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Clever new spam ruse

A new method of spamming is being used by the typical Viagra/Levitra/Cialis crew

Sat, 08 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Blizzard of US Presidential malware

Following on F-Secure’s blog entry today, we’re certainly seeing a fair number of these. Subject lines include

Wed, 05 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Let's stop capitalizing "trojan"

If you write about malware, how many times a day do see something like this?

Tue, 04 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Social media and privacy

Shelly Palmer blogs about privacy and Twitter, as regards marketing companies mining the data:

Mon, 03 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

New rogue: Win Defender 2009, Seen in the wild: Clever Bebo phish

More about another nasty Total Defender 2009 Clone as well as a Bebo Phishing website

Sun, 02 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

EstDomains termination... stayed

Well, this is really frustrating. As Domain Name World says it

Sat, 01 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Security Tidbits : No, we're not at worm stage... (yet) and Just some comments on MS08-067

Looking at the particular trojan that blog mentioned, it seems to me to be a trojan related to the MS08–067 attacks that I took a quick look at this morning

Thu, 30 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

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Security Tidbits : AntiSpyware XP 2009, Pro Antispyware 2009

AntiSpyware XP 2009 is a clone of XP AntiSpyware 2009 rogue security application. This rogue belongs to WinReanimator family

Wed, 29 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Seen in the wild: Skype spam and Phishing Cooperation

Cooperation improves phishing takedowns. No surprise.

Tue, 28 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

WinDefender 2008 with a sidebar

Nifty, the Windefender 2008 has a pretty little sidebar to add to the illusion that it’s a normal product (Windefender isn’t itself a new rogue security program, we just thought the sidebar was something interesting).

Sun, 26 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Analysis of German VOIP attack

VOIP security is an issue, but it is often overhyped (and often, misunderstood). However, “security breaches” in this area should be analyzed carefully to understand the potential issues as VOIP is rapidly rolled-out.

Fri, 24 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Security Tidbits : New rogues Brought to you by Innovagest 2000, PC Defender 2008

Brand new, even more nastier, rogues

Thu, 23 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Another useless test grabs headlines

I like Secunia, so no hard feelings from our side. But truly, this test they published the other day, showing that “security suites fail exploit tests” is a silly and useless PR stunt.

Wed, 22 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Security Tidbits : XP AntiSpyware 2009, Antivirus 2010 and SSH Scam sites update

XP AntiSpyware 2009 is a clone of WinReanimator and XPSecurityCenter rogues. This group of rogue security products are usually pushed through Trojan-Downloader.braviax orTrojan.fakealert Trojan.

Tue, 21 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Security Tidbits: Rapid Antivirus, AOL, non-benign neglect and an update

Rapid Antivirus is a new rogue security product from the SpywareNo family and it’s a near clone ofAntivir64.

Tue, 21 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Security Tidbits : More Scam Sites, Virus Bulletin 2008 Keynote Address, Google Drunk Mail

A round up of Google brand new Drunk Mail, a fresh new list of scam website and some news from the Virus Bulletin Conference in Ottawa, Canada

Mon, 20 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

DownloadMalware.com : A sick joke

Sometimes people do silly things that can have very devastating consequences.

Sun, 19 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Security Tidbits : New nasty on the way? New Mac rogue? Plus beware of Some Myspace Friends

There’s a new site out for a rogue security product, NanoAntivirus. This looks like it will be a potential replacement (or additional rogue version) of the pernicious Antispyware Pro XP

Sat, 18 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Security Tidbits : An abuse-proof CAPTCHA! plus Adios, Intercage and Rogue Mania

Serious spammers get around CAPTCHAs with ease. There's now a solution that's brilliant and highly effective

Tue, 07 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Security Tidbits : Fake system shutdown message, Spammed trojan downloads rogue antispyware And Back from Virus Bulletin 2008

Installing a fake codec from upgrade-your-software com gets you all kinds of ugly stuff, including the error screen above (which pushes Innovative Marketing's PersonalAntiSpy rogue security product)

Mon, 06 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

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