Published in January 31st, 2008
Anyone who has ever opened an email account will have been subjected to spam. Probably almost as soon as the account has been opened. So how do you get rid of spam from your inbox without going crazy in the process?
The lowest tech solution is to use your delete key. If you’re lucky enough to [...]
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Published in January 30th, 2008
Documents released by WikiLeaks last week appear to support earlier reports that Germany’s federal police plan to use Trojan horse malware to conduct surreptitious searches of targeted computers, including Skype communication and encrypted SSL traffic.
The two scanned documents, which appear on the Wikileaks website in their German form, are difficult to verify, but one appears [...]
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Published in January 25th, 2008
A mass attack ongoing for the past month against Linux Apache Web servers has become increasingly successful because its break-in method makes use of an automated password and installation process, according to a security researcher monitoring its progress.
The attack, originally thought to have impacted several hundred websites, actually has infected about 10,000 websites, including some [...]
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Published in January 23rd, 2008
Experts are warning of a new worm spreading across mobile networks via Symbian phones.
Fortinet’s threat response team warned on Monday that the worm, identified as SymbOS/Beselo.A!worm, is able to run on several Symbian S60 enabled devices. These include handsets such as Nokia 6600, 6630, 6680, 7610, N70 and N72 handsets.
After infection, the worm harvests phone [...]
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Published in January 22nd, 2008
Some spam e-mails that claim to spread love are instead attempts to lure unsuspecting recipients into spreading malicious software, according to a recent warning by antivirus firm Sophos.
The so-called “romantic” email provides users with the warmth of a relationship with the Dorf Trojan (also known as Storm) and leads the victims to dangerous websites. Sophos [...]
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Published in January 21st, 2008
We just had an email from a concered reader about a potential threat she has found on her computer, Trojan.Vb.AQT.
Trojan.Vb.AQT is a Trojan that installs itself and then install other malware onto the infected computer. Trojan.Vb.AQT isn’t the highest damaging trojan in the world but it is dangerous and must be removed.
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Published in January 17th, 2008
A significant new Web attack, the latest in the genre of crimeware that threatens to turn highly trusted Web sites into insidious traps for unwary visitors, has been identified by Finjan’s Malicious Code Research Center (MCRC).
The attack designated “random js toolkit” by Finjan, is an extremely elusive crimeware Trojan that infects users’ machines and sends [...]
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Published in January 16th, 2008
A recent threat that has been found in many computers over the world is the trojan named Trojan.Clicker.CM.
Trojan.Clicker.CM is a Trojan that installs itself and then installs other malware for the purpose of displaying ads. This trojan can be harmful to your computer so you must get rid of it straight away.
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Published in January 15th, 2008
McAfee researchers are warning of a new MySpace phishing campaign in which users receive “friend” requests that attempt to infect them with assorted malware disguised as a Microsoft update.
The Trojan, known as TFactory, is a well-known piece of code that has been used by criminals for more than a year, PC World reported Saturday. The [...]
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Published in January 10th, 2008
While not a huge risk, the first Trojan for the iPhone has been discovered. The first reports came from iPhone enthusiast site Modmyifone.com and were later confirmed by security research company F-Secure.
The risk to iPhone users is now considered negligible since the host sites have all been taken down.
As antivirus vendor F-Secure concluded in its [...]
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