Reading Time: 5 minutes Most of the malware created these days is designed to generate income to the malware authors. That’s not a surprise, but it is amazing how creative these digital criminals can be. At Comodo AV Labs we observe and analyze the many schemes, tricks and methods they use to acquire their ill-gotten gain, including:   Direct…

Reading Time: 3 minutes Between Flash and PDF Reader alone, Adobe is ubiquitous on today’s desktop. Have you ever registered for an Adobe product? If you have, you should seriously consider changing your password. If you are like most people, who use similar passwords and usernames across their personal account, you might consider changing all of your passwords.On October…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Besides using Comodo Internet Security, the best way to protect your computer is to keep up with all of the security updates for you operating system. The Windows OS is the hacker’s favorite target, but if you think you don’t have to worry about this because you use the Mac then I regret to inform…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Criminals use the latest to technology for a very old-fashioned reason, to steal folk’s money. If they can obtain your personal information, most significantly your login credential, the can access and drain your financial accounts.The latest tool they have at their disposal is malware known the “Hand of Thief” aimed at the Linux operating system….

Reading Time: 2 minutes People love baby pictures. Now that the Kate Middleton, aka the Duchess of Cambridge has given birth to a royal heir you can bet that the next great surge in Internet traffic will be when baby pictures are released or leaked. However, before you click on a link to download images of the little royal…

Reading Time: 2 minutes Every computer, laptop, tablet and mobile phone connected to your network represents a vulnerable endpoint for viruses, worms, spyware, rootkits, trojan horses and other malicious software – all of it designed to either disrupt your operations or gain access to proprietary data and information. A 2012 report places the average global cost for computer security…

Reading Time: 1 minute Most of the people we recently spoke to on the streets of New York didn’t know that around 50,000 new malware are created daily. We concluded that most people just don’t give it a lot of thought. But it’s important to realize just how many malicious attackers want to steal your credit card numbers, identity…

Reading Time: 1 minute I recently read something interesting about a new malware. It’s a Trojan that’s been found to add a functionality known as “Spy Eye.” Analytical reports reveal that Spy Eye’s goal is to displace its rival, Zues. Its “Kill Zues” feature is apparently designed to completely eradicate Zues’ software from a victim’s computer. Where does all…