Please turn on your JavaScript for this page to function normally.
20-fold increase in fraudulent spam

In Q3 2011, the percentage of fraudulent emails in spam traffic increased twenty times, rising from 0.1 per cent last quarter to 2 per cent of all spam traffic in Q3. The …

Brazilian ISPs hit with massive DNS cache poisoning attacks

A massive DNS cache poisoning attack attempting to infect users trying to access popular websites is currently under way in Brazil, warns Kaspersky Lab expert Fabio Assolini. …

Fake PayPal Account Review Notification doing rounds

An email notification supposedly sent by PayPal saying that an intrusion into the user’s account has been detected is currently hitting inboxes around the world. …

Hacker’s pay-walled site hacked by vengeful hackers

A hacker’s pay-walled site on which he offers administrative access to a number of military, education and government websites for sale, has been hacked by a rival …

Latest spam trends and predictions for the end of the year

As the percentage of fraudulent emails received by users in the third quarter of 2011 has risen sharply and they represented 2 percent of all received spam emails, Kaspersky …

Kelihos, Waledac and Storm malware believed to have same author

The recent takedown of the Kelihos botnet by Microsoft has received a lot of attention, despite the fact that the botnet is rather small (around 41,000 computers located …

eBay hacker receives 3-year suspended sentence

The Romanian hacker who repeatedly hacked eBay servers, accessed parts of its sites that were off-limits to users and even accessed a number of eBay accounts has been handed …

Unique malware URLs increased 89 percent

Websites loaded with malware increased a massive 89 percent in the third quarter compared to Q2 2011. According to an IID report, the most impersonated organizations include …

Five million new malware samples

In the third quarter of 2011 alone, five million new malware samples were created. In addition, Trojans set a record for becoming the preferred category for cybercriminals to …

Fake AV peddlers change their tactics

There has been a decline in rogue AV schemes lately, and researchers chalk it up to a combination of law enforcement and security community efforts and an increased coverage …

Duqu installer exploits zero-day bug in Windows kernel

An installer for the Duqu Trojan has been discovered by CrySys, the Hungarian firm that initially discovered the threat, and the file has shed some light onto how the threat …

Cybercriminal gang ringleaders convicted for stealing over $4.5 million

Two Ukrainians who admitted to have been the ringleaders of a criminal ring bent on stealing money from online bank accounts have finally been sentenced to four years and …

Don't miss

Cybersecurity news