Security researchers from GFI Labs warn that scareware distributors are abusing SourceForge to host malicious pages that direct visitors to PDF exploits.The campaign is the work of people behind the FakeRean family of malicious applications that pose as fake security products and trick users to buy useless licenses."... |
8 June 2011
13:39 GMT |
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Researchers from Czech security vendor AVAST warn of a new technique used by PDF exploits to evade antivirus detection. It relies on encoding the malicious code as an image object.AVAST first encountered this technique in a malicious PDF file a month ago and has seen it used in limited, but also targeted, attacks sin... |
22 April 2011
12:55 GMT |
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A new malware distribution campaign generates emails posing as Warner Music orders that come with malicious PDF documents attached.The rogue emails have subjects of the form "Your Order No ###### – Warner Music Inc." or "Your Order No ###### – Cell Phone Inc."The contained message informs recipients that ... |
1 April 2011
03:51 GMT |
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Security vendor GFI Software warns that the number of malicious PDF files detected in the wild has significantly increased last month with two detections making it into the top ten.According to data gathered by the company's ThreatNet system, two PDF exploits detected as Exploit.AbobeReader.Gen and Exploit.PDF-J... |
4 February 2011
12:47 GMT |
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Security researchers from antivirus vendor BitDefender warn that the Nobel Peace Prize is being used as a lure in a targeted email attack in order to infect users with a backdoor.The fake emails purport to come from the Vice President of Strategy of the Oslo Freedom Forum and try to pass themselves as invitations to ... |
15 November 2010
13:30 GMT |
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Jay Freeman, the developer of the Cydia package manager used by jailbroken iPhones, iPads and iPods Touch, has released an unofficial patch for the iOS PDF vulnerability, allowing users to keep their devices unlocked.Yesterday Apple released iOS 4.0.2 for iPhone 4, 3G, 3GS and iPod Touch 2nd and 3rd generation, as we... |
12 August 2010
15:24 GMT |
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A highly targeted attack of Chinese origin that impacted over twenty companies, including Google, back in December, has triggered a strong response from the Internet search giant. The company is no longer willing to censor search results in China, which will most likely force it to close its operations in the country... |
13 January 2010
06:56 GMT |
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This past weekend marked a sad moment in the history of the increasingly popular microblogging platform Twitter, as the first attack based on the scareware cybercriminal model was registered. Twitterers falling for a spam about a "best video," ended up having their computers silently exploited and infected with a rog... |
2 June 2009
04:22 GMT |
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Security researchers from anti-virus vendor Symantec have detected a maliciously crafted PDF file exploiting the Adobe Reader and Acrobat getIcon() vulnerability. Users are urged to update the two affected products to their 9.1, 8.1.3 or 7.1.1 releases, depending on the version they are using. According to Symantec&... |
10 April 2009
05:51 GMT |
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Security researchers from Sophos warn of a new malware-distribution scheme that involves fake notifications sent via SMS. The messages inform users that their banking details have been exposed and are available on a website that actually serves exploits. According to the Sophos alert, the incident was reported to th... |
30 March 2009
05:16 GMT |
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