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Security expert Symantec has discovered what it refers to as an OSX.Loosemaque threat cleverly disguised as a classic video and targeting unsuspecting Mac users. Trojan.Loosemaque is designed to look like a Space Invaders/Galaga style game that deletes a file from your home directory, for every alien ship you destroy... |
4 November 2009
02:51 GMT |
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A security researcher rebuts Microsoft and Google's claims that a massive industry-wide phishing operation was responsible for stealing the recently leaked webmail credentials. New arguments point to the discovered lists being the work of keyloggers.A few days ago, Microsoft confirmed the authenticity of a list ... |
8 October 2009
07:58 GMT |
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You know the world is going down the drain when computer drivers provided by the official company come with a trojan virus. According to Rik Ferguson of Trend Micro, PC accessory maker Razor USA has been infected with a computer virus that quickly started to spread to anyone who downloaded the latest firmware update.... |
25 September 2009
03:54 GMT |
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Malware researchers have discovered a computer trojan, which uses a private Google Groups newsgroup to receive updates and instructions from its authors. This threat suggests that cybercrooks are taking legit Web 2.0 services into consideration for C&C implementation.Last month, security researchers from Arbor Networ... |
14 September 2009
06:30 GMT |
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Hot on the heels of Sophos reporting vulnerabilities with the Snow Leopard upgrade, Intego has posted a security memo on “how the anti-malware function in Apple’s Snow Leopard works.” The find was reported last week by the Mac security specialist, which is now providing an in-depth look at the featu... |
3 September 2009
03:40 GMT |
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Security researchers warn of a new piece of malware that functions as an extension for the Mozilla Firefox browser. The rogue add-on intercepts Google search queries and injects advertisements into the results. The new attack has been reported by analysts from antivirus vendor Trend Micro and seems to be motivated b... |
29 August 2009
05:56 GMT |
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The creators of the Bredolab computer trojan have launched a new distribution campaign, which delivers the malware via bogus order confirmation emails allegedly sent from online shops. Security researchers advise potentially curious users not to open the attachments.Email security company MX Lab warns that emails wit... |
28 August 2009
09:26 GMT |
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Malicious code piggyback riding the latest major Build of Windows 7 is estimated to have infected approximately 30,000 users. The malware was bundled into the code of the operating system, a scenario on which Microsoft had provided warnings to users in the past. Leaked builds of Windows 7 Release Candidate (RC) Build... |
13 May 2009
02:33 GMT |
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One of the top families of malicious code targeting the Windows platform has evolved with the addition of worm behavior, Microsoft warns. According to data made public via the Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, the Win32/Vundo Trojan infected over 3.6 million computers in the second half of 2008, and occupies th... |
23 April 2009
05:22 GMT |
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The world's first Mac OS X botnet has reportedly been discovered. Symantec researchers Mario Ballano Barcena and Alfredo Pesoli said the malware was actually discovered back in January, and came courtesy of two trojans, previously reported of here on Softpedia. According to Symantec's researchers, a Mac OS... |
17 April 2009
06:31 GMT |
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Last week, we reported that around 20,000 users of file-sharing web sites were pirating copies of iLife '09, the latest version of Apple's multimedia-focused suite of Applications. While the software is evidently more popular than Apple's iWork '09 suite, it seems that iLife '09 has somehow e... |
2 February 2009
05:15 GMT |
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Security firms Intego and Sophos are warning against downloading pirated copies of Adobe Photoshop CS4 for Mac. The same kind of Trojan that can be found in illegal copies of iWork '09 is also included with the contents of Photoshop CS4 copies available via BitTorrent trackers and other sites linking to illegal ... |
27 January 2009
04:40 GMT |
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Last week, various sources were reporting that pirated copies of iWork '09 doing the rounds on torrent sites were infected with a trojan. Acknowledged by security firms Intego and SecureMac, there are currently at least two solutions to rid your computer of the respective malware.In a security note issued on Jan... |
26 January 2009
03:43 GMT |
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Discovered on January 21, 2009, Intego calls OSX.Trojan.iServices.A a “serious” exploit. Some pirates have found out the hard way - actually, not some, but around 20,000 statistics have showed - that illegal copies of iWork '09 contain a Trojan.“Intego has discovered a new Trojan horse, OSX.Tro... |
23 January 2009
05:06 GMT |
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The latest version of Apple's iWork suite contains major updates that even hackers couldn't resist. Reportedly, pirated versions of the software have made their way on torrent sites weighing in a tad more than the original package.Several sources, including security firms, are acknowledging that pirated cop... |
23 January 2009
04:07 GMT |
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I know, I know, this is the season to be jolly and we should not think about viruses, trojans and worms but somebody has to do it. So, I’ll get my hands dirty and try to enumerate a short list of pieces of advice to follow if you want your Mac to stay healthy, fast and malware free.Many of you will think that I... |
1 January 2009
12:01 GMT |
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The DNSChanger Trojan Horse, also known as OSX.RSPlug.A and OSX/Puper, has been found on numerous websites disguising itself as a video codec. Although it requires the user's involvement (download and install), DNSChanger “can lead to identity theft,” SecureMac says. To increase awareness among Mac u... |
