Like us on Facebook The worm also acts as a backdoor for hackers to launch an attack on infected computers and networks, and had previously stolen banking details. “With the recent ZeuS Facebook worm and this latest Ramnit variant, it appears that sophisticated hackers are now experimenting with replacing the…
Google Chrome finally gets malware download protection
Nine months after first being put into testing, the forthcoming version of Chrome will at last included filtering against inadvertently downloading malware executables, Google has announced. As reported as being on the browser’s long list as long ago as April 2011, the version 17 beta includes the ability to relate…
Duqu malware advice: Should enterprises worry about the Duqu Trojan?
Enterprise threats expert Nick Lewis offers analysis of the recent Duqu malware outbreak and the Duqu Trojan response enterprises should take. <img alt="Duqu malware advice: Should enterprises worry about the Duqu Trojan?, Blog, Trojan, about, malware, Should, Advice, Duqu, enterprises, worry"height="0" width="0" border="0" style="display:none" src="http://segment-pixel.invitemedia.com/pixel?code=TechBiz &partnerID=167&key=segment”/> View full post on…
Ramnit financial malware rips Facebook credentials
The Ramnit worm, which has morphed into dangerous financial malware, is also stealing credentials from Facebook users, according to new research published Thursday. Ramnit has already infected over 800,000 infected machines worldwide, and it has only begun to steal Facebook login credentials so, I guess it’s only a matter of time until…
‘Ramnit’ malware targets Facebook, steals 45,000 passwords
Jameson Berkow Jan 5, 2012 – 3:37 PM ET Dan Kitwood/Getty Images Comments Email Twitter Users of the world’s largest social network are at risk of having their accounts compromised by a sophisticated form of malicious software, security firm Seculert warned Thursday. Passwords belonging to more than 45,000 Facebook accounts…
Japan develops malware cyberweapon
The Japanese government has been quietly developing a cyberweapon since 2008, which reportedly is able to track, identify and disable sources of online attacks, according to The Daily Yomiuri. The virus which was developed by Fujitsu for the Japanese government has the ability to trace cyberattack sources beyond the immediate…
SpyEye Malware Borrows Zeus Trick to Mask Fraud
A powerful bank-fraud software program, SpyEye, has been seen with a feature designed to keep victims in the dark long after fraud has taken place, according to security vendor Trusteer. SpyEye is notable for its ability to inject new fields into a Web page, a technique called HTML injection, which…
Multifunctional malware, staged drive-by attacks to rise in 2012
Automated toolkits with business models that include rental agreements and constant updates will gain considerable improvements in 2012, with many attack kits being primed with new features that enable even the least tech-savvy cybercriminals to hone malware in 2012 for highly targeted attacks. It all starts with a blob of…
Windows 8 May Prompt Malware Attacks on Hardware, McAfee Predicts
Security features in Windows 8 will discourage operating-system attacks and drive hackers to develop malware that compromises hardware directly, according to McAfee’s security predictions for 2012. “Advances in the Windows 8 bootloader security feature have already caused researchers to show how they can be subverted through legacy BIOS,” McAfee says…
Researchers: Stuxnet, Duqu Part of a Malware Arsenal Dating to 2007
Kaspersky Lab researchers think the powerful computer worms are based on a common driver-based platform used by a ‘team of developers’ for years. View full post on computer worm – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security » Virus/Malware/Worms