Fake RIAA copyright violation notification serves malware
First spotted nearly a week ago, notifications of copyright violation supposedly sent by the Recording Industry Association of America are still hitting inboxes around the …
Malware surpassed 75 million samples in 2011
McAfee released its latest threats report, revealing that malware surpassed the company’s estimate of 75 million unique malware samples last year. Although the release …
Syrian dissidents claim government uses malware to spy on them
Syrian opposition activists have been targeted by the government since the start of the massive anti-government protests in January 2011, but only recently they have began to …
Trend Micro makes HijackThis open source
Trend Micro released HijackThis as an open source application. The code, originally written in Visual Basic, is now officially available at SourceForge. HijackThis scans your …
Forensic toolkit with malware analysis technology
AccessData released Forensic Toolkit 4 (FTK) that gives organizations affordable access to more advanced incident response and remote investigative capabilities. Using FTK, …
Cutwail botnet intensifies spam spewing
The old Cutwail botnet is still alive and spamming from its 1,5 million bots, and has lately been spotted using malicious HTML attachments. The spam emails vary from fake …
How mobile malware is maturing
Mobile malware has reached a new stage of maturation, according to Juniper Networks. Top findings from Juniper’s 2011 Mobile Threats Report are evidence of accelerating …
Ransomware impersonates the Italian police
Ransomware targeting Italian-speaking users is being served from compromised websites via malicious JavaScript code, warns Total Defense’s Rossano Ferraris. The users …
Fake Facebook notification delivers keylogger
Fake Facebook notifications about changes in users’ account information have been hitting inboxes and delivering malware to unwary users, warn BarracudaLabs researchers. …
New powerful bot spreads by email
PandaLabs reported the presence of a powerful new bot called Ainslot.L. This malware is designed to log user activities, download additional malware and take control of …
Analyze mobile apps for malware threats
Trend Micro announced Mobile App Reputation, a technology that can automatically identify, analyze and rate mobile applications for issues that could include malware, …
Malicious sites increase 240%
In 2011, the most significant evolution in the threat landscape was the use of malware networks, or malnets, to launch highly dynamic Web-based attacks, according to Blue Coat …