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Illegal keygen for well-known AV solution leads to infection

An illegal key generator for the recently released latest version of the TrustPort Internet Security solution brings big trouble to unsuspecting users, warns BitDefender. …

Bitcoin mining botnet also used for DDoS attacks

A recently discovered P2P Bitcoin mining botnet has acquired DDoS capabilities, warns Kaspersky Lab expert Tillmann Werner. It’s main reason of existence has so far been …

Zeus rival boasts of eluding tracker services, fails

Kaspersky Lab expert Jorge Mieres wrote yesterday about Ice IX – the first crimeware based on the leaked Zeus source code. “Ice IX Botnet is the first new …

Bogus emails delivering scanned documents carry malware

Emails posing as scanned documents sent from a Xerox WorkCentre Pro photocopier are again being sent out by malware peddlers, warns Sophos. This is not the first time that …

“Free Facebook Credits” scam

After a rather long time, Facebook users are again seeing offers of “Free Facebook Credits!” on their News Feed. Those users who are not aware of the fact that …

“Apache Killer” tool spotted in the wild

The developers behind the open source Apache Foundation issued a warning for all users of the Apache HTTPD Web Server, as an attack tool it has been made available on the …

Domscheit-Berg says WikiLeaks is lying, new batch of cables released

Following WikiLeaks claim that among the 3,500+ unpublished files destroyed by former WikiLeaks member Daniel Domscheit-Berg were a number of highly sensitive documents …

Install one Trojan, get three more

Downloader Trojans are often used by cyber crooks to thoroughly infect systems in order to extract anything that might be of value to them. Trojan.Badlib is a particularly …

Photobucket app helps catch a thief

Photobucket’s mobile app has played an unexpected role in the catching of a purse-snatching thief in California. The app, set to automatically upload the pictures taken …

Facebook revamps its Privacy Settings

Facebook’s Privacy Settings have long been a thorn in privacy advocates’ side. They deemed it to complex for a typical user to understand, and have often decried …

Yale confirms 10-month-long data breach

Names and Social Security numbers of some 43,000 people that were affiliated with Yale University back in 1999 have been accessible to users of the Google search engine for …

Fake Facebook friend request email leads to malware

Facebook users are once again being targeted with fake emails purportedly coming from the social network, alerting them to a friend request. A click on the offered …

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