New Drive-By Spam Infects Those Who Open Email — No Attachment Needed

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Attackers have developed a new way to infect your PC through email -- without forcing you to click on an attachment. According to researchers at eleven, a German security firm, the new drive-by spam automatically downloads malware when am email is opened in the email client. The user doesn't have ...

Chrome virus scanner coming

Sunday, January 8th, 2012

Google has released a beta version of its Chrome 17 browser that scans for malicious downloads, which may help tackle scareware threats. The browser will issue a warning to discard a file when a user attempts to download a known bad file or if the file comes from a ...

Fake ‘If I Die’ Facebook app kills your computer

Tuesday, September 13th, 2011

The premise of a new (and fake) Facebook app called "If I Die" is sweet if a little morbid: You record a video message that will be played for your loved ones after your death. As the app advertisement says: "Death can catch you anywhere, anytime. Leave your If I ...

Zeus bank Trojan now fused with Ramnit worm

Thursday, August 25th, 2011

Researchers have uncovered evidence that the infamous Zeus login-stealing Trojan has been blended with the Ramnit worm to create hybrid malware that can attack online bank accounts while spreading across networks. Security company Trusteer said it recently discovered a mutant version of Ramnit that appeared to be using a man-in-the-browser (MitB) ...

DeBank tool claims to detect all major banking trojans

Thursday, August 18th, 2011

Security company Damballa  has revealed that the source code for SpyEye, one of the most dangerous banking Trojans around, has been leaked online. Which is good for researchers, as they can better understand how it works. But it also means that a malware kit which used to cost more than ...