By now, you know that running anti-virus software is essential protecting your computer against spyware, phishing scams and unsafe...
Hacker who infected 72K computers gets prison sentence
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, botnet, Corporate and legal, Cybercrime, department of justice, hacker, Information Security, joshua schichtel, malicious software, Malware, malware-infected computers, notorious Bredolab virus, prison, Vulnerabilities and attacks, 0Joshua Schichtel pled guilty for selling botnets to customers "who wanted to infect computers with various different types of...
Facebook Weeds Out Fake ‘Likes,’ Improves Brand Integrity
DT, , Reports, Uncategorized, brand content, brand pages, Brands, Facebook, Facebook’s terms of service, fake account users, Fake Likes, fake photos, fake videos, fraudulent Likes, genuine advertising platform, Malware, security on brand pages, social network, spambots, viral spam, 0Facebook has stepped up its security on brand pages, working to remove fraudulent Likes caused by spambots, malware or...
WARNING: Emails Claiming To Contain Facebook Photos Actually Contain Malware
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, E-mail scams, Facebook, Information Security, Internet, Malware, Malware in photos, Malware in videos, malware infection, malware problem, malware threats, social network, 1The latest malware warning from Sophos’ Naked Security follows the familiar path of using photos as bait, this time...
Facebook battles phishing by reaching out to users
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, E-mail scams, Facebook, Google, Google Search, Information Security, Internet, Malicious Flash files, Malware, Malware in photos, Malware in videos, malware infection, malware problem, malware threats, online privacy, Phishing, Phishing Emails, social network, 0In an effort to protect users and curb phishing, the social network gives users a select e-mail address to...
New OSX/Crisis malware found for OS X 10.6 and 10.7
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, Antivirus Software, criminal malware, Mac OS X, Malware, malware attacks, malware problem, malware threat, malware threats, McAfee Internet Security, Microsoft Office, Operating System, OS X, 0A new script-based malware threat for OS X has been uncovered by security company Intego. The malware, called OSX/Crisis,...
Experts take down Grum spam botnet, world’s third largest
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, botets, botnet, Grum, infected computers, Information Security, Malware, malware infection, Microsoft, spam, Zeus botnet infections, 0Botnet was responsible for 18 billion spam messages a day -- about 18 percent of the world's spam --...
Malware went undiscovered for weeks on Google Play
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, botets, Google, Google Play, infected computers, Malware, malware infection, mobile malware, Security researchers, Trojan, 0Breaking the malware into separate, staged payloads allowed the Trojan's authors to avoid detection by Google's automated screening process.
Microsoft identifies two Zeus botnet crime ring suspects
DT, , Information Security, Uncategorized, botets, infected computers, Malware, malware infection, Microsoft, Zeus botnet, Zeus botnet infections, 0Microsoft released the identities of two alleged members of the Zeus botnet crime ring, which used an estimated 13...
Cybercrime moves to the cloud
DT, , Information Security, Technology, attacker, bank fraud, cloud infrastructure, Cyber Crime, Cyber criminals, Fraud, Information Security, Malware, McAfee, online banking theft, 0The same flexibility and freedom companies get from having their software and services hosted in the cloud is enabling...