Fake Better Business Bureau notifications carry malware
Emails purported to be notifications about complaints received by the Better Business Bureau are hitting inboxes, trying to scare recipients into opening the attached file: …
Multipurpose Necurs Trojan infects over 83,000 computers
The polivalent Necurs malware family has been wreaking havoc in November by infecting over 83,000 unique computers – and that are only the ones detected by …
Beware of Bitcoin miner posing as Trend Micro AV
Malware almost always comes in disguise, but some malware peddlers try to do a better job than others. Trend Micro researchers have recently uncovered a piece of malware that …
Spoofed RapidFax alert carries hard-to-detect Trojan
Malicious email alerts purportedly being sent by RapidFax, a service that allows users to send faxes online without the need for a fax machine, have been hitting inboxes in …
Three out of every four malware infections are caused by Trojans
PandaLabs analyzed the IT security events and incidents from July through September 2012. The third quarter of the year has seen an increase in the number of hacking attacks …
Reveton impersonates FBI, claims to record users’ illegal activities
The deadly combination of the Citadel malware and the Reveton ransomware is still widely used to steal information and money from uninformed users, the Internet Crime …
Agressive worm infection leads to banking Trojan infection
An aggressive variant of the VBNA-X “autorun” worm is finding its way onto users’ computers, preparing them for further malicious downloads, warns Sophos. …
Shylock’s new trick for evading malware researchers
Shylock is a financial malware platform discovered by Trusteer in 2011. Like most malware strains, Shylock continues to evolve in order to bypass new defensive technologies …
Piwik.org compromised, offered Trojanized version of analytics software
The official website of popular free web server analytics system Piwik has been compromised and made to serve a Trojanized version of the software that opens a backdoor on the …
Fake Facebook alert leads to Blackhole, malware
Due to the huge popularity of Facebook and its one billion active users, bogus emails impersonating the social network are constantly hitting users’ inboxes. The latest …
Bogus Apple invoice leads to Blackhole, banking malware
If you receive an invoice seemingly coming from Apple that apparently shows that your credit card has been billed for $699,99 (or a similar preposterously huge amount of …
Trojanized Thanksgiving-themed screensavers lurking online
If you want to add a little festive cheer to your computer, a screensaver showing beautiful Thanksgiving images might be just the thing. But unfortunately, not all things …
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