Attacks that spread using mobile storage devices are but a small part of the overall threat landscape, and hence security vendors such as F-Secure and Trend Micro are not rushing to provide protection ...
Most USB devices have a fundamental security weakness that can be exploited to infect computers with malware in a way that cannot easily be prevented or detected, security researchers found. The ...
Before you use that USB flash drive to transfer pictures to your computer, beware. Security experts say you need to know where it came from. And if you don’t know, don’t use it. That’s because some ...
A computer virus is something we all strive to avoid because we understand the consequences and the amount of time and energy required to restore a computer to its original condition. In a recent poll ...
Turning the stuxnet malware concept on its head is the Vaccine USB, a new portable product for Windows industrial-based systems that offers virus scan software via a USB drive.
San Jose, CA " February 3, 2009 " SPYRUS, Inc. today announced the Hydra PC ViP product family with on-board virus protection. Hydra PC ViP with the Hydra PC Sentry A-V antivirus scanning application ...
January 26, 2009, Brno - Many people use multiple computers for work and entertainment, on a daily basis. For example one computer at home, another one in the office, and yet another in an internet ...
Common USB malware relies on the autoplay mechanism to infect a PC. A new technique demonstrated at the Black Hat conference subverts the USB device's controller chip to create "a self-replicating USB ...
Not sure just how effective this will be, but you’ve got to admit that a portable anti-virus system can only be A Good Thing. This USB Virus Chaser, courtesy of Korean company Digiworks, is not the ...
We previously covered an issue where FireWire devices refuse to unmount properly under Mac OS X 10.4.2. Previously, we reported that in some cases, the "Auto-Protect" component of Norton AntiVirus ...
The world's largest information security event, the annual RSA Conference, is over for another year. Most of the more than 18,000 people who attended the 2012 gathering are probably back home now, ...
According to researchers at Palo Alto Networks, the so-called WireLurker virus can infect your iPhone or iPad from a simple USB connection. Hundreds of thousands of users have been infected already, ...