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In early 2010, PDF exploits were by far the most common malware tactic, representing more than 47 percent of all Q1 infections tracked by Kaspersky Labs. By mid-year, PDF exploits had fallen to 30 percent, overtaken by Java. However, PDF remains the world's second most popular target. 

For those running PDF software – lead by Adobe Reader and its commercial counterpart Acrobat – these attacks have triggered a seemingly nonstop stream of updates. Why do malware writers love to exploit PDF and how you can avoid becoming a casualty of this on-going arms race?

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There are countless firms that sell expensive computer security products and gear. But most experts will tell you that the one step you can take to most improve the security of your home or work computer is to have and follow strict password security. But what makes a password strong (or weak)? And what tricks might hackers, malware authors and cyber criminals play to get you to part with yours? Paul Roberts of Threatpost speaks with David Emm of Kaspersky Lab about proper password hygiene and the steps you need to take to secure access to...

As always, when big news appear in the press the bad guys start blackhat SEO campaigns in popular search engines trying to lure users to install Rogueware.

I guess the news about the death of Osama Bin Laden is starting to reach everyone around the world. We have noticed that every time something big as this happens, people get curious and start searching on the Internet. This is something that my colleague Fabio also noticed. During his research he found that cybercriminals are spreading Rogueware via Blackhat SEO and Google Images. You can read more about his finding here: http://www.securelist.com/en/blog/6202/Blackhat_SEO_and_Osama_Bin_Laden_s_death 

This triggered me to do a quick search on Facebook and see what was happening over there. I directly saw that Facebook ads are already spreading using videos of the death of Osama...

A new report suggests that lawmakers, policy wonks and corporations are sensationalizing the risk of cyber attacks far beyond the actual threat. The inflation of cyber security threat, like the inflation of the threat of Communism during the Cold War, or terrorist acts in the wake of the 9/11 attacks, could lead to laws that curtail individual freedoms and regulate the Internet in unnecessary ways, the report concludes.

The paper by Jerry Brito and Tate Watkins at the Mercatus Center at George Mason University is "Loving the Cyber Bomb? The Dangers of Threat Inflation in Cybersecurity Policy" (PDF). It appears in an environment of heightened debate about the breadth and consequences of...