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Malwarebytes has taken steps to ensure that its problematic update last week will not happen again

The Boston Marathon bombing and the Texas fertilizer explosion are being used by two large botnets

Microsoft says that worms such as Conficker are on the decline, but it warns that web threats are thriving

Microsoft and its PhoneFactor unit have been hit with a patent-infringement lawsuit from a little-known company

Symantec has found technical similarities between the recent cyber-disruption in South Korea and 2011 distributed denial-of-service attacks

A study based on findings from more than 1,000 corporate networks has found that antivirus programs failed to detect a large proportion of web-borne malicious code

The first known attempted hack of a US election occurred in the 2012 primary in Miami-Dade County, Florida, last year, according to researchers

The Ramnit botnet has been retrofitted to focus on better management of infected computers and more effective theft of financial credentials, according to Microsoft

US military leaders have warned that online threats have now eclipsed the threat of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction as the main concern to the country's security

Cyber-attackers are shifting away from Microsoft products and increasingly focusing on finding flaws in other vendors' applications, including Chrome, Firefox and iTunes, according to Secunia