Archive for the ‘Spyware, Adware & Malware’ Category
Malware hosted on Google Code project site
Wednesday, September 1, 2010 12:42 Comments OffMalicious hackers are using the Google Code repository to host Trojans horses, backdoors and password stealing keyloggers
Fact check: malware did not bring down a passenger jet
Tuesday, August 24, 2010 10:44 Comments OffI’ve been reading breathless and shocking headlines for several days now alleging that "malware brought down a Spanish jet" in a fatal 2008 crash. It’s yet another case study in how the Internet…
Malware Watch: Fake Patch Tuesday emails, fake MSRT tool, spamvertised Bredolab, Android mobile malware
Friday, August 13, 2010 12:13 Comments OffThis week’s Malware Watch features three currently active malware campaigns – fake Patch Tuesday emails, BREDOLAB-malware serving emails, fake MSRT tool, and the the first (reported) SMS-trojan…
Popular brands impersonated in latest malware campaign
Monday, August 9, 2010 11:59 Comments OffMultiple vendors are reporting on a currently ongoing scareware and client-side exploits serving, spam campaign, impersonating Best Buy, Chase, Macy’s, Target.com and Evite.
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Sunday, August 1, 2010 0:00 Comments OffVIPRE Enterprise Premium combines high-performance antivirus, antispyware, and a client firewall into a single agent so you get comprehensive endpoint malware protection with low system resource…
Google tops comparative review of malicious search results
Friday, July 30, 2010 11:35 Comments OffA two-month study by Barracuda Labs, reviewing more than 25,000 trending topics and 5.5 million search results, names Google as the most popular search engine used by malicious attackers relying…
Dell ships motherboard with malicious code
Wednesday, July 21, 2010 8:37 Comments OffDell has confirmed that some of its PowerEdge server motherboards were shipped to customers with malware code on the embedded server management firmware.
Verisign adds malware scanning, search listing seals to its offerings
Monday, July 19, 2010 11:58 Comments OffVerisign is upping its game in the fight against malware by putting the power of its seal to work.
Malware Watch: Malicious Amazon themed emails in the wild
Friday, July 16, 2010 12:11 Comments OffA currently spamvertised malware campaign is brand-jacking Amazon.com, in an attempt to trick end users into visiting a client-side exploits serving URL.
Smartphones: Twice As Infected With Malware As Windows PCs?
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 11:34 Comments OffDo you believe that smartphones might be twice as infected with malware as Windows PCs? A poll by a leading security institute indicates it might be so.



