Anti-Virus Archive

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.…

Adobe kills two actively exploited bugs in Reader


Unscheduled update coming to Windows machine near you
Adobe has released updates for its Reader and Acrobat applications that fix two vulnerabilities that attackers were exploiting to seize control of Windows-based machines.…

‘Android malware must be kind of thrilling for Microsoft’


Plus: ‘Young people are fed up with iPhones’
QuotW  This was the week when in a rather ironic about-turn, peer-to-peer veterans decided to start a suit against companies like Google, Amazon, Dropbox and VMWare for using their intellectual property to make their cloud and virtualisation offerings.…

‘Android malware must be kind of thrilling for Microsoft’


Plus: ‘Young people are fed up with iPhones’
QuotW  This was the week when in a rather ironic about-turn, peer-to-peer veterans decided to start a suit against companies like Google, Amazon, Dropbox and VMWare for using their intellectual property to make their cloud and virtualisation offerings.…

Windows Phones message hub hit by killer SMS


Text of doom
A security flaw has been discovered in Microsoft’s Windows Phone OS which allows hackers to disable a handset’s messaging system by SMS.…

Android malware victims offered free WinPhones by MS


‘Haven’t they suffered enough?’
Microsoft is offering free Windows phones to Android malware victims, providing they are prepared to tell world+dog about their problems.…

FOI request turns up Carrier IQ surprise


G-men slurping snooped smartphone data?
The Carrier IQ scandal is a gift that just keeps giving: a US FOI report suggests that the FBI is using data captured by the creepy smartphone snooping app.…

FOI request turns up Carrier IQ surprise


G-men slurping snooped smartphone data?
The Carrier IQ scandal is a gift that just keeps giving: a US FOI report suggests that the FBI is using data captured by the creepy smartphone snooping app.…

Espionage hack attack preys on chemical firms


Spotted in the wild: Nitro Part II
More than two months after the discovery of an organized malware campaign targeting dozens of companies in the defense and chemical industries, the espionage hack attack shows no signs of letting up.…