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Our September 2010 Threat Report is up. Below is a recap of events. Botnets continued to be hot on the malware scene, Sasfis being one of the major detections. The top three detections in our malware list this report indicate packed, malicious sa...

While wearing my eyes off on the assembly code of the Symbian malware Zitmo, I had been quite embarrassed not to find any clear link with stealing online banking credentials as the rest of the ZeuS attack seemed to indicate. This issue is now solved,...

During the weekend, in our monitoring of the Zeus botnet, my colleague Kyle Yang stumbled upon an unexpected payload: a brand new mobile malware piece we named SymbOS/Zitmo.A!tr (Zitmo standing for "Zeus In The MObile"), likely aimed at intercepting...

As a follow-up to my earlier blog post on the subject of Trend Micro's history of patent aggression, there are a couple recent developments worth noting: First, on September 16, the United States Patent and Trademark Office (US PTO) issued a formal...

Network World in conjunction with Fortinet, this week launched a new editorial podcast called Security Landscape that looks at the most recent computer security threats, ranging from exploits to malware to spam campaigns. In this episode, tech influe...

If you’re in the US, look for the new NASDAQ / Fortinet TV commercial spotlighting Ken Xie, CEO and founder, of Fortinet. It is part of NASDAQ’s 2010/2011 “Dream It. Do It” campaign that highlights a handful of visionary leaders and their companie...

Last week, a lady from the sales department dropped in to see me for some help with her iPhone. She was worried because she had "suddenly" lost all of her contacts, music and emails. She had turned to a neighbor of hers, an "expert" who had told her...