After spreading via social networking site Facebook several months back, the Koobface virus appears to be back, this time spreading via torrent and peer-to-peer file sharing. Computer security firm Trend Micro said that the virus, which turns computers it infects into a peer-to-peer botnet, now uses Trojanized shared application files….
Malware able to record phone conversations looming: BitDefender
BitDefender head of online threats lab, Catalin Cosoi The time will come when malware evolves to record smartphone conversations and Android continues to be exploited, according to an international security expert. BitDefender head of online threats lab, Catalin Cosoi, told Computerworld Australia that the increasing sophistication of malware was “keeping…
Google: ‘Engaged in an arms race with malware’
Google The graph shows the number of sites involved in Social Engineering attacks compared to all sites hosting malware or exploits In declaring that, “Like other service providers, we are engaged in an arms race with malware distributors,” Google has thrown down the gauntlet in the battle against malware distributors, and…
More Bitcoin malware: this one uses your GPU for mining
Security researchers have spotted a new strain of malware that targets Bitcoin, the peer-to-peer virtual currency that exploded onto the tech scene earlier this year. In a report issued last week, Symantec researchers described a Trojan that uses the user’s computer to mine Bitcoins on behalf of the intruder. They…
Mobile malware to steal photos from your phone
A good deal of this year’s mobile malware was developed in China. And Chinese mobile malware tends to include stuff such as backdoors, password stealers and spy tools. Knowing that Chinese malware likes to spy, we’ve been keeping an eye out for various functions, such as photo scraping. Stealing photos…
Symantec identifies hacktivist Android malware
Symantec has discovered a new Trojan malware app circulating for the Android OS. The app is a rogue version of a controversial app involving dog fighting, and is aimed at sending a hacktivist message. Dog Wars is a game that involves raising your dog to be the most vicious dog…
Computer security vital to small businesses; watch out for malware, experts say
Local computer experts say small-business owners need to know how their company’s data can be at risk and need to regularly safeguard against them and keep security systems up to date. Viruses, spyware, hackers and data loss plague small businesses as much as larger corporations. But while big companies can…
New Android Malware Hides as Google+ App, Answers Calls for You
Security researchers at Trend Micro have discovered a new mobile malware application on Android that disguises itself as a Google+ app. The app has the capability to record phone calls, as well as gather the GPS location of the handset, the text messages and the call logs, all of which…
Study: Internet Explorer 9 Defends Best Against Malware Links
Microsoft Internet Explorer 9 offers Web surfers the best protection against social engineering malware, according to test results released today by an independent research firm. With its new Application Reputation feature, IE9 blocks malicious URLs more than 99 percent of the time, according to NSS Labs, of Carlsbad, Ca. Application…
NSS Labs Performs International Tests of Web Browsers Against Socially Engineered Malware
CARLSBAD, CA–(Marketwire – Aug 15, 2011) – NSS Labs, Inc., the leading independent security testing organization, today announced the release of its latest Web Browser Security Comparative Test Reports against Socially-Engineered Malware for the third quarter of 2011. Two tests were carried out; one global test and one Asia-Pacific specific…