Shamoon Malware : Permanently wiping data from Energy Industry Computers

Malware researchers have uncovered an attack targeting an organization in the energy industry that attempts to wreak havoc by permanently wiping data from an infected computer's hard drive and rendering the machine unusable. Symantec would not name the victimized firm, and so far has seen the...

Preemptive Protection against Blackworm

BlackWorm is a worm that uses its own SMTP engine to spread using remote shares. The worm also tries to disable security-related and file sharing software as well as destroys files of certain types, including .DOC, .ZIP, .XLS and more. Blackworm usually attaches itself to e-mail messages as an...