Zeljka Zorz
Polish CERT hits Virut botnet
The Polish Research and Academic Computer Network (NASK), the national registry of the .pl domain and founder of CERT Polska, has announced on Friday that they took over 23 …
Fox IT analysts demystify the Pobelka botnet
Analysts from Dutch-based security audit firm Fox-IT have recently released examined in great detail a botnet that has been around for quite some time, and is still …
Cybercriminals exploit Java 0-day fears to serve malware
With all the recent Java zero-day vulnerabilities being exploited in the wild and Internet news outlets heavily covering the development of the situation, many users will look …
Microsoft AVs not good enough, says AV-Test
AV-Test, the well-known independent organization that tests security software for home and corporate users, has released the results of the latest testing – and …
Bogus “Payroll Declined” emails deliver malware
A malicious email campaign impersonating the Electronic Federal Tax Payment System (EFTPS) – a service offered by the U.S. Department of the Treasury that allows …
Facebook scams and why users fall for them
The two main reasons why scammers are grateful for Facebook’s existence are the fact that they can easily access a great number of people in a short period of time, and …
Bouncer kit perfect for laser-focused phishing campaigns
Researchers have unearthed a new type of phishing kit that allows crooks to target specific users and keep away others in order to keep the scheme hidden from knowing eyes and …
“Southwest Airlines giveaway” Facebook scam doing rounds
A new survey scam is targeting Facebook users, misusing the name of well-known Southwest Airlines to supposedly offer two free tickets to any destination within the U.S. Users …
Log audit reveals developer outsourced his job to China
Log analysis can reveal a lot of security mistakes and fails, but a lot of security sins, too. Take for example the incident recently shared by Verizon’s Risk Team: …
Automated YouTube account generator offered to cyber crooks
You’re a spammer / malware peddler / phisher, and want to register hundreds of bogus accounts on a popular online service such as YouTube in order to lead users to your …
Microsoft patches critical IE 0-day used in watering hole attacks
Microsoft has released an out-of-band patch for the Internet Explorer 0-day recently discovered to have been misused in a series of targeted watering hole attacks linked to …
Fake MSN/Hotmail email alert phishes for user info
Despite the fact that spam levels decreased by 53% in 2012 as compared to 2011, targeted spam and phishing attacks via e-mail are on the rise. Some of these campaigns consist …
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