Zeljka Zorz
Fake App Store spam leads to malware
Websense warns about a fake Apple App Store spam campaign that is doing the rounds of inboxes. The user receives an email such as this one: If the recipient follows the link …
Pwn2Own 2010: IE8, Firefox, Safari and iPhone go down
IE8, Firefox, Safari and iPhone went down in mere minutes at this year’s Pwn2Own contest held at the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver. Here is the rundown according to …
Google vs China, China vs Google
After a lengthy standstill, the situation between Google and China started developing pretty fast: two days ago, Google started redirecting users visiting Google.cn to their …
The rise of Mafia-like cyber crime syndicates
Gone are the days when the lone hacker operated from the dark of his room in order to gain credit and respect form his peers – the hacking business has been taken over …
A closer look at Kaspersky Password Manager
Kaspersky Password Manager is designed to safeguard and automatically submit the passwords we use every day to access Web sites and online applications. It protects personal …
US legislation to quash cybercrime havens
A bill was introduced to the US Senate yesterday that – if passes – will penalize economically foreign countries that choose not to or fail to put a stop to cyber …
ZeuS variant targets European banks
Major European banks and financial institutions are being targeted by the latest ZeuS/Zbot variant. UniCredit Group Subsidiary Bank of Rome; U.K.-based Abbey National; …
Baby steps for Russian online security
In a move that mirrors China’s from last year, Russia’s Coordination Center will insist that anybody who applies for a .ru domain – be it an individual or a …
Symbian-targeting SMS worms in-the-wild
A string of SMS worms targeting Symbian Series 60 3rd Edition devices has been spotted in-the-wild in China. Called MerogoSMS, this family of worms propagates in the most …
Pushdo Trojan bypasses audio catpchas
Webroot researcher Andrew Brandt came across a variant of the Pushdo bot that makes it possible for the computer to bypass audio captchas used by Microsoft’s webmail …
Critical Firefox bug won’t be exploited at Pwn2Own
A critical Firefox vulnerability that could result in remote code execution was disclosed a month ago by Evgeny Legerov, the founder of Moscow-based Intevydis, renowned lately …
Fake AV “blocks” popular sites
In a bid to create even more panic among the unfortunate users who have been tricked into downloading this fake AV solution and make them pay for a “full version”, …