CNET

New virus travels in PDF files

A new virus carried by programs embedded in Adobe's PDF file format files raises concerns that the format itself could become susceptible to viruses. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 ...
Dark Reading

FireEye Announces File Malware Protection System To Detect And Eliminate Malware Resident On File Shares

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FireEye, Inc., the leader in stopping advanced targeted attacks, today announced its File Malware Protection System (MPS) that detects and eliminates advanced malware ...
Threat Post

WordPress Users Warned of Malware Masquerading as ionCube Files

Researchers have found sneaky encoded malware targeting WordPress and Joomla sites that pretends to be ionCube files. Security researchers are warning WordPress and Joomla admins of a sneaky new ...
PC World

Beware! Malware distributors are switching to less suspicious file types

After aggressively using JavaScript email attachments to distribute malware for the past year, attackers are now switching to less suspicious file types to trick users. Last week, researchers from the ...
Lifehacker

VTzilla Scans Files for Malware Before You Download Them

Firefox only (Windows/Mac/Linux): The VTzilla Firefox extension adds a Scan with VirusTotal option to Firefox's right-click context menu and file download dialog that allows you to scan any file for a ...