Russia and allies targeted by huge malware campaign

Trend Micro has uncovered evidence of a major targeted malware attack that has managed to infect over 1,400 computers in Russia and its former Soviet satellite states. After penetrating the command and control servers connected to a gang using the widely-circulating ‘Lurid’ downloader malware toolkit, the company discovered a list…

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Malware targeted at Android jumps 76 pc: McAfee

SANTA CLARA, USA: McAfee today released the McAfee Threats Report: Second Quarter 2011, showing that amount of malware targeted at Android devices jumped 76 percent since last quarter, to become the most attacked mobile operating system. According to the report, 2011 has also resulted in the busiest ever first half-year…

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Chancellor was targeted by NotW’s hacker

A former dominatrix was targeted by the News of the World’s phone hacker Glenn Mulcaire in a tabloid scramble to publish a picture of her posing with George Osborne in front of an alleged line of cocaine, The Independent can reveal. View full post on politics hacker – Yahoo! News…

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