Tehran, Mar 5: A Tehran court has reportedly sentenced a prominent Iranian human rights lawyer to 18 years in prison for spreading anti-government propaganda, endangering national security and accepting an illegal German human rights prize in 2009. Abdolfattah Soltani was also banned from practising his profession for 20 years…
Ransom Trojans spreading beyond Russian heartland
Ransom malware has moved out of its traditional Russian market and is starting to become a measurable problem in countries such as the US and Germany, figures from Trend Micro have confirmed. As reported by Trend’s Smart Protection Network cloud, the US headed the list with just over 2,000 infections,…
OMG – I just hate Rihanna video Facebook scam spreading
Messages are spreading between Facebook users, claiming that members of the social network have lost all respect for popular songstress Rihanna after watching a video. View full post on Naked Security – Sophos View full post on National Cyber Security
Prevent USB Drives from Spreading Viruses
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Hackers spreading malware via kids gaming websites
London, Jan.17 (ANI): Hackers are increasingly targeting child-focused gaming websites to spread malware, a leading anti-virus firm has revealed. According to the BBC, Avast says it has detected malware threats at more than 60 sites that contained “game” or “arcade” in their title, in the 30 days running up to…
Justin Bieber Selena Gomez Young Love Video Spreading Worm on Facebook?!
TechPinas Public Service Post (TP PSP): Whatever you do, don't click on this video link on your Facebook News Feed! Justin Bieber Selena Gomez Young Love Video?! For real? No, it's not. It's actually a scam, an attractive front to a hideous worm waiting to attach itself to your computer…
Part virus, part botnet, spreading fast: Ramnit moves past Facebook passwords
The latest variant of Ramnit, the Windows malware responsible for the recent theft of at least 45,000 Facebook logins, is the latest example of how malware writers and cyber-criminals take “off-the-shelf” hacks and bolt them together to teach old viruses new tricks. Facebook passwords aren’t the only thing that the…
Duqu: A New Breed Of Spyware Is Spreading
It’s called Duqu. Don’t worry just yet, it’s not likely to have infected your computer. Unless, that is, your computer is located at Iran’s Civil Defense Department. That’s where Duqu has very recently been detected. It’s not exactly known who created Duqu, but experts agree that it’s so sophisticated it…
MySQL.com Compromised & Spreading Malware
The latest story doing the rounds is that MySQL.com got hacked and was serving malware which put it on the Google malware block list. It appears to be in the clear now though and it’s accessible again via Google. It seems to be a similar case with that of the…
MySQL.com Compromised & Spreading Malware
The latest story doing the rounds is that MySQL.com got hacked and was serving malware which put it on the Google malware block list. It appears to be in the clear now though and it’s accessible again via Google. It seems to be a similar case with that of the…
