New Piece of Malware Hits Mac OS X!
	Mac OS X was always described as a more secure alternative for Microsoft's Windows because most virus writers and hackers have focused on Windows infections, Trojan horses or other kinds of attacks. However, 2007 proved us that Mac OS X can be vulnerable as well, as a new type of threat was detected by security companies around the world. Today, a new report comes to support the idea that Mac OS X is not as safe as we know i ... [read more >>]
	21 January 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

MySpace Account Drops Fake Windows Update
	Last week, it was Secret Crush. Today, it is called Rita. Both of them are social networking components that may seriously damage people's computers. Secret Crush was a Facebook application that attempted to drop some sort of malware on vulnerable users' systems. Rita is somehow different. It is a MySpace registered member that tries to deploy a fake Windows Update patch containing numerous dangerous elements, starting with downl ... [read more >>]
	14 January 2008, 14:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Infected Digital Photo Frame Available for Only $129!
	It has an 8" high resolution (800x600) and comes with 128MB of built-in memory. It supports CF type (I and II), SD, XD, MS and MMC. It is able to insert multiple transition effects and background music during slide shows. It costs only $129.87 and if you buy it right now, you also get a FREE computer infection that is able to make your computer go crazy. This is how some TV commercials should sound, as several digital photo frames ... [read more >>]
	10 January 2008, 09:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Pennsylvania Website Hacked
	A new hack attack targeted the official Pennsylvania website one week ago, as some hackers who were located in China attempted to infiltrate into the page. The state representatives took down the entire website, no matter the content was affected or not, Mia DeVane, a spokeswoman for the Office of Administration, said according to "The Morning Call". Although the hack attack managed to invade some parts of the website, ... [read more >>]
	07 January 2008, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Computer Infections Dueling with Antiviruses for IT Supremacy
	There's nothing new in the title, we have always seen such a battle because viruses keep appearing while security companies struggle to stop them. Until now, our computers were somehow the same, with a few exceptions when the infections managed to cause serious damages. But it seems like things are going to change in the future. As PC World reported a few days ago, the malware infections caused major problems for all securi ... [read more >>]
	07 January 2008, 16:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New York Jets Fansite Drops Yahoo Webcam Vulnerability Exploit
	Yet another web attack targeting the visitors of a very popular website and the vulnerabilities discovered on their computers. This time, the affected page is a New York Jets fansite, which obviously has a lot of visitors every day. Just like the past attacks, the website has been compromised with an embedded Iframe that attempts to take the visitors on another website, apparently hosted in Estonia. "First, the iFrame (or an obfusc ... [read more >>]
	07 January 2008, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Famous Websites Serving Windows Infections
	In case a virus avalanche is spotted on the web, you’re usually advised to avoid visiting suspicious websites that may attempt to deploy the infection on your computer and browse only legitimate and known-to-be-clean pages. But today, it is proved once again that this security measure may not be as useful as it sounds. Several websites, including the famous social network service MySpace, have been discovered as serving malware t ... [read more >>]
	04 January 2008, 07:11GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Simple Tips for a Safe Christmas
	Security has always been one of the top concerns for us no matter if we’re talking about viruses, malware, Trojan horses, credit card fraud or hack attacks. They’re all dangerous and capable of causing important damages or financial losses, so it’s extremely important to apply the most powerful security measures as soon as possible. Christmas is not only that time of the year when you finally get the chance to spend some time wi ... [read more >>]
	24 December 2007, 12:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

2008 to Come with Many More Computer Infections
	2008 is that kind of year that will come with numerous new computer infections, which may address some unexploited sides of our systems, Panda Security said in a forecast rolled out today. If Mac OS X is one of the secure operating systems available out there, the things are going to be changed anytime soon, the experts believe. More and more threats will target Mac systems and VoIP technologies, the platforms that were often avo ... [read more >>]
	21 December 2007, 14:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

First4DRM – Windows Malware that Modifies Your Computer Settings
	First4DRM arrived just in time for Christmas and, let's admit, nobody has ever expected it. First4DRM is a malware infection that affects the Windows operating systems, attempting to change their settings and even remove certain files stored on the computer. A security notification published on 2Spyware.com informs that First4DRM attempts to hide from the user and act in the background, in order to avoid being spotted by the ... [read more >>]
	21 December 2007, 04:27GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Happy New Year and Dangerous Computer Infections
	Although we're all expecting to see a rise in the number of web attacks, there are only a few weak spam campaigns currently in progress with low damage potential and pretty easy to detect malicious attachments. Security company F-Secure today found another spam attack attempting to deploy an executable file, which shows a nice looking Christmas Tree on your desktop. But it actually drops some infections in the background, w ... [read more >>]
	20 December 2007, 10:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

