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Botnet malware targets MyYearbook
The team here at Webroot has picked up on a Trojan that appears to target a relatively new social networking site: MyYearbook.com. The site caters to the high-school-age crowd with activities that...
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Old Chinese Hack Tool Used for New Tricks
This week’s installment of what’s-old-is-new-again in the world of malware comes from one of the many groups making and distributing phishing Trojans in China. Earlier this year, someone discovered a...
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Gamers: Fight the Phishers
Last week, I posted a blog item that explained how gamers face a growing security threat in phishing Trojans — software that can steal the passwords to online games, or the license keys for offline...
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AutoCAD Adware Trojans Target Techies
Every once in a while, you hear whispers or rumors about specially-crafted, targeted malware designed to steal a specific piece of data from a particular victim. The data thieves, in these limited...
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Poison Ivy trojan spreading across Skype
Last night, a friend of mine surprisingly messaged me at 6:33 AM on Skype, with a message pointing to what appeared to be a photo site with the message “hahahahaha foto” and a link to...
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Skype propagating Trojan targets Syrian activists
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is reporting on a recently intercepted malicious documents distributed over Skype, apparently targeting Syrian activists. Upon viewing the document, it drops...
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A peek inside a (cracked) commercially available RAT (Remote Access Tool)
By Dancho Danchev In an attempt to add an additional layer of legitimacy to their malicious software, cybercriminals sometimes simply reposition them as Remote Access Tools, also known as R.A.Ts. What...
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Citibank ‘Merchant Billing Statement’ themed emails lead to malware
Over the past 24 hours, we’ve intercepted yet another spam campaign impersonating Citibank in an attempt to socially engineer Citibank customers into thinking that they’ve received a Merchant Billing...
View ArticleFake ‘iPhone Picture Snapshot Message’ themed emails lead to malware
We’ve just intercepted a currently circulating malicious spam campaign that’s attempting to trick iPhone owners into thinking that they’ve received a ‘picture snapshot message’. Once users execute the...
View ArticleZeus Infection Spoofing Bitdefender AV
Over the Christmas period, we here at Webroot have noticed a large amount of Zeus infections that are spoofing the Bitdefender name. While infections spoofing AV companies aren’t unusual, it’s been a...
View ArticleZeus Infection Spoofing Bitdefender AV
Over the Christmas period, we here at Webroot have noticed a large amount of Zeus infections that are spoofing the Bitdefender name. While infections spoofing AV companies aren’t unusual, it’s been a...
View ArticleZeus Infection Spoofing Bitdefender AV
Over the Christmas period, we here at Webroot have noticed a large amount of Zeus infections that are spoofing the Bitdefender name. While infections spoofing AV companies aren’t unusual, it’s been a...
View ArticleZeus Infection Spoofing Bitdefender AV
Over the Christmas period, we here at Webroot have noticed a large amount of Zeus infections that are spoofing the Bitdefender name. While infections spoofing AV companies aren’t unusual, it’s been a...
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