Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009
Researchers at Trend Micro are reporting that a new variant of the Koobface worm is spreading on Facebook.
Koobface first appeared in 2008, with separate variants striking members of Facebook and MySpace.com. Now the Koobface worm is back again, with an eye toward stealing cookies for other social networking sites.
According to ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
It seems that the authors of the Conficker worm for Windows are continually updating their malware. In their current analyses, researchers at SRI International have found that the current Conficker variants B and B++ are decidedly more flexible than their predecessors in downloading further components and new versions.
The first version ...
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Monday, February 23rd, 2009
A Trojan horse lurking on servers belonging to Auctiva.com, a Web site offering eBay auction tools, infected people's PCs last week.
The problem became very public when Google's malware warning system kicked in as people tried to browse the site, saying Auctiva was infected with malware. Google will display an interstitial ...
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
The criminals behind the widespread Conficker worm have released a new version of the malware that could signal a major shift in the way the worm operates.
The new variant, dubbed Conficker B++, was spotted three days ago by SRI International researchers, who published details of the new code on Thursday. ...
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Wednesday, February 18th, 2009
Verizon.net is home to more than twice as many spam-spewing zombies as any other major Internet service provider in the United States, according to an analysis of the most recent data from anti-spam outfit Spamhaus.org. Verizon, however, says it plans to put measures in place to prevent it from being ...
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