GoDaddy-hosted websites injected with malicious code
Webmasters of websites hosted on GoDaddy have to check their source code yet again, as attackers using a number of different domains inject rogue code into their pages, which …
Fake Twitter warnings lure users to potentially malicious site
Twitter users are often targeted with various fake messages purportedly coming from the microblogging service, and these e-mails usually try to trick the users into clicking …
Fake AV pushers poison US election search results
The US midterm elections are taking place today, and scareware pushers aren’t sitting with their hands crossed – they have poisoned related search results: Search …
25% of all targeted attacks hit the retail sector
Analysis reveals that targeted attacks have increased significantly since they were first discovered five years ago from one to two attacks per week in 2005 to 77 attacks per …
Comodo Internet Security 2011 released
Comodo released its Internet Security Manager 2011 software which offers malware prevention together with central administration features. New in version 2011 are behavior …
Social media sites and universities increasingly targeted by phishers
Social media sites and educational institutions were increasingly targeted by phishers who continued to expand the targets of their attacks in the first half of 2010. With …
Rogue Facebook app takes over accounts
A flurry of statuses saying “OMG! Im never going to send another text message again after seeing this!” and “OMG! Im not txtin again now that I have seen …
Week in review: The future of malware, iTunes phishing attack and computer “health certificates”
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, reviews, interviews and podcasts: XSS flaws found on three security firms’ …