MYFOXNY.COM – Authorities have arrested and charged six people from Estonia in an elaborate Internet fraud malware operation that infected millions of computers, including some at NASA and other U.S. government agencies, according to federal authorities. The Estonian police and border guard arrested Vladimir Tsastsin, 31, Timur Gerassimenko, 31, Dmitri…
Operation Ghost Clicks Nabs DNSChanger Malware Ring
SymbolPriceChangeAAPL395.28-10.95AMZN211.22-6.77DELL14.80-0.79GOOG600.95-11.39MSFT26.20-0.96{“s” : “aapl,amzn,dell,goog,msft”,”k” : “a00,a50,b00,b60,c10,g00,h00,l10,p20,t10,v00″,”o” : “”,”j” : “”} As a result of a two-year FBI Investigation: Operation Ghost Click, on November 8, 2011, six Estonian nationals were arrested by Estonian authorities and charged in a seven-count federal Indictment with running an Internet fraud ring that infected millions of computers…
Palo Alto Networks Finds Unknown Malware Rampant In Enterprise Networks
SANTA CLARA, Calif., Nov. 8, 2011 /PRNewswire/ — New research from Palo Alto Networks conducted using the company’s WildFire(TM) malware analysis engine shows that targeted and unknown malware are a reality in enterprise networks today, finding hundreds of unique, previously-unknown malware samples on live networks. Every network that tested WildFire’s…
Arrests made in malware which infected millions of computers worldwide
By dts Nachrichtenagentur and Europe Online Six people were arrested in Estonia on Tuesday as part of a major investigation into international internet fraud which left more than four million computers infected with malware, U.S. prosecutors announced on Wednesday. The indictment in the U.S. District Court for the…
Malware creeps into the iTunes App Store
It’s not easy to get a malicious app into Apple’s heavily guarded and scrutinized App Store, but it is still possible. Infamous Apple hacker Charlie Miller created an app that was disguised to look like a generic stock market app, telling potential downloaders that it let them monitor their stock…
How Can Malware Be Stopped?
Image: Illustration by Post Typography The world of cybersecurity is starting to resemble a paranoid thriller. Shadowy figures plant malicious software, or “malware,” in our computers. They slip it into e-mails. They transmit it over the Internet. They infect us with it through corrupted Web sites. They plant it in…
How Can Malware Be Stopped?
Image: Illustration by Post Typography The world of cybersecurity is starting to resemble a paranoid thriller. Shadowy figures plant malicious software, or “malware,” in our computers. They slip it into e-mails. They transmit it over the Internet. They infect us with it through corrupted Web sites. They plant it in…
Sneaky malware just needs a few clicks to take control
Criminals are getting sneakier. These days, computer viruses, Trojans, rootkits and other unfriendly software (collectively known as malware) can be foisted on our systems without our even noticing. In the early days of malware, the idea was simply to show people that their systems had been compromised; a virus was…
Smartphone malware surges by 800% i four months
Malware aimed at smartphones has surged by 800 percent in the past four months, says Get Safe Online. According to research that was conducted by the national online security initiative, and has been released as part of Get Safe Online week, which takes place this week (November 7 to 11)…
Malware warning for smartphones
6 November 2011 Last updated at 21:29 ET Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Rik Ferguson, an “ethical hacker” and expert on smartphone security, demonstrates how easy it is for criminals to create trojan apps A national computer security campaign is urging smartphone users to do more…