Zeljka Zorz
A friend in need is a scam indeed
Here is a variant of the “friend in need” email scam that has been forwarded to me by a friend: As mentioned before, there are several things that indicate that …
Infected XP machines remain unpatched
To avoid the systems crashes from February, which were triggered by the security updates to the Windows kernel and tied to the fact that the machines were infected by the …
“Friend in need” spam campaign
Occasionally, you might receive an email like this one: Sure, there is a possibility that a friend does require your help, but it is a really small one. One of CA’s …
Death of Type O Negative frontman used for Fake AV distribution
The rumor of the death of Peter Steele, Type O Negative frontman, has spread like wildfire through the Net yesterday. Confirmed by a number of sources, the unfortunate event …
New Zbot malicious campaign
A spam email purporting to come from UK’s Royal Mail service has been making the rounds of inboxes: Attached to the message is a .pdf file by the name …
Google on Fake AV
“For years, we have detected malicious content on the web and helped protect users from it,” says Niels Provos, an engineer from the company’s Security Team, …
Facebook builds up its defenses
The redesign of its Safety Center is just one of the steps Facebook is lately taking to tackle the security issues that have been steadily rising along with the number of …
Little-known Java feature exploited in-the-wild
A recently unearthed feature that has been built into Java since Java 6 Update 10 allows developers to easily distribute their applications to end users. Unfortunately – …
The U.K. Digital Economy Act: What you need to know
The various provisions of the U.K. Digital Economy Act have been publicly and privately debated for months. The public outcry against the most draconian ones failed to make an …
“Secure messages” from bank lead to phishing page
TrendLabs warns that Standard Chartered Bank clients are the targets of the latest batch of phishing emails that have been hitting inboxes: Notice how the scammers rely on the …
A third of Windows XP security solutions failed independent tests
The latest tests run by the independent security certification body Virus Bulletin saw one third of the evaluated anti-malware solutions for Windows XP fail to provide …
Apache.org hit by XSS, bruteforce attack
The Apache Software Foundation is the latest victim of a targeted attack aimed at its infrastructure – more specifically, at the SliceHost server (brutus.apache.org) …