Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
Researchers at several security firms have tied the Bredolab Trojan to a spam campaign targeting Facebook users.The malware is being blasted out by spammers in e-mails claiming to come from “The Facebook Team." Inside the e-mails is a message that the recipient's Facebook password has been changed. In order to ...
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Monday, September 28th, 2009
To combat worms, Trojans and other malware, a team of security researchers wants to use ants.
Not the actual live insects, of course, but computer programs modelled to act like ants in the way they roam a network and search for anomalies. "Ants aren't intelligent," says Glenn Fink, a senior research ...
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Thursday, September 24th, 2009
F-Secure Health Check checks your computer for potentially unsafe software and, by suggesting solutions, helps you to resolve the situation before it turns into a problem. What security measures you take, is entirely up to you.
F-Secure Health Check does not check your computer for Viruses, Trojan Horses, Backdoors, Bots, Rootkits ...
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Friday, September 11th, 2009
Google's free online newsgroup Google Groups hosts plenty of harmless user-generated content. But like any service that allows users to post information, it also turns out to be useful for "misuser-generated content."A Symantec security researcher has found that Trojan malware is using Google Groups to fetch commands for directing its ...
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Tuesday, August 25th, 2009
Sub7, or SubSeven or Sub7Server, is the name of a popular backdoor program. It is mainly used for causing mischief, such as hiding the computer cursor, changing system settings or loading up pornographic websites. However, it can also be used for more serious criminal applications, such as stealing passwords and ...
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