There’s a new family of malware that’s using a complex set of capabilities to disable antimalware and listen in on sessions between users and some social networks. Bafruz is essentially a backdoor trojan that also is creating a peer-to-peer network of infected computers. Microsoft has announced that its Microsoft Malicious…
Hackers warn of malicious tools
Hacking tools infected with malicious software, or malware, threaten to destroy the credibility of the growing hacktivist movement. View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
AhnLab Warns of Rising SpyEye Malicious Code Threat in US
AhnLab, Inc. (www.ahnlab.com), a leading provider of integrated security solutions, today announced that its research has identified a significant majority of the domains and hosts for the SpyEye Banking Trojan are in the US. The malicious code has gained attention as of late for the threat it poses to online…
Tech firm says NDP vote hit with hundreds of thousands of malicious requests
OTTAWA – The company that ran the NDP leadership vote says more than 10,000 “malevolent” Internet addresses were used in an effort to jam the online voting system in a denial-of-service attack. View full post on Security News Headlines – Yahoo! News View full post on National Cyber Security
StopTheHacker automatically removes malicious code from web pages
StopTheHacker has added a feature to the security startup’s subscription service that automatically removes malicious code placed on web pages by hackers. Peter Jensen, CEO of StopTheHacker, which officially opened for business in San Francisco last month, said that many businesses, such as law firms, have small IT staffs and…
Traffbiz: A new malicious twist on affiliate partnerka schemes?
Russian web users at risk as Traffbiz spreads affilate web-based malware attacks. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
SSCC 84 – Cookie-gate, laptop security advice, Stratfor malicious emails and Facebook hacker advice
Paul Ducklin hosts this week’s Chet Chat with the tables turned… Chet is the guest. They discussed the recent Google cookie-gate incident, House Intelligence Committee advice on using laptops while traveling and the malicious emails sent to leaked Stratfor subscriber email addresses. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos…
ProtectMyID: #Truesday: Most data breaches are the result of malicious attacks. T or F?
ProtectMyID: #Truesday: Most data breaches are the result of malicious attacks. T or F? View full post on Twitter / ProtectMyID View full post on National Cyber Security
Microsoft researchers discover malicious cookie scheme
Microsoft researchers checking how easy it is to identify users by analysing commonly collected web-log data incidentally discovered a cookie-forwarding scheme that can be used to aid session hijacking. If put into play, the scheme could clandestinely forward stolen session cookies to individual zombie machines in botnets that could use…
Malicious Android applications may have infected millions, Symantec warns
More than a dozen malicious Android applications on the Android Market contain a hidden Trojan that can steal information, download more files and display advertisements on the device. Presented By: The next level in education with NEC We bring you tailor-made solutions built on an in-depth understanding of your…