ExpertAntivirus Used to Milk Money from YOU!
	Viruses simply hate antiviruses and it's obvious why. They're somehow like the police and the criminals in the real life. But, they can easily turn from enemies into friends. Somehow... Here's today's example: ExpertAntivirus, an antivirus that is supposed to protect your computer is actually being used to steal your money and infect your computer. How smart is this? Many users may be tempted to believe thi ... [read more >>]
	18 December 2007, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Looking for Bank Website? Sorry, It's Unavailable! But We Have Porn...
	Let's suppose you have a bank account with online support, so you want to connect to the Internet and check your account. Simple as taking candies from a baby! Obviously, you load the official website of the bank and enter your login credentials. After a certain period of time, you notice that your account is empty and there's no sign of your money. 'How was that possible?' you may ask. Well, you were actually ... [read more >>]
	12 December 2007, 01:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Free Malware for All My Friends!
	Security vendor F-Secure rolled out its 2007 data security summary, revealing that this year's malware has doubled, in comparison with the infections discovered last year. Moreover, the company detected approximately half a million threats, which proves us that the attackers are always there, working for new exploits. And we all know that every day comes with a new malware or threat, meant to harm our computers. Sure, you ca ... [read more >>]
	04 December 2007, 09:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Warning: Internet Porn Star Used In Web Attacks!
	Today's attackers are smart. That's for sure! Or at least, they are up-to-date with the latest world news and try to adapt their malicious attempts to the hottest topics. And it happened again yesterday. According to Adam Thomas of Sunbelt, the attackers managed to obtain high Google PageRanks and every time a user searches the web for "Zoey Zane," they will reach several malicious pages. Those websites are es ... [read more >>]
	04 December 2007, 02:38GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

China More Powerful Than US On Computer Infections
	China is the land of malware-equipped websites. At least this is what the latest research, signed by security vendor Sophos, has revealed. According to the results, China is hosting the largest amount of malware-infected websites, with no less than 55.2 percent of the total number of malware pages. The second place was won by United States with 19.7 percent, while Russia came the third with 11.4 percent. The interesting facts ... [read more >>]
	03 December 2007, 16:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google And Microsoft Focused On Users' Security, Yahoo Ignores The Infections
	A few days ago, Security company Sunbelt reported that an impressive malware-serving spam was started, targeting Google, Microsoft and Yahoo SERPs. That's right, the spam results were affecting the most popular search engines on the web, aiming to deploy malware files on users' computers. Today, Lisa Vaas from "eWeek" wrote that Google's and Microsoft's pages are clean, but Yahoo's results are s ... [read more >>]
	03 December 2007, 04:04GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

.Gov Website Infected With Porn!
	Yep, it happens once again but this time it affects a .gov website which proves us no website is secure nowadays, no matter who owns it. The folks at Sunbelt Blog wrote that the Transportation Authority of Marin website was infected with some sort of offensive content discoverable via Google and its SERP. Searching the webpage for adult material returns numerous results serving malware. However, the webmasters took attitude prett ... [read more >>]
	30 November 2007, 01:49GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

