highest bidder.

Child porn possession charges were dropped against a Massachusetts man after forensic experts proved his state-issued computer had been infected with malware.

A new phishing scheme is targeting EPPICard users, according to the FBI.

Kaspersky Lab announced Monday it has created a free utility to restore files that may have been deleted by a new ransomware variant.

The deadly twisters that ripped through Kansas this week and the historic floods sweeping across the Upper Midwest will soon give rise to donation scams and malicious attacks, the SANS Storm Center warned on Friday.

Phishing attacks that target high-value assets are increasing, according to researchers at Verisign's iDefense Labs. During the past year, waves of attacks have risen from three or four a month to as many as 10 per month.