Gordon Ramsey says father in law hacked into his email
UK celebrity chef Gordon Ramsey claims that Chris Hutcheson – the father of his wife and former chief executive of his global restaurant business – has hacked into …
Malicious fake Firefox update spam run
Fake notices about a Firefox update are again targeting the browser’s users, says Sophos. A rather plain message supposedly coming from Mozilla instructs users to follow …
SMS spying Android Trojan triggered by keywords
Another week, another trojanized Android app. And, according to Trend Micro researchers, this one has a functionality that differentiates it from similar previous ones: it …
“Fidel Castro died” spam run leads to malware
Malware pushers have never balked from using news about a celebrity’s death to trick people into downloading malicious payloads. They also have no problem with faking …
July 2011 threat landscape
July has been a hot month for SEO poisoning, and its popularity is expected to continue in August, says GFI. Users to be cautious of likely search term targets for scammers, …
Cisco warranty CDs take users to malware site
Cisco has issued a warning about information packet and warranty CDs shipped to its own customers between December 2010 and August 2011, saying that they contain a reference …
Call-recording Trojan is actually unethical app
The recently discovered Android Trojan that records actual phone conversations seems to represent a lesser danger than previously thought. For one thing, it isn’t hidden …
Mobile threats soared in past six months
Mobile malware has increased significantly, and Android users are two-and-a-half times as likely to encounter malware today than just six months ago, says Lookout. Based on …
Malware hides behind DWORD formatted IP addresses
Internet users know what a domain name is, and many of them are aware of the fact that it is a “translation” of a dotted decimal IP address. But how many of them …
Mac Trojan disguised as Flash Player initiates redirection attack
There’s a new Mac OS X Trojan in town, and it masquerades as a FlashPlayer.pkg installer, warns F-Secure. “Once installed, the trojan adds entries to the hosts …
Spear-phishing and crimeware assembling marked second half of 2010
The Anti-Phishing Working Group (APWG) reports that the development of crimeware surged in the half-year period ending in December, 2010 with one data contributor registering …
Conversation-spying Android Trojan in the wild
Android malware has so far been spotted doing things like sending text messages or making calls to premium service numbers, sending out information about the device and …