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Ransomware adds audio component to force users to pay up

Not satisfied with just showing the fake FBI note, the criminals behind one of the many ransomware campaigns going on at the moment are trying to assault the users’ …

Massive WoW killing spree due to in-game exploit

What should have been a relaxing and afternoon in the virtual world of Azeroth turned to a veritable bloodbath as unknown hackers used a still unknown exploit to kill off …

Proxy service users download malware, unknowingly join botnet

In yet another example of if-it’s-too-good-to-be-true-it-probably-isn’t, hundreds of thousands of users signing up for a cheap and supposedly legitimate proxy …

Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems

If you are looking for a field guide that will help you identify malware on a Windows computer system, examine it, and determine its impact, than this book might be just the …

The danger behind low-volume email attacks

“Broad campaigns often spoof notifications from well-known businesses, establishments, organizations, and agencies, and are very widespread these days. However, smaller …

Info-stealing Trojan posing as Panda Cloud Antivirus

Researchers from Spanish antivirus vendor Panda Security are warning potential users about information-stealing malware disguised as their Panda Cloud Antivirus solution. The …

Trojan disguised as image delivered via Skype messages

Skype users, beware of messages like this one: The spamming campaign has surfaced in the last few days and is being propagated via compromised Skype accounts. The offered …

Fake Rovio games for Chrome hijack browser

The popularity of Rovio’s Angry Birds game and its expansion packs are a guarantee for the success of their newly released Bad Piggies game, but unfortunately for those …

Bogus Skype password change notifications lead to phishing

Bogus emails supposedly sent by Skype are targeting users of the popular VoIP service, saying that their Skype password has been “successfully changed”, …

Microsoft settles Nitol botnet lawsuit

Less than a month since Microsoft’s revelation that it had disrupted the functioning of the Nitol botnet by effecting a takedown of a domain (3322.org) which was also …

Google alerts users about new state-sponsored attacks

Remember when in June Google announced its intention to start warning Gmail users that their account might be targeted by state-sponsored attackers? A clear warning above the …

Malicious spam campaign targets QuickBooks users

Intuit-themed malicious spam campaigns pop up every couple of months or so, given that the company’s tax preparation, accounting, financial management and billing …

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