God, These Google Hackers Are Smart!
	Yesterday, the folks at security company Sunbelt confirmed that the latest trend in today's web attacks is related to Google, as more hackers attempt to get a higher PageRank in Google and bring more potential victims to their websites. Usually, they manage to do so by hacking other websites and placing hidden links inside them, but it seems that another ingenious technique is being used now. Adam Thomas, of the Malware Rese ... [read more >>]
	28 November 2007, 02:22GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Way The Hackers Spent Thanksgiving
	Everybody expected to see a rise in the web attacks on Thanksgiving and Black Friday since the market researchers predicted millions of consumers to go online for shopping. Alex Eckelberry wrote on the Sunbelt Blog that numerous hackers attempted to lure visitors on malicious websites by implementing malware redirects on popular search engines. This way, a user that types a certain keyword on Google Search gets several results including bo ... [read more >>]
	27 November 2007, 14:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Reminder: Don't Forget to Enable Your Antivirus While Browsing Popular Websites!
	A few weeks ago it was reported that multiple popular websites were infected with some sort of malware that attempted to get visitors on other dangerous pages and infect their computers. Today, security vendor Sophos reminds us that it's pretty important to keep our antivirus up-to-date with the last virus definitions and patches as a new popular website was infected with a dangerous malware. Lao Airlines, the company that o ... [read more >>]
	23 November 2007, 06:19GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Breed of Viruses Designed for Windows Vista (+ Service Pack 1)
	Windows Vista has had everything but an easy ride since its introduction in November 2006 and in January 2007, but the worst is yet to come. Microsoft's latest Windows client was plagued with a variety of problems from software and hardware incompatibility to poor performance, reliability and support. The Redmond company is hard at work softening the hard edges of the operating system with Windows Vista Service Pack 1. But at the same ... [read more >>]
	19 November 2007, 06:32GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Geocities Accounts Involved in Email Attacks
	The online attackers are looking for a new way to conduct exploits and it seems like they finally found it: the free Geocities service provided by the super giant Sunnyvale company Yahoo. According to a blog post published on the Trend Micro Malware Blog, some scammers aim to lure visitors to access the Geocities pages, obviously equipped with dangerous content. It seems like those websites include a sort of Storm worm which caus ... [read more >>]
	16 November 2007, 17:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

New Trojan in the Wild! Damage Potential: High!
	Security vendor Tend Micro today released an advisory concerning TROJ_DLOADER.SHB, a new threat which is able to harm your computer and bring more infected files on your system. According to the report, the distribution potential is "low" because the Trojan is brought on a computer by an already installed malware which automatically downloads it. "It can also be downloaded unknowingly by a user when visiting malic ... [read more >>]
	13 November 2007, 04:09GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

DoubleClick Distributing Infected Ads
	This is a pretty sad piece of news for the Mountain View search giant Google, the company which struggles to obtain the investigators' blessing to acquire DoubleClick: the famous advertising firm distributes infected ads on famous pages such as CNN and The Economist, eWeek reported today. It appears that the adverts published on these websites encourage users to buy and install software products to remove an inexistent infec ... [read more >>]
	13 November 2007, 03:03GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Infected? Here's an Antivirus to Clean Your Computer!
	I must admit the Commtouch Malware Outbreak Center is a really amazing technology which is pretty useful if your computer is infected with some malicious code. Let me tell you some hot details about it. First of all, the product is meant to provide information about viruses, malware, Trojan horses and other dangerous files and about the antiviruses that block them. Supposing you're infected with a worm, all you need to do is ... [read more >>]
	12 November 2007, 10:10GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

50,000 Websites Attempting To Infect Visitors
	I guess the WWW tag which stands for World Wide Web tends to turn into Wild Wild Web as more and more hackers attack famous websites to exploit users' computers. According to Mark Hofman of SANS Internet Storm Center, there are no less than 52,000 infected websites which attempt to install executable files and other malicious pieces of codes. Most attacks are based on iframe components which are often hidden from visitors� ... [read more >>]
	12 November 2007, 06:02GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Warning: Famous Websites Infecting Users' Computers!
	It was an already known fact that hackers target famous and well-known websites in order to distribute malware and to infect users' computers but this time the alert is pretty critical. Mary Landersman of ScanSafe wrote on the official blog of the company that IndiaTimes was infected by some serious malicious files which attempt to exploit old unknown Windows vulnerabilities. Alexa placed IndiaTimes on position 481 which und ... [read more >>]
	12 November 2007, 04:56GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

US War Robots Targeted by Computer Viruses
	OK, this sounds pretty funny but it is actually a very serious piece of news which concerns our security (not on the web, the real one). Read this: the US army is afraid that some of its war robots such as helicopters, tanks and other killing machines equipped with software technologies can be controlled by anyone who manages to install a malicious code line inside the installed applications. Sure, you might laugh saying that we& ... [read more >>]
	08 November 2007, 04:41GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Alert: Famous Websites Serving Malware!
	The Internet is no longer a safe place and we all know it. But the web is divided into two parts: the safe side and the dangerous side. Today, we're talking about the first one which is obviously preferred by all of us. The safe Internet usually contains famous websites such as Google and Yahoo which provide only trusted content and files which can be downloaded without being afraid of a virus or other dangerous material. Bu ... [read more >>]
	07 November 2007, 06:16GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

