Rogueware starts misusing names of legitimate AV
Rogueware authors have so far mostly avoided misusing names of legitimate AV software, and I often wondered why. My best guess is that they wanted to minimize the possibility …
Widespread “undelivered package” spam attack delivers Trojans
Cybercriminals are currently sending out the spam messages – which come attached with a malware infected .zip file – with titles such as “Post Express …
SecureSurf: Malware protection and web filtering
AppRiver introduced SecureSurf, a Web protection solution that provides defense against online threats. SecureSurf is an easy-to-deploy hosted solution that protects companies …
New malware strains wreaking havoc on Facebook
PandaLabs announced the discovery of security exploits via popular social media sites Facebook and Twitter. In the last several days, two new malware strains have been …
Conficker: Lessons learnt
The Conficker worm is the largest computer worm infection with more than seven million government, business and home computers in over 200 countries now under its control. In …
Hedge funds unprepared for cyber attack
With details trickling in about how the sophisticated Stuxnet computer worm derailed years of work on Iran’s nuclear program, many seasoned observers are left to wonder …
Facebook fake photo links lead to malware
A simplistic but seemingly effective bait leading to malware is apparently been circling on Facebook for a couple of weeks now. Users are sent messages from their …
A good decade for cybercrime
For Internet users, it has been a decade of exciting online advances that allow people to communicate, share information and conduct business in ways that were never before …
Internet porn still main source of threats
A significant 63% of the users attempting to find adult content on their computers compromised their computers’ security on multiple occasions, according to BitDefender. …
Android malware records and steals credit card numbers from phone conversations
We often blame users for failing to deny permissions required by malicious applications on Facebook or various mobile platforms, but the truth is that the list of permissions …
Job application e-mails carry banking Trojan
The FBI-backed Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) has issued a warning yesterday about the rise in Automated Clearing House fraud aimed at businesses across the country. …
Increased SEO poisoning will drive record malware outbreaks
Surges in SEO poisoning will yield record-breaking malware outbreaks for businesses in 2011 according to TriGeo. In addition to SEO poisoning attacks in 2011, companies should …