18 December 2008
09:42 GMT |
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A new Mac Trojan Horse has been discovered, attempting to disguise itself by naming a file “intego” - a reference to the well-known security company responsible for VirusBarrier X5 for Mac. Although carrying a medium-level risk for Mac users, OSX.RSPlug.E trojan horse is the fifth version of the malware ... |
4 December 2008
05:53 GMT |
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Computer security companies Intego and Trend Micro have issued a warning following reports that a new Mac “malware” or “Trojan horse” was on the loose. The malware, named “OSX.Lamzev.A,” actually requires the launch of an installer and giving it permission to install the payload. &... |
24 November 2008
04:02 GMT |
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Researchers from RSA Security have released a worrying report regarding what they call “one of the most pervasive and advanced pieces of crimeware ever created by fraudsters“. Dating back to 2006, the Torpig Trojan, also known as Sinowal or Mebroot, is more active than ever and is spreading at an alarming... |
1 November 2008
06:06 GMT |
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Experts from the network security vendor Fortinet report that new worms spreading on Facebook are making use of links to pages hosted on popular Google services like Google Reader or Picasa Web Albums in order to bypass security filters and reduce user suspicions.The general propagation of malware like the notorious ... |
30 October 2008
10:40 GMT |
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Last week, Microsoft released an out of cycle patch for a critical vulnerability in the Server service which allows for remote code execution. Security experts speculated at the time that new worms would make use of this vulnerability to spread and not long after, such a component was detected in a new Trojan named G... |
27 October 2008
06:06 GMT |
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Soon after Apple's OS X 10.5.5 software update was out, users started reporting issues with their web browsing experience. Apple Discussions was rapidly flooded with posts from users claiming that their web browsing had become exceptionally slow. After a little digging on behalf of the affected users, a certain ... |
26 September 2008
07:45 GMT |
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It has been revealed that a file posing as a popular iPhone game, ("Penguin Panic") is circulating through spammed e-mails. Users should avoid what Sophos identified as “Troj/Agent-HNY,” being spread via e-mail as an attachment dubbed Penguin.Panic.zip.According to researchers at Sophos, the file contains... |
19 September 2008
09:14 GMT |
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Three new spam campaigns have been circulating around the web in the recent few days. One claims to contain an adult video featuring the US presidential candidate, senator Barack Obama, another announces that a nuclear power station exploded near London and the authorities keep it secret and the third warns that user... |
12 September 2008
09:18 GMT |
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Seeing one's favorite celebrity in an exclusive video might be temping enough for many people to click on a link that promises to show them precisely this, especially if we're talking a link on a trusted website. Even more, if that website happens to be YouTube, then 90% of the people receiving it... |
8 September 2008
06:52 GMT |
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A 47-year-old man from Cyprus will spend four years behind bars for spying on a teenager on her webcam and threatening her. The man, whose name was not disclosed, was arrested back in 2005 for infecting the computer of a 17-year-old, at the time, with a Trojan horse, which was attached to an email the man had sent to... |
6 September 2008
06:45 GMT |
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BitDefender has unveiled a new spam method employed by attackers to deliver an "extremely dangerous" trojan, as the company classified the malware. The hijackers use the name of FedEx, the famous company that, among other things, works in the currier shipping business. Pretending to be part of the company’s sta... |
27 August 2008
11:57 GMT |
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Cyber-terrorists have developed another method to make sure that a great number of people would fall into their trap. Emails with the "We have hijacked your baby" subject are being sent in order to institute terror among the recipients and make them download a piece of malicious software. The body of the message is w... |
26 August 2008
11:46 GMT |
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A British newspaper reported about what it claims to be the biggest identity theft ever. According to the publication, personal information of over 8 million people is now at stake, as it has been intercepted by an Indian terrorist. Reporters say that the man gained access to a Best Western hotel and installed a troj... |
25 August 2008
12:10 GMT |
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Links to a rogue security solution, XP Antivirus 2008, are being displayed by Google's AdSense. As we previously reported, AdSense serves malvertizements that make the most unwary of users follow a link and download a piece of software that has nothing to do with its claimed purpose. The rogue antivirus, instead... |
25 August 2008
10:24 GMT |
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BiDefender has just launched a threat report over the first semester of 2008, which shows that the biggest threat to Romanians' security have been trojans. Seven out of the ten most dangerous malware the researchers found hiding behind what seemed to be legitimate applications were represented by this type of ma... |
14 August 2008
10:08 GMT |
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Senior Technology Consultant Graham Cluley, from security company Sophos, has announced on his blog that Internet users are threatened yet again by a Mal/EncPk-DA infection. This translates into a Trojan:Win32/Tibs.gen!G, which is reported by Sophos to be an average threat to computers. Hackers always keep pace with ... |
13 August 2008
10:57 GMT |