NOD32 Among The Most Powerful Antiviruses
	Security vendor Prevx conducted a market research to find out how many malware and spyware files are threatening our computers every day and which are the best antiviruses on the market. The results showed that 5,000 to 10,000 malware and spyware files are discovered every day while 60 percent of the business computers without any security tool contain at least one dangerous file. According to a graph released by the same securi ... [read more >>]
	05 November 2007, 08:13GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Mobile Phones Need Anti-Malware Protection
	Although people don't necessarily see mobile phones as being very similar to PCs, technology has brought these devices to this great evolution level. Along with great performances also come great threats from malware applications, just as in the case of computers. The industry of mobile phone anti-maleware should see a development at the same extent as that of handsets. The more evolved cellulars we have, the more solutions for pr ... [read more >>]
	29 October 2007, 10:58GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Free Porn Will Prevail Even Against Windows Vista
	Free pornography will prevail even against Windows Vista. There is little doubt about this aspect, and the fact that we tend to repeat history is an argument typical for this status quo. Pornographic content is used both as a vessel and as an incentive to serve malicious code designed to infect the Windows operating system. This practice is nothing new, in fact it is as common as spam, and even connected to spammed emails as well as variou ... [read more >>]
	05 October 2007, 14:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Free Porn and Nude Images of Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry - a Windows Nightmare
	Free pornographic movies and nude images of Hollywood stars such as Angelina Jolie and Halle Berry, fail to deliver on both the promise of a free ride and that of sexual explicit content. And the fact of the matter is that the content adjacent to such promises is as far as possible from sexual and explicit. Pornography, from soft to hardcore, has long been the vessel of delivering malicious code, and infecting Windows users with malware. T ... [read more >>]
	02 October 2007, 13:54GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Google Distributing Viruses and Malware Through Search Engine
	This is not new but it seems like it is getting more serious. Google is now assaulted by a considerable number of dangerous websites which redirect the users to virus equipped pages attempting to infect the visitors' computers. The Google Watchdog did an interesting analysis over this matter and revealed that most of the spamming websites included in the Google SERP are coming from .CN domains. It seems the spammers pref ... [read more >>]
	02 October 2007, 05:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Threat Expert to Battle Malware 2.0
	Threat Expert has launched a new website that is designed to provide rapid and detailed description as well as analysis of the behavioral effects and changes that a threat makes to a computer upon infection. Sounds pretty good to me – click here to access the site I’m talking about. It’s nice to see that more effort is made in the battle ag ... [read more >>]
	24 September 2007, 10:52GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

The Windows Malware Storm – 2,5 Million Machines Cleaned
	The Windows operating system is at the heart of a violent wave of malware referred to as "Storm." Distributed Denial of Service attacks, mass phishing emails, spam, botnets, are just some of the examples of online malicious activity generated as a consequence of the attackers leveraging the Windows Storm malware. Jimmy Kuo, Senior Security Researcher with the Microsoft Security Research & Response team, revealed that the mass ... [read more >>]
	24 September 2007, 07:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Malware Review
	Distributed denial of service attacks are really something often used by hackers nowadays. How come they use them so much? One might ask. Well, for one thing, they’re efficient, then, there’s the fact that you can do it with a botnet, but I think that the number of DDoS occurrences has risen so high as of late, because of the stupid-proof programs you can find on the web. Not only can you easily find open source malware on th ... [read more >>]
	20 September 2007, 08:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Malicious Code Almost Gets People Killed!
	When I first got a hold of this piece of news I thought that it must be just another case of a fired security expert that goes berserk on his ex-employers…it’s far more than that though. Yung-Hsun Lin used to be a system administrator at Medco Health Solutions. For fear that he would get fired, he wrote and planted a logic bomb on a computer, ... [read more >>]
	20 September 2007, 05:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

