Stories by George V. Hulme

Customized, stealthy malware growing pervasive

It's no secret that the goal of modern malware writers is to create attack software that is stealthy and flows undetected for as long a period of time as possible. What's increasingly startling, however, is how pervasive custom malware has become as part of traditional attacks.

George V. Hulme | 19 Mar | Read more

Malvertising continues to pound legitimate websites

In the last three months of 2010 attackers managed to serve 3 million malicious advertising, or malvertising, impressions every day. That's the headline figure from a report released today from Web security firm Dasient. According to Dasient, that's a 100 percent increase from the preceding quarter.

George V. Hulme | 09 Mar | Read more