Archive for the 'Viruses and parasites' Category

AusCERT security conference may have gone well, but it still failed at certain point. Infected USB sticks were unintentionally given out at single presentation raising a question if the lecturers are really capable of discussing computer security. The malware was noticed pretty quickly and organizers recalled all the infected pieces as soon as the infection […]

The results of new research revealed the fact that infected email messages are more widespread in countries where internet is still gaining popularity. The worst results were seen in India where the use of internet is increasing. Security levels were much better in countries where people use internet for years. These facts have simple explanation: […]

Possible vulnerabilities of iPhone were widely discussed; however considerable period of time has passed till a malware dedicated for iPhone actually emerged.
Although several iPhone vulnerabilities were demonstrated and discussed, there was no actual software to trick users and firmware and do some harm. Ironically the creator of the first iPhone trojan chosen tactics similar to […]

We already got used to excessive advertising and false reports of rogue-antispyware and trojans, requiring the payment for the full version of the software in order to get rid of so-called threats. But there’s a new scheme around and, surprisingly, it does not involve credit card or any other personal information.
Instead, the trojan completely […]

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 […]

Due to the recent outbreak of skype-using malware (none of which was extremely succesful), a new niche in the security field arose, and that is Skype security. The niche has been plugged by the first program, which is Skype Defender. The only problem is, Skype Defender is malware itself.
The setup of Skype Defender looks absolutely […]

The Storm worm has been around for a while and it has infected a lot of computers since the outbreak on the 15th of August. It changes tactics from time to time to fool people and keep spreading. The main way of Storm worm distribution is spam emails that are usually infected or lead to […]

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 […]

They just can’t stop distributing this malware. Storm Worm (also knows as Peacomm) appeared o January of 2007. It is a regular trojan just like many others you can find online if you don’t browse carefully. But this one has infected many computers because of tactics of its distribution. It uses spam emails with links […]