Zeljka Zorz
Ethical malcoders get their own conference
You have heard of Black Hat, Defcon, RSA Conference and Info Security, but does the name MalCon ring a bell? Probably not, since the newly started conference on malware is yet …
Fake surveys harvest personal information
Gifts are often used as an incentive to make people share their personal information. Way back in the day, people could be convinced to share their password in return for a …
First rootkit targeting 64-bit Windows spotted in the wild
Alureon rootkit is back, and has acquired the ability to hijack computers running 64-bit versions of Microsoft Windows, proclaimed Marco Giuliani, security researcher with …
Airport Internet terminals open to infection
Maybe you’re already aware of the dangers that public terminals can present to you or your computer. About two months ago, we had the instance of a photo kiosk that was …
Infected flash drive blamed for US military breach
The most significant computer systems’ breach in U.S. military history dates back to 2008, when malicious code contained in a flash drive infected a laptop of a military …
iTunes/PayPal scam is due to phishing, not a bug?
A recent flurry of iTunes customers’ reports that their accounts must have been hacked and used to execute purchases via PayPal that occasionally total up to thousands …
U.S. visitors easy prey for online scammers
As you may already know, travelers from the 36 countries that don’t require a visa to enter the U.S. must still register online for travel authorization. And as of …
Microsoft releases mitigating tool for latest 0-day bug
HD Moore, CSO at Rapid7 and creator of Metasploit, revealed last week that some 40 Windows applications are affected by a critical vulnerability that can allow attackers to …
Malware peddlers engaged in celebrity mass killings
Plane crashes and car accidents are the preferred methods of killing off celebrities in order to lure email recipients into opening a malicious attachment, Symantec reports. …
U.S. military personnel targeted by malware
U.S. military personnel is again targeted by malware-peddling cybercriminals. Fake email purportedly coming from Bank of America is asking holders of Military Bank accounts to …
Trojan simulates MS Security Essentials Alert, peddles fake AV
A Trojan imitating a Microsoft Security Essentials Alert has been spotted trying to convince users that their computer is infected and that the only thing to do is to pay for …
Malware-infected airline system to blame for tragic plane crash?
Two years ago, a Spanair passenger plane crashed only moments after it took off from the Barajas airport in Madrid, killing 154 of the 172 people on the flight. Why did the …