Antivirus vendor Trend Micro has recently detected a drive-by download attack on Facebook that used malicious advertisements to infect users with malware. “We encountered an infection chain, wherein the user is led from a page within Facebook to a couple of ad sites, and then finally to a page that…
Malware on a Mac: How to implement a Mac antimalware program
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Android malware under blog control says Trend Micro
Trend Micro is reporting a Chinese Android malware that operates partly under the command and control of a blog. The ANDROIDOS_ANSERVERBOT.A malware is disguised as an e-book reader offered on a third-party Chinese app store. It uses two command and control servers, one of them served out of a blog…
How the M00p Malware Gang Was Brought Down
A piece of malware from the M00p group showing their name embedded in the code. Courtesy of F-Secure It’s rare that malware-writing crews get arrested for creating the tools that criminals use. But a presentation at the Virus Bulletin conference in Spain this week described an extensive operation in which…
Webroot antivirus ditches malware signatures for cloud scanning
Webroot has launched a brand new antivirus system called SecureAnywhere that almost completely ditches malware signatures in favour of scanning a PC’s files against a cloud database. SecureAnywhere represents a radical if unproven technological overhaul and has been on the cards since the company bought small UK security company Prevx…
Google Chrome avoids Microsoft malware designation
Google updated Chrome over the weekend to help users affected by Microsoft’s errant flagging of the browser as malware. New versions of Chrome for both the “stable” and “beta” channels were released Saturday, the day after Microsoft’s antivirus products identified Chrome as the Zeus botnet Trojan, and deleted the “chrome.exe”…
Facebook to check outbound links for viruses, malware
After noting how its users have been targeted by phishing and malware attacks, social networking giant Facebook is now checking outbound links for viruses or malware. Using a new system developed by security firm Websense, Facebook is scanning the links as a precaution to protect its users, tech site The…
Polymorphic malware is multiplying
?Spam blasts containing “polymorphic malware” coded to disseminate password-stealing banking Trojans have increased significantly in recent months. ??A number of organizations were apparently duped into transferring funds by polymorphic and other forms of nefarious malware, including Oncology Services of North Alabama ($120,000), North Putnam Community School Corporation ($98,000) and the…
Facebook Bolsters Malware Protection
Facebook has cemented a new partnership to protect its users against malicious links posted on their walls, news feeds, and elsewhere in the social network. You know, those links from someone you haven’t seen in years encouraging you to click through to the photos of how “you waz sooo crazy…
Facebook partners with Websense to scan URLs for malware
Facebook has partnered with Web security gateway software company Websense. The two companies announced today that Websense’s technology will help to protect Facebook’s 800 million active users from links that lead to malware and malicious websites. The technology builds on Facebook’s existing systems for stopping users from clicking on links…