Articles tagged with: Malware
Mac Malware Underscores Why You Can’t Ignore Web Security Threats
Looks like the Mac is finally getting what’s been coming: malware. And lots of it just recently with the Flashback infection that apparently impacted up to 700,000 Macs. We’ve all heard it from the Mac …
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Repost: Webinar: Making Life Difficult for Malware
Jarno Niemela, a Senior Researcher here at F-Secure Labs, will be taking part in a Black Hat Webcast on Thursday, May 17, 2012.The subject is “Making Life Difficult for Malware” and will focus on system modifications that can be used to prevent…
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Malware Poses as Rainmeter Skins on deviantART
Recently I decided to improve my desktop with a little interactivity, and started dabbling with something called Rainmeter which displays customisable and functional skins in a variety of designs. There are entire websites where people can show off their design …
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InfosecIsland: Skype Malware Campaign Spreading Poison Ivy Trojan – Malware researcher Dancho Danchev is reporting a widespread soc… http://t.co/ino2mL9D
InfosecIsland: Skype Malware Campaign Spreading Poison Ivy Trojan – Malware researcher Dancho Danchev is reporting a widespread soc… http://t.co/ino2mL9D
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InfosecIsland: Zeus Malware Targeting Facebook, Gmail and Yahoo Users – “We’ve recently discovered a series of attacks being carrie… http://t.co/RPAA0K64
InfosecIsland: Zeus Malware Targeting Facebook, Gmail and Yahoo Users – “We’ve recently discovered a series of attacks being carrie… http://t.co/RPAA0K64
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stopbadware: How to write a #malware report http://t.co/rFSamaCC #infosec
stopbadware: How to write a #malware report http://t.co/rFSamaCC #infosec
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stopbadware: .@TrendMicro discovers banking Trojan that seems to be hosted on Facebook, Google domains with .br TLDs http://t.co/AV6trnBq #malware
stopbadware: .@TrendMicro discovers banking Trojan that seems to be hosted on Facebook, Google domains with .br TLDs http://t.co/AV6trnBq #malware
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Android malware using real apps as disguise ‘wrappers’
Mobile malware stepped up an order of magnitude in volume and sophistication during 2011 and this trend has continued in the first quarter of 2012, according to F-Secure’s latest quarterly report.
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Zeus Malware Seeks Facebook Users’ Debit Card Data
Latest Botnet-backed fraud compaign also has variations targeting Google Mail, Hotmail, and Yahoo users.
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Zeus Malware Seeks Facebook Users’ Debit Card Data
Latest Botnet-backed fraud compaign also has variations targeting Google Mail, Hotmail, and Yahoo users.
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Android security model doing best to enable mobile malware spread
At Information Security Decisions 2012, Dan Guido put the mobile malware focus on the Android security model and Google?s mobile app vetting process.
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Fake anti-virus disguises used by Android malware
The Android malware threat is growing.
And it’s no surprise to see similar social engineering tricks that have worked on other operating systems in the past also being used on the Android platform.
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Mac OS X Leopard Update Removes Flashback Malware
The update removes common variants of the Flashback Trojan on OS X 10.5.
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Wikipedia warns users about malware injecting ads into its pages
Rogue browser extensions might inject commercial ads into Wikipedia pages, Wikimedia Foundation said
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Amnesty International UK Hijacked to Share Malware (11th May 2012)
For two days in May the UK website for Amnesty International was breached and used by the attackers to infect unsuspecting visitors to the site with the Ghost RAT Trojan…….
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Seeing ads on Wikipedia? You may have malware
Wikipedia warns its millions of users about how cybercriminals can inject adverts into webpages.
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M-Trends #1: Malware Only Tells Half the Story
When I joined Mandiant earlier this year, I was given the opportunity to help write our annual M-Trends report. This is the third year Mandiant has published the report, which is a summary of the trends we’ve observed in our investigations over the last twelve months. Read the rest
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New Android Malware Poses as Adobe Flash Player
Once installed, the malware sends SMS messages to premium numbers without the user’s permission.
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Apple issues security updates for Mac OS X Leopard – to fight malware menace
Are you still running Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard?
If so, you have some very important critical security patches to install – helping to protect your Mac from malware threats.
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Android users targeted by premium-rate SMS malware
In a clear warning to mobile users from the East, Russian cybercriminals have started distributing a new wave of premium rate malware from rogue marketplaces, including one disguised as an Android Flash Player.
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DHL malware campaign strikes again, designed to infect Windows PCs
Received an email from DHL about a failed package delivery?
Be on your guard. Malware authors are up to their old tricks once more.
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stopbadware: Apple invites @Kaspersky to analyze and improve OSX #security following Flashback #malware outbreak http://t.co/o52MfGp5
stopbadware: Apple invites @Kaspersky to analyze and improve OSX #security following Flashback #malware outbreak http://t.co/o52MfGp5
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TheHackersNews: #Security Alert: Wi-Fi Hotels used to Spread #Malware http://t.co/1rgs2BST #THN #Security #Infosec
TheHackersNews: #Security Alert: Wi-Fi Hotels used to Spread #Malware http://t.co/1rgs2BST #THN #Security #Infosec
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stopbadware: New web #malware exploit kit available on underground market to select cybercriminals. @Webroot lists features http://t.co/HXUiDprU
stopbadware: New web #malware exploit kit available on underground market to select cybercriminals. @Webroot lists features http://t.co/HXUiDprU
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Amnesty International UK Site Hacked, Serves Malware
The malware could enable attackers to access a victim’s files, e-mails, passwords and other sensitive data, according to Websense researchers.
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