Anti-Virus Archive

New stealthy botnet Trojan holds Facebook users hostage


Victims must pay $25 to get back into stalkerbase
A new strain of cybercrime Trojan is targeting Facebook users by taking over their machines and shaking them down for cash.…

New stealthy botnet Trojan holds Facebook users hostage


Victims must pay $25 to get back into stalkerbase
A new strain of cybercrime Trojan is targeting Facebook users by taking over their machines and shaking them down for cash.…

New stealthy botnet Trojan holds Facebook users hostage


Victims must pay $25 to get back into stalkerbase
A new strain of cybercrime Trojan is targeting Facebook users by taking over their machines and shaking them down for cash.…

Japanese boffins fear virus nicked spacecraft blueprints


Tokyo, we have a problem
Japanese space engineers have admitted one of their computers has been infected by a Trojan that may have leaked sensitive data, including system login information, to hackers.…

Pro-Israel hackers threaten tit for tat after credit card leak


Saudi e-stores and Israeli diplomat’s site nobbled in cyber-spat
Pro-Israel hackers have reportedly breached Saudi shopping sites in retaliation for the publication of Israeli credit-card details by a pro-Palestinian “Saudi” hacker last weekend.…

German cops hacked in revenge for dad spying on daughter


Payback after officer used cyber-bug at home
An infiltration of a German federal security system last year has been traced back to a botched attempt by an unnamed security official to use a Trojan to monitor his daughter’s internet usage, Der Spiegel reports.…

Dammit Ramnit! Worm slurps 45,000 Facebook passwords


Bank-raid malware is latest nasty to infect social networks
A bank account-raiding worm has started spreading on Facebook, stealing login credentials as it creeps across the site, security researchers have revealed.…

Man convicted of murder gets retrial after virus eats transcripts


Refresh, restart
A US man who had been convicted on a second-degree murder charge will get a new trial after a computer virus destroyed transcripts of court proceedings.…

Kaspersky claims ‘smoking code’ linking Stuxnet and Duqu


Warns of three other unknown variants
Researchers at Kaspersky Lab are claiming to have found proof that the writers of the Stuxnet and Duqu malware are one and the same, and are warning of at least three new families of advanced malware potentially in circulation.…

Facebook scams now spread by dodgy browser plug-ins


Cybercrooks deploy new weapon to pollute profiles
Con men have developed a new approach towards spreading scams on Facebook.…