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Joe Stewart, Director of Malware Research at SecureWorks, discovered that a group of Russian hackers used a type of trojan that affected over 378,000 computers. The computers, all part of the same network, were infected via a genuine Microsoft application. Coreflood is the name of the trojan used to steal data from t... |
6 August 2008
06:52 GMT |
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According to Panda Security, a company specialized in providing security software solutions, a new spam campaign has been launched with the purpose of infecting users' machines with a banking Trojan which identified by the previously mentioned firm as Trj/Banker.LGC. People in the English speaking part of the wo... |
22 July 2008
11:41 GMT |
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The Trojan in question has been named Limbo 2, and according to the people who came up with it, the best 10 security software solutions on the market today are not capable of detecting it. Acquiring this malware will set you back about $1,300, but for that amount of money you will get a software product that is uniqu... |
21 July 2008
03:50 GMT |
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ScanSafe, company that specializes in providing Internet security solutions, has recently revealed that the web page for popular British cook Nigella Lawson came under hacker attack, first detected at the beginning of the week. It is believed that visitors to the previously mentioned site may have been infected with ... |
17 July 2008
04:46 GMT |
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PandaLabs, company that specializes in providing security software solutions, has recently announced that a spam message containing malware has surfaced. The message appears to be sent by parcel delivery company UPS, but in fact it is sent by someone who is maliciously trying to infect your system with a Trojan which... |
16 July 2008
06:12 GMT |
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According to Secure Computing, a company that specializes in providing Internet security appliances as security software solutions, there is a new Trojan out there that works by infecting all multimedia files (that would be music and movies) stored on the user's machine. This threat has been identified by the p... |
11 July 2008
03:15 GMT |
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Spammers' imagination is constantly reaching new peaks. The disastrous earthquake that hit China also gave ideas to spammers, who started using headlines referring to the catastrophe in the email subjects. Their purpose - to persuade the users to access a "video" that in fact was an executable file that launched... |
8 July 2008
02:20 GMT |
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Security software provider Kaspersky has just released a top 20 of the viruses that plagued the web last month. The results were not astounding, with the generic Trojan Email-Worm.Win32.NetSky.q still leading the board. As a matter of fact, out of the total 20 malicious programs, 15 were Trojans. In regard to the co... |
3 July 2008
04:45 GMT |
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Fortinet, a company specialized in providing UTM security systems, has recently published a report regarding the threats it detected in June. According to this report, attackers are once again targeting the online gaming industry, after a short downfall in May and April. The password stealing malware is spreading fr... |
2 July 2008
11:19 GMT |
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Joe Stewart, Director of Malware Research with SecureWorks has recently made public the fact that he found a stolen data cache of unprecedented size. AFcore is a Coreflood trojan that has so far been able to avoid detection, using all this time it has been hidden to gather as much private information as possible. Th... |
1 July 2008
04:23 GMT |
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Well, it seems the guys behind iAntiVirus and VirusBarrier X5 knew what they were talking about. Makers of Mac anti-spyware and anti-virus solutions, SecureMac, have discovered what is reported as a new Mac OS X Trojan horse. Dubbed "Applescript.THT Trojan," the malware is thought to have originated via a "hacker" we... |
20 June 2008
17:51 GMT |
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Since the 7.9 magnitude earthquake hit China on May 12, hackers, spammers and fraudsters around the world have been attempting to exploit the tragedy in their own unique way: by developing new earthquake-related attacks which could trick vulnerable users and steal their information or get inside their computers. Toda... |
22 May 2008
02:28 GMT |
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The popularity of the newly-released GTA IV makes new victims on the web as hackers are now looking to exploit new vulnerable computers using the popular game. According to security company DriveSentry, hackers rolled out malware-infected copies of GTA IV on popular file-sharing applications such as Limewire. Once do... |
15 May 2008
06:16 GMT |
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Users simply like instant messengers and since the companies that built them are continuously improving them on a monthly basis, some of these applications are pretty powerful. However, having such an impressive popularity doesn't necessarily mean that they're 100 percent secure because, according to new fi... |
7 May 2008
08:45 GMT |
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If you work in the military and think your email is safe, think again. A rather large scheme has been recently detected by security researchers at the Romanian company BitDefender. The company's head of AV Research, Sorin Dudea, has declared "It's not every day that you stumble on the workings of an honest-... |
6 May 2008
10:49 GMT |
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Scenario: you own a large business and a private investigation firm comes to you and says "Hey, we could give you precious information regarding your competitors at very low prices!". What would you answer? Many businesses turn to such agencies and unfortunately, it isn't such a good thing as it sounds. Mostly b... |
29 April 2008
09:01 GMT |
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Security company Sophos has just published the latest Security Threat Report concerning the first quarter of 2008, revealing that a new malicious website is now detected and blocked every five seconds. This is a time decrease of 9 seconds as the company detected similar websites every 14 seconds, according to the 200... |
22 April 2008
06:53 GMT |
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