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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 …

Have you been hacked this month?

I’m assuming the majority of people are sitting smugly reading this thinking “of course I haven’t!’ You do everything you’re supposed to do, …

One click away from digital disaster

61 percent of consumers click on links while online that take them to unexpected places, making them vulnerable to cyberattacks that can lead to identity theft, according to …

Ramnit worm uses Zeus Trojan tactics for banking fraud

Trusteer discovered the 18 month old file infecting worm Win32.Ramnit has morphed into financial malware and is actively attacking banks to commit online fraud. Ramnit …

Nokia Developer forum hacked

The Nokia Developer forum has been hacked and its main page modified to redirect to another page where the individual behind the hack left his mark: The forum is now back in …

Chinese mobile phone monitoring service found

What do you think cyber crooks do with the information collected from mobile phones by malware? Trend Micro has one of the answers to that question. Its researchers have …

Keeping abreast of Web malware delivery techniques

One of the crucial things that Google must do to keep making Internet users use its search engine is to keep an eye on the many ways that cyber criminals employ to spread …

Craigslist phishers warn about phishing

Scammers are targeting Craigslist users again – this time with a phishing page that tries to trick users into believing it’s legitimate by containing a warning …

Fraudster broke into bank accounts by using Facebook info

An English man has been been found guilty of siphoning money out of bank accounts after using social networks to guess the security questions for the account owners’ …

SpyEye source code and crack for the toolkit leaked

Three months after Zeus’ source code has been spotted being sold for small amounts on underground online markets, Xyliton – a French security researcher and member …

500% increase in email-attached malware

The UPS name is once again being used to spread vast amounts of email-attached malware. The last week has seen an extraordinary increase – over 5.5 times the average …

Cybercrime on social networks continues to climb

With malware showing no signs of abating on social networks and continuous news of the privacy implications of sharing personal details through social media, it’s no …

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