The report - entitled 'The Business of Rogueware' - concludes there has been a tenfold increase in new rogueware samples over the past 12 months. The report - which was authored by Luis Corrons and ...

With rogueware more efficient and lucrative than ever before, cybercriminals are pumping out new versions in rapid-fire, according to new research that will be released today in conjunction with Black ...

Attackers have been known to encrypt user files (such as happened with Gpcode), and then demand payment for the decryption key, for some time. These so-called rogueware, including scareware, attacks ...

Panda Security’s malware analysis and detection laboratory has released a comprehensive study on the proliferation of rogueware into the cyber-crime economy. Rogueware consists of any kind of fake ...

Security experts predict that in 2011, one big problem will be smartphone rogueware -- apps that lure users into downloading while hosting a secret, malicious payload. Unlike Apple, the Android market ...

Ever mistype something you are looking for in Google, such as ‘obbama’ instead of ‘obama’? If you have, you could be a victim of cybercrime, as it turns out that cybercriminals sending rogueware via ...

Scammers are distributing fake security software aimed at the Mac by taking advantage of the news that al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden has been killed by U.S. forces, a security researcher said today.