Flash vulnerability exploited to deliver malware
Attackers are once again exploiting the public’s tendency for not keeping its software updated and its ongoing interest about Iran and its nuclear program to infect …
Tax-themed spam email leads to malware
Cyber criminals are becoming increasingly adept at turning out legitimate-looking spam emails, making sometimes even more experience users fall for the various scams. SANS …
Bogus US SEC notification leads to malware
Notifications purportedly sent by the US Securities and Exchange Commission have been hitting inboxes and trying to trick users into following a malicious link, warns GFI. The …
Anonymous’ supporters tricked into installing Zeus
Anonymous supporters that joined Operation Megaupload got more than they bargained for when they downloaded what they believed was the Slowloris DoS tool from a Pastebin post. …
40% of UK businesses breached due to spam
Businesses are still struggling to deal with the problems caused by spam, and nearly half of them have experienced a data breach as a result of employees clicking on malicious …
Malware extraction and analysis by Solera
Solera Networks announced the latest enhancement to its DeepSee platform – the Real-Time File Extractor, which enables immediate, automatic identification and alerting …
Infected government computers getting cleaned
As the date of the planned shutdown of the clean servers that constitute the only link to the Internet for the 400,000 or so computers still infected with the DNSChanger …
Protection against malicious URLs and attachments
Invincea announced the availability of a greatly expanded product suite to address emerging vectors of attacks against users. Building off of its approach to breach prevention …
Alleged SMS Trojan makers indicted in France
Two men recently arrested in France stand accused of having developed a mobile Trojan app that stole money from Android users, reports L’Informaticien (via Google …
Eliminating malware resident on file shares
FireEye announced its File Malware Protection System (MPS) that detects and eliminates advanced malware found on file shares. The solution prevents the lateral spread of …
Eradicating malware from enterprise web sites
Qualys announced a new service to help enterprises detect and eradicate malware from their web sites. Delivered as part of the QualysGuard Cloud Platform and suite of …
Compromised websites from a site owner’s perspective
Malicious actors are often able to compromise legitimate websites without the site owners’ knowledge: over 90% of respondents didn’t notice any strange activity, …