Zeljka Zorz
Malware peddlers engaged in celebrity mass killings
Plane crashes and car accidents are the preferred methods of killing off celebrities in order to lure email recipients into opening a malicious attachment, Symantec reports. …
U.S. military personnel targeted by malware
U.S. military personnel is again targeted by malware-peddling cybercriminals. Fake email purportedly coming from Bank of America is asking holders of Military Bank accounts to …
Trojan simulates MS Security Essentials Alert, peddles fake AV
A Trojan imitating a Microsoft Security Essentials Alert has been spotted trying to convince users that their computer is infected and that the only thing to do is to pay for …
Malware-infected airline system to blame for tragic plane crash?
Two years ago, a Spanair passenger plane crashed only moments after it took off from the Barajas airport in Madrid, killing 154 of the 172 people on the flight. Why did the …
Messing with Internet scammers
Online scammers are resourceful people who take advantage of people’s gullibility and lack of knowledge about Internet dynamics, but once in a while they happen to …
Rogue AV uses legitimate uninstallers to cripple computers
The fact that some rogue AV solutions try to prevent the real ones from doing their job is widely known in the security community, but CoreGuard Antivirus – a …
Google patches critical and high flaws with new Chrome version
Google Chrome 5.0.375.127 has been released to the Stable Channel on Windows, Mac, and Linux, and fixes the following security issues: [45400] Critical Memory corruption with …
Anonymizing anti-censorship tool for thwarting repressive regimes
Just a year ago, 25-year old Austin Heap was a typical computer programmer, enjoying playing videogames during his downtime. But events that were unfolding half a world away …
Justin Bieber offering free tickets on Facebook? It’s a scam
Bieber fans have been targeted by the latest Facebook scam – agree to let the application post messages on your wall and subscribe for a £4.50 per week premium rate …
40 Windows apps affected by critical code execution flaw
Some 40 Windows applications are affected by a critical vulnerability that can allow attackers to execute malicious code remotely and infect the computers with malware, says …
New ICQ worm spreads like fire
A new worm is targeting ICQ users, but apart from spreading itself by taking control of the ICQ application of the victim to send out more of the same messages and a file …
Twitter app demonstrates spammers have nothing to worry about
A fun, seemingly innocuous Twitter application created by a scottish teenager became a good example of how easy is to trick even technologically savvy users into participating …
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