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Constant connectivity to social networks goes hand-in-hand with malware

In September, GFI threat researchers documented a number of cybercrime campaigns directed at users of various social networking sites including direct message spam on Twitter …

Ransomware adds audio component to force users to pay up

Not satisfied with just showing the fake FBI note, the criminals behind one of the many ransomware campaigns going on at the moment are trying to assault the users’ …

Proxy service users download malware, unknowingly join botnet

In yet another example of if-it’s-too-good-to-be-true-it-probably-isn’t, hundreds of thousands of users signing up for a cheap and supposedly legitimate proxy …

Surge in Android adware

Between the beginning of July and the end of September, FortiGuard Labs researchers reported a marked increase in Android adware, new evidence suggesting that Zitmo …

New TDL4 rootkit successfully hiding from AV

A new variant of TDL4 has been identified, and it is now ranked as the second most prevalent malware strains within two months since detection. The characteristics are similar …

Malware Forensics Field Guide for Windows Systems

If you are looking for a field guide that will help you identify malware on a Windows computer system, examine it, and determine its impact, than this book might be just the …

The danger behind low-volume email attacks

“Broad campaigns often spoof notifications from well-known businesses, establishments, organizations, and agencies, and are very widespread these days. However, smaller …

Info-stealing Trojan posing as Panda Cloud Antivirus

Researchers from Spanish antivirus vendor Panda Security are warning potential users about information-stealing malware disguised as their Panda Cloud Antivirus solution. The …

USBGuru simulated attack service

Wombat launched USBGuru, a simulated USB attack service to address the growing threat of fraud due to rogue memory devices loaded with malware. USBGuru is a …

Trojan disguised as image delivered via Skype messages

Skype users, beware of messages like this one: The spamming campaign has surfaced in the last few days and is being propagated via compromised Skype accounts. The offered …

Fake Rovio games for Chrome hijack browser

The popularity of Rovio’s Angry Birds game and its expansion packs are a guarantee for the success of their newly released Bad Piggies game, but unfortunately for those …

Universal Man in the Browser attack targets all websites

Trusteer have discovered a new Man in the Browser (MitB) scam that does not target specific websites, but instead collects data submitted to all websites without the need for …

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