Anti-Virus Archive
Biz urged to blast DNSChanger Trojans before safety net comes down
8 March cutoff following Operation Ghost Click
Half of all Fortune 500 companies still contain computers infected with the DNSChanger Trojan, weeks after a FBI-led takedown operations targeting the botnet’s command-and-control infrastructure.…
Kelihos botnet BACK FROM THE DEAD
Bloodied spam-spewing zombie staggers in
The spam-spewing Kelihos botnet has returned from the dead.…
Trojan smuggles out nicked blueprints as Windows Update data
Malware backdoors government-targeted kit ‘using Adobe 0-days’
Security watchers have uncovered a new highly targeted email-borne attack that uses a supposed conference invitation as a lure – and disguises extracted data as Microsoft Update traffic.…
Virus-slingers abuse WordPress vulns, dose punters with exploit
Blogs also infected with information-harvesting Trojan
Malware-spreaders are hacking into vulnerable WordPress-powered sites in order to drive traffic towards pages loaded with exploits.…
Sexy Girls Puzzle: Android Trojan or eager ad-slinger?
Researchers split on Counterclank’s naughtiness
Security researchers are split on the seriousness of an Android “malware” campaign that some estimates suggest may have “infected millions” of smartphones via gaming apps from Google’s Android Market.…
Blackhole crimeware kit drives web threat spike
Report: Conficker also still causing mayhem
Fake anti-virus scams are on the wane but drive-by-download threats have rocketed over the past year thanks to the hugely popular Blackhole crimeware kit, while Conficker remains prolific some three years after its release, according to Sophos.…
Super-powered ‘frankenmalware’ strains detected in the wild
Virus-worm crossbreeds will trash systems faster than ever before
Viruses are accidentally infecting worms on victims’ computers, creating super-powered strains of hybrid software nasties.…
Sourcefire jumps into anti-malware market
Cyber-outbreak defence tech to shore up big biz
Sourcefire, the security biz behind the commercial versions of the open-source Snort intrusion-detection software, is bowling itself at enterprises and touting tech designed to quickly detect and block malware outbreaks.…
Facebook, experts spar over Ramnit worm contagion
Security boss says stalking site is free of bank account-raiding malware
Facebook has downplayed the significance of Ramnit, a recently discovered worm that attempts to steal login credentials for the social networking site.…
Five Koobface botnet suspects named by New York Times
Trojan coins millions for its masters, say researchers
Five suspected masterminds behind the infamous Koobface botnet have been unmasked in a move abetted by Facebook to put the heat on cyber-crimelords.…
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