We Need A Virus Encyclopedia!
	Things aren’t always clear when you’re talking about cyber security, and this is why some times, things go bad. Malware is a vague term and refers to a lot of threats, it comes from "malicious" and "software" and a lot of people use this word to dub any cyber-threat. Some don’t use "malware" but use "virus" instead. Like I’ve said many times before, people are insecure because they have no ... [read more >>]
	20 September 2007, 04:06GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Security Experts Need to Learn from Hackers
	Have you noticed the trend in security these days? Hackers make programs that develop malware at the push of a button. You don’t need to be a whiz kid to use IcePack or Mpack or Shark 2 or other similar sites. On the other hand, security software vendors create programs that make users scratch their heads not knowing what to say. I don’t know if you ever met someone like this, but there are people that don’t know what to pick fro ... [read more >>]
	18 September 2007, 06:59GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

IBM: Malware Getting Worse!
	In a recent report, the IBM corporation informs us that the number of stealthy, targeted online attacks continues to grow in 2007. This means that – apart from the fact that people aren’t secure enough and that security software developers are overwhelmed – hackers are striving harder and harder to get financial profits out of their activity. And as you might have figured it out by now, whenever money is involved, people get more ... [read more >>]
	18 September 2007, 03:37GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Stop Badware! Do It Now!
	These guys are doing something huge, the StopBadware team I mean. They are researchers that have dedicated themselves to sniffing out and filtering malware on the Internet. And the thing is that they’re not some of those people that go "Oh, we’re putting an end to web based threats and bla bla bla" – they’re really doing something to solve the issue. They’re testing sites and labeling them as malicious if that ... [read more >>]
	14 September 2007, 09:24GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Target: Windows. Mission: Search and Destroy!
	Icepack has just been updated. It seems that the ones who built it do not slack for a second. The moment Windows got a new feature or update, the hackers discovered the vulnerability and designed a tool to attack it. This is called exploiting a zero-day vulnerability. Damn, these guys are fast! It’s not the fact that they disclosed the flaw so fast, but that they had written the code for Icepack this quickly. Let’s not forget the ... [read more >>]
	12 September 2007, 06:18GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Malware Free Attachments
	You can still get a lot of viruses from the web and many are e-mail-borne, but things have changed. Now, attachments are rarely infected – things are starting to work differently. To get a virus nowadays you have to click certain links, so the virus is web-based but you get news of it through spam. It's a mixture of both, still very dangerous, but at least malware infected attachments are a thing of the past. And here ... [read more >>]
	07 September 2007, 08:42GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

More People, More Malware
	The month of August was full of threats and you would be terrified if you read all the reports, but to be honest with you, this is just the normal level on the Web. We're facing trojans, worms, spam and others daily. A lot of people get infected everyday and that's just a fact. Security experts from Sophos have made a lot of nice charts, in order to ... [read more >>]
	03 September 2007, 09:34GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Fake Malware Alert Delivered by Email
	A new phishing campaign is currently in progress and tries to use the famous security company Sophos to trick users to reveal their login details. The message encourages users to click on a spoofed website in order to enter their details that would allow the attackers to steal the accounts. According to Mary Landesman from About.com, the email targets the consumers of the Merrill Lynch Business Center, informing them about a malw ... [read more >>]
	28 August 2007, 14:51GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

China, US, Russia – Dangerous Nations
	According to a recent research conducted by security company Sophos, China, United States and Russia are the countries that host the biggest amount of dangerous websites with 53.9 percent, 27.2 percent and 4.5 percent. It seems like the most popular malware files hosted by these countries are Mal/Iframe with 49.2 percent, Troj/Psyme with 8.3 percent and Troj/Fujif with 7.9 percent. "Mal/Iframe is a textbook example of a ... [read more >>]
	25 July 2007, 09:26GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

How to Block Internet Threats Before They Appear
	Haute Secure is probably one of the most innovative security tools on the market because it brings a revolutionary technology able to fight against the Internet threats such as malware and dangerous content. Basically, it works like a browser plug-in and once a user types a malicious URL it stops the loading process and informs the consumer about the existence of infected content. How does it work? Well, it is based on a huge com ... [read more >>]
	11 July 2007, 05:31GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia

Next Gen Hybrid Web Worm Coming to IE, Firefox and Safari
	The next generation hybrid web browser is coming to Internet Explorer, Firefox and Safari but also to additional browsers and to web servers, courtesy of Billy Hoffman, Lead Security Researcher, SPI Dynamics and John Terrill, Executive Vice President and co-founder of Enterprise Management Technology. The two researchers will present at BlackHat a session titled ... [read more >>]
	09 July 2007, 07:40GMT | (c) 2008 Softpedia