Archive for the 'Spyware related issues' Category

A new scheme was noticed running in wild targeting those that do money transfers online. Although online banks employ various security measures, they still can be tricked. New “Server Error Messages” scam combines spam, trojans, phishing and a lot of insolence to empty bank accounts of its victims.
It starts with phony email supposedly coming from […]

You have been there before: you got extremely interesting file that requires some kind of special player to see what’s inside. Why don’t you download and install the needed software? Unfortunately, both the file and the player are snare to make you voluntarily install adware. Worms, trojans and adware used to use fake video codecs […]

The damage done by zombie networks grows by days, yet botnets are not easy to stop or even to detect. Fortunately, creators of legitimate software keep in pace with malware factories and designs tools for eliminating botnets. A new tool by Microsoft was tested by Canadian police to detect and arrest major cyber criminals. Although […]

Security experts warn of new scheme of cyber crimes: crime-as-a-service. Modern hacker is not some smart guy who compromises websites and creates sophisticated tools; modern hacker is the one who buys ready-to-use tools and employs them to gain profit or for other reasons. Malware tools have been for sale for some time now, however, they […]

F-secure counted 250,000 new malware samples over the year 2007, which is the same amount that was counted over the last 20 years (including 2006). These statistics are very different from vendor to vendor, since most of them are based on the particular vendor's clients' experiences.
Having said that, many other security vendors have reported a […]

Computer worms used to be the worst malware that could infect a computer some time ago. Worms are pretty dangerous: they can replicate themselves, spread to remote computers and corrupt files. Worms are similar to viruses, but they can perform additional actions besides the destructive function both viruses and worms have. However, malware creators seem […]

The time when hacking and cracking were occasional free time activities of solitary guys has passed. According to Mark Sunner of the MessageLabs, cyber crimes became a job for organized gangs since the year 2003. The tendency to combine efforts is still popular and it’s a big threat for everyone that has internet connection. Apparently, […]

eBay, the most visited commercial site in the UK, apart from legitimate items, such as fluffy bears and the like, has now been reported to be selling hacking kits for anyone who would like to spy on someone’s computer and obtain personal details. The kits are sold together with a manual on how and where […]

Malware creators no longer distribute viruses that erase your data or corrupt something in your computer.  Now they want to have profit of breaking into your computer in all possible ways. Modern malware steal bank accounts, email accounts, identities, turn computer into spamming machine or use it for further malicious actions.
Botnets are the biggest threat […]

According to a survey by Symantec, in the trade for personal details collected by cyber-criminals, the most expensive are bank account numbers (up to $400) and are a lot more expensive than credit card details (anywhere from $0.5 and $5) as well as e-mail addresses ($2 to $4 per megabyte).
This highlights the commercialization of e-crime […]