Aware Bear Computer Repair, a local Rochester New York computer repair store located on 5 Monroe Avenue in Pittsford New York (585) 473-7035, today warned consumers to be aware of suspicious links, emails and messages as Valentine’s Day approaches. As in previous years, there are already numerous emails in circulation…
Beware malware networks in search engines
WebPulse Collaborative Defense/Blue Coat The network of components that comprise the prominent “malnet” known as Shnakule. A new security report warns of malware networks (“malnets”) lurking within Google and other search engines, driving unsuspecting Web surfers to sites where they might share their personal or financial information to unintended parties….
Malware devs embrace open-source
Cybercrooks have embraced the open-source model in the development of banking Trojans following the release of source code for the infamous ZeuS cybercrime toolkit last year. Multiple variants of a Zeus Trojan called Citadel have emerged over recent weeks as VXers have embraced a new development lifecycle – dubbed open-source…
BLOG: Spread love, not malware, this Valentine’s Day
Trend Micro recently discovered the Valentine’s day Facebook malware. This new scam on Facebook promotes and encourages its users, via a wall post, to install a Valentine’s theme into their Facebook profile. Once installed, the users are then re-directed to another page that urges them to install the theme. The…
Google ships Chrome 17, touts more malware alerts and page pre-loads
Google today patched 20 vulnerabilities in the desktop edition of Chrome and added new anti-malware download warnings to version 17. The company called out a pair of new features in Chrome 17, including the expansion of anti-malware download warnings and pre-rendering of pages suggested by the address/search bar’s auto-complete function….
Beware of Valentine’s Day Malware Distribution Campaigns, Warns PandaLabs
Malware campaigns primarily using social engineering for distribution around this heart-filled holiday ORLANDO, FLA. (PRWEB) February 08, 2012 PandaLabs, Panda Security’s anti-malware laboratory, today warned consumers to be aware of suspicious links, emails and messages as Valentine’s Day approaches. As in previous years, there are already numerous emails in circulation…
Increasing malware and lax security biggest fears for users: Sophos
67 per cent of people worldwide feel that malware is now on the rise compared to what it was in 2010, according to security vendor, Sophos. The recent report, titled Security Threat Report 2012, made the discovery after people were asked to identify what they consider to be today’s biggest…
Google Bouncer Security Tool Fights Android Malware
Google has shed new light on Bouncer, a security system it credits with slowing the spread of malware on its Android platform. The company said the Bouncer tool automatically scans applications on the Android Market, constantly checking and removing any that could potentially harm users or compromise private data. Google…
Mobile Malware Hosted on German Server Shows Diversity of Fraud
The ecology of mobile malware is beginning to take root and grow into a real wilderness as malicious software authors continue to penetrate the market. Fortunately, we have numerous vendors working to protect people’s phones. Recently, many antivirus and mobile security vendors discovered an interesting mix of malware being hosted…
US hospital hit by data-stealing malware
An Indiana hospital has had to write to 12,000 people after malware breached its security defences to compromise a server used to collect personal data from web forms. The affected individuals were mostly people who might have applied for jobs at Goshen Hospital in recent years plus some outpatients. Information…