Already famous for their sophistication, Flame and Gauss malware have yielded a new develompent. Dubbed MiniFlame, the component is deployed after Flame and Gauss already are installed on targeted machines.
Gauss, which researchers have linked to Flame and Stuxnet, both believed to be built by the U.S. government, functions mainly as a banking trojan -- but it also contains a mystery encrypted payload.
The year's first variant of the notorius W32.Duqu, a trojan that seems intended for cyber war, has been discovered by Symantec researchers.
March 01, 2012
...nevertheless, companies need to do a better job of protecting IP, says Adam Segal.
February 28, 2012
The last 12 months have challenged the security industry more than ever before. But it's not too late to fight back, said RSA's Art Coviello in his keynote to open the annual security event.
