WordPress malware spreading —Sophos

WordPress users, watch out: a new malware is now injecting itself into WordPress installations. Computer security firm Sophos said the virus “Mal/Badsrc-C” is found in the file index.html, planted in such a way it would show itself only on Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser. “This hack appears to be widespread and…

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Koobface malware spreading via torrent

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….

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