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A malicious campaign that started last summer is once again targeting Uyghur activist groups in China.
According to Trusteer, malware known as TorRAT has been spotted hijacking accounts on Twitter.
Hackers use news of the attack in Boston as well as the explosion at the fertilizer plant in Texas to lure users into being infected with malware.
Nearly 90 percent of unauthorized software for popular computer games are infected with malware, AVG Technologies said.
In a report on the second half of 2012, FireEye identifies technology companies as the biggest target of attackers due to attempts to steal intellectual property.
Researchers at FireEye pulled back the layers from an attack campaign based on malware looking to dodge analysis by counting mouse clicks to see if it is in a sandbox.
Google removed more than 200 apps from Google Play after Symantec researchers identified a large one-click fraud scam targeting Japanese users.
Fearing potential data theft after the arrest of a contractor, the agency has shutdown the NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS).
Researchers at AlienVault share research about the Sykipot campaign.
Maintaining high patch levels is step one to blocking the TeamSpy crew, which used old Java and Adobe Reader vulnerabilities as part of their plan to compromise computers.
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Was the Mayan Apocalypse was a myth? Since I am a security geek, I just happen to talk about security a lot. What are some security myths I have heard in my conversations with some very bright people?
As with most stories Mac-related, the malware-is-finally-coming story attracted a lot of press. But the desktop Mac OS might not be attractive to attackers as you might think.
We still don't know who created Conficker or what that person’s motivations were. What we do know: Conficker could have proved much more damaging than it ultimately did, but the threat has not entirely disappeared.
Enjoy this selection of top picks for 2010, listed in no particular order. Happy New Year!
Zeus 2.1 now boasts features that help it avoid analysis and hostile takeover from law enforcement, researchers, or competing cybercriminal organizations.
David Harley chimes in with some thoughts on the latest developments from the AMTSO and the Anti-Malware Industry.
The vulnerability in Windows Shell’s parsing of .LNK (shortcut) files presents some interesting and novel features in terms of its media lifecycle as well as its evolution from zero-day to patched vulnerability. For most of us, the vulnerability first came to light in the context of Win32/Stuxnet, malware that in itself presents some notable quirks.
The anti-malware industry sometimes sees more complicated problems than you might imagine, and they can’t all be fixed by tweaking detection algorithms or giving the marketing team a productivity bonus.
Malvertising - Popular websites, blogs, and ad networks are fast becoming the preferred means of cybercriminals, identity thieves, and hackers to steal consumer information and distribute malicious content.
Anti-virus products scan for malware in two ways. They look for sequences of bits that are found in programs that are known to be “evil” (but which are not commonly found in “good” programs)...
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