Mariposa might be Russian
Security expert Eugene Kaspersky thinks the world’s biggest botnet, Mariposa, was crafted in Russia and its designers will escape scot-free.
Security expert Eugene Kaspersky thinks the world’s biggest botnet, Mariposa, was crafted in Russia and its designers will escape scot-free.
In his interview with CSO last week, FireEye Chief Security Architect Marc Maiffret lamented what he sees as <a href="http://www.csoonline.com/podcast/592577">the inability of security vendors to keep up with the malware innovations</a> made in the pursuit of attacks against the likes of Adobe and Apple.
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Kaspersky Labs chief, a former Russian Army senior lieutenant and virus 'entomologist', talks security with Computerworld.
Kaspersky Lab's latest mobile security software due to be released next week can wipe data with a text message command even if a thief has swapped out the phone's SIM card.