Bootkit: the challenge of 2008

The term MalWare 2.0 is often used in our reports to denote a model for the complex malicious programs which appeared at the end of 2006. The most striking examples, and the initial members of MalWare 2.0 are the Bagle, Warezov and Zhelatin worms.

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Scammers Evade Spam Filters by using Email ‘From’ Fields

Scam messages that purport to be from banks, government institutions, or even from certain individuals circulate the Web. Email messages where recipients are told that they have won a prize or are asked for donations would already be familiar to most Web users. Scammers, however, show no signs of slowing down using this technique. [...]