Wednesday, November 27th, 2013
Symantec has discovered a new Linux worm that appears to be engineered to target the “Internet of things”. The worm is capable of attacking a range of small, Internet-enabled devices in addition to traditional computers. Variants exist for chip architectures usually found in devices such as home routers, set-top boxes ...
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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) ...
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Monday, January 25th, 2010
Named Win32.Worm.Zimuse.A, this new nasty claims to be an IQ Test but is really a worm that will create about 7-11 copies of itself and store them in critical areas of your Windows system and then destroy the first 50KB of the Master Boot Record (MBR) after X number of ...
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Monday, November 30th, 2009
The Koobface Web site offers a video posted by 'SantA'. The usual ruse of requiring a codec to watch the video is used, to encourage the user to install and run a file called setup.exe (SHA1:a2046fc88ab82abec89e150b915ab4b332af924a). This file is currently detected by 16 out of 41 antivirus products according to ...
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Monday, November 16th, 2009
Finally, some help with explaining internet security to my non-geek friends! The Guide to Scary Internet Stuff video series will hopefully make my life a little easier. Explaining the intricacies of Internet security is a challenging task. I often have difficulty explaining to my non-technical friends and relatives why they ...
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