Thursday, December 4th, 2008
Researchers at BitDefender have discovered a new type of malicious software that collects passwords for banking sites but targets only Firefox users.
The malware, which BitDefender dubbed "Trojan.PWS.ChromeInject.A" sits in Firefox's add-ons folder, said Viorel Canja, the head of BitDefender's lab. The malware runs when Firefox is started.
The malware uses JavaScript ...
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Monday, December 1st, 2008
In just under two hours an unprotected computer was rendered unusable through online attacks in an experiment in Auckland today.
The experiment was designed to show what a household with a computer put itself at risk of everyday, and was carried out by NetSafe and IBM.
It was carried out to mark ...
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Sunday, November 30th, 2008
Google's social-networking website Orkut has been used to spread a malicious Trojan, says Websense.
According to an alert from the security firm, the hoax message, which has been received by a number of Orkut users and is written in Portuguese, looks like it comes from a lonely Orkut member looking for ...
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008
Researchers have unearthed rootkit-like functionality in an enterprise security product.
Network security software from a Chinese developer includes processes deliberately hidden from a user and, even worse, a hidden directory, Trend Micro reports. Files in the hidden directory could exist below the radar of antivirus scanners, potentially creating a stealthy hiding ...
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Thursday, November 27th, 2008
Websense Security Labs ThreatSeeker Network has discovered that malware authors are already using Christmas themes this year as a social engineering tactic, in an effort to gain control over compromised machines. This campaign uses email messages in the form of e-greetings, leading to supposed animated postcards. These actually lead to ...
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