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Scammers use Skype to spread their Dorkbot worm

October 10, 2012
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If you have received a Skype message, asking something like 'Hey, is this your Skype profile pic?', you should ignore it and never click on a link, which is also included into the body of this message. According to our research center, it will lead you to a dangerous virus, Dorkbot worm, which is actively spread using this service at the moment. We have already seen other versions? of Dorkbot on Facebook and Twitter, so now it seems that it's Skype's turn. Typically, this campaign is based on a message, which looks like it was sent by one of your friends but in reality is used to infect computer with Dorkbot worm and include the machine into the botnet. Every PC user? can also be included into the distribution of this worm against his/hers will if computer is infected with this threat. As a result, all victim's Skype friends will keep receiving 'Hey, is this your Skype profile pic?' message. Here is how this? misleading message looks like: lol is this your new profile pic? http://goo.gl/[REDACTED]?img=[USERNAME] Clicking on the misleadingly named link downloads a ZIP file, which contains More...

Latest reports on Mac malware – wake-up call for Mac users

August 08, 2012
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Some years ago users who own Mac computers could have been completely calm about the malware and viruses spread on the Internet. However, last year has clearly showed that hackers are seeking to expand their dirty business - now Mac owners are vulnerable just like the regular users and can be easily hit by almost all cyber threats that can More...

Conficker worm continues to infect PC?€™s after more than 2 years

April 27, 2012
Conficker Detections
Conficker worm - the long 2 and a half year long living botnet is still infecting millions of windows machines. It managed to infect 1.7 million PC users in the 4Q of 2011. The first appearance of this worm was in the fall of 2008, when a recently patched windows vulnerability was exploited again. After that, it evolved from a simple exploit to a very effective threat More...

Android Malware Report – First Quarter of 2012

April 26, 2012
Q1 2012 Android Malware Report by Bitdefender
According to E-Threat report by Bitdefender about Android malware, Android.Trojan.FakeDoc.A takes up 20% of all the malware in android devices. However, another form of this malicious Trojan, called Android.Trojan.FakeDoc.B takes less than 2%. Comparing with other malware forms in Android, this is the mostly spread malware program on Android devices at this time. The second place in this top goes to Android.Exploit.RATC.A, which has about 16% of infected Android devices, while his brother Android.Exploit.RATC.C has a bit more than 2%. The third and the fourth place goes to Exploits called Android.Exploit.GingerBreak.A and Android.Exploit.Exploid.B. GingerBreak has about 9% of compromised Android devices, while Exploid has about 7%. Android.Exploit.Asroot.A and Android.Exploit.Asroot.B are on 6th and 7th places. Together they take about 5% of all infected Android devices, and it is even more than Android.Hacktool.Faceniff.A, which is placed 5th. Another Trojan that Bitdefender chose to show is Android.Trojan.FakeInst.D. It takes the 9th place with 2% of population of? infected Android devices. More...

Duqu – malware almost identical to Stuxnet worm

October 19, 2011
The recent malware attack, Duqu, has almost identical parts of its code base to infamous Stuxnet worm, says Symantec. According to experts, that's too early to claim that these two viruses have been released by the same scammers who managed to paralyze an Iranian nuclear fuel plant last year, but Duqu creators are likely to have the ability to reach More...

Free security product vets Twitter links

June 26, 2009
Security software, called SecureTwitter, is the latest browser add-on released by Finjan. Because Twitter became more and more popular by computer hackers, this product was created to scan links and warn if they follow a rogue page. The SecureTwitter contains plug-ins for both the Firefox and Internet Explorer and the purpose of this software is to warn users about More...

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