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Trojan Spreading Through Facebook Replaces Antivirus Programs Security researchers warn about a trojan spreading through Facebook and having an unusually sophisticated payload which involves replacing the legit antivirus programs used by its victims.A lot of effort has been put by its creators into the trojan's propagation routine which uses advanced social engineering, in...	25 July 2011 13:20 GMT

Most Users Remain Vulnerable to Flash Exploits After Upgrading Flash Player A large number of users, who regularly upgrade their Flash Player installations, remain exposed to Flash-based attacks, because the Flash plug-in bundled in Adobe Reader is not updated at the same time.Since version 9.0, which was released a little over two years ago, in July 2008, Adobe Reader is capable of natively...	12 August 2010 13:53 GMT

Scareware Scheme Abuses Firefox 'What's New' Page It looks like Mozilla's efforts to encourage users to update Flash Player has turned against them for the first time. Security researchers warn that a new scareware distribution campaign is using a fake copy of the "Firefox Updated" page to trick users into installing a rogue antivirus program.Since Firefox 3.5....	28 July 2010 12:07 GMT

Latest BHSEO Attacks Use Fake YouTube Pages and Flash Player Updates Security researchers from Trend Micro warn of an increase in black hat search engine optimization campaigns that use fake YouTube pages and Flash Player updates to trick users into installing malware on their computers. Poisoned search results were detected for queries mentioning Teresa Guidice, Holly Davidson, the B...	15 July 2010 06:37 GMT

New Koobface Campaign Spotted on Facebook Security researchers from Trend Micro warn that a new version of the infamous Koobface worm is spreading on Facebook via direct messages. The spam lures users onto a malicious website by claiming that someone posted a video of them on YouTube.Koobface is the father of all social networking worms and one of the most l...	5 July 2010 02:47 GMT

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