Originally spreading since July, the Koobface worm remains active according to a recent security alert issued by Websense :“The email reveals that infected user accounts are being used to post messages to Facebook friends lists. The content was an enticing message with a link that used a Facebook open redirector. When recipients click the [...]
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CNET Download.com not so ’spyware-free’ Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 8:30 am Categories: Browsers, Responsible disclosure, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Viruses and Worms, Privacy, Anti Virus, Malware, Research Tags: Adware, Kaspersky Lab, Malware, CNET Download.com, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine On its home page, CNET’s [...] Spammed email messages supposedly from The United States Federal Reserve Bank warn their recipients of a “large-scale phishing attack” affecting several banks and credit unions. A spammed message may look like this: Figure 1. Sample spammed message. The email message gives details on the supposed phishing attack and adds that the US Tresury Department [...] Jamie Butler, a Windows internals expert who co-wrote the definitive book on rootkits, has created a free forensics tool capable of finding malicious code in live memory. The utility, called Mandiant Memoryze, was released at this year’s Hack in the Box conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Memoryze is a free memory analysis tool that can [...] According to a recently signed “Prevention of Electronic Crimes Ordinance 2008” in Pakistan, any person who commits cyberterrorism causing the death of other people will face death penalty or life imprisonment :“Whoever commits the offence of cyber terrorism and causes death of any person shall be punishable with death or imprisonment for life, and with [...] |
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