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Chinese using malware to attack US DoD smart card security

AlienVault found evidence of Chinese-originated attacks against the US government agencies including the US Department of Defense (DoD), which use a new strain of the Sykipot …

Ramnit not actually a Facebook worm

Last week, information surfaced about a new version of Ramnit, which had stolen some Facebook credentials. Most people understood that to mean that there was a new Facebook …

Rootkit masquerading as Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 keygen

Users who want to play the Pro Evolution Soccer 2012 game free of charge are in danger of getting duped and their computers compromised while looking for game cracks, warns …

The anatomy of the Gameover Zeus variant

The “Gameover” malware is a relatively new, “private” version of ZeuS. Support for the distributed command and control (C2) tools, integrated into the …

Phishing emails from spoofed US-CERT addresses

US-CERT has issued a public warning about a phishing email campaign using spoofed US-CERT email addresses. “The subject of the phishing email is: ‘Phishing …

Police system compromised due to parental spying

The Patras program, used by the German Federal Police for surveillance and tracking of suspects and their vehicles via GPS, has recently been suspended for a while and its …

Android Trojan masquerades as phone optimizer app

As you may already know, Android users are at a much bigger danger of getting saddled with a malicious app than users using other mobile platforms – especially those …

Spam emails link to QR codes

It was just a matter of time, and now it’s happening. The Websense ThreatSeeker Network has started spotting spam messages that lead to URLs that use embedded QR codes. …

Recycled cybercrime tactics adapted to conceal fraud

GFI Software released its VIPRE Report for December 2011, a collection of the most prevalent threat detections encountered during the month. Phishing campaigns once again …

Cyber crooks combine new Zeus variant and DDoS attacks

A new variant of the information-stealing Zeus Trojan – dubbed Gameover – is currently being delivered to unsuspecting victims via emails purportedly coming from …

DotA 2 and Diablo III beta testing crack files carry malware

Gamers are known for their impatience when it comes to trying out updates and new packs for popular games, and cyber crooks are always ready to take advantage of that. …

Ramnit worm goes social, steals Facebook passwords

Ramnit – the file-infecting, financial-data-stealing worm that has been around since April 2010 – has been modified again and is now bent on stealing Facebook …

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