Much has been said about the DOWNAD worm (a.k.a. Conficker) and its enigmatic payload that will supposedly be unleashed on April 1st. There are two days to go until the moment of truth and the hype isn’t expected to die down. But online threat history tells us that trigger/activation dates of equally hyped malware have [...]
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March 30th, 2009 Posted by Dancho Danchev @ 8:53 amCategories:Anti Virus, Botnets, Browsers, Hackers, Malware, Passwords, Rootkits, Russia, Spyware and AdwareTags:British Broadcasting Corp., Malware, Chimera Botnet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho DanchevEarlier this month, the controversial BBC purchase of a botnet and modifying the infected hosts in the name of “public interest” sparkled a lot of debate on the pros and cons of their action.
March 29th, 2009 Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 6:40 pmCategories:Anti Virus, Arbitrary Code Execution, Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Exploit code, Hackers, Malware, McAfee, Microsoft, Rootkits, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Viruses and Worms, Zero-day attacksTags:Malware, CBS Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security, Ryan NaraineCBS 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl reports on computer viruses that propagate on the Internet and
Malware targeting machines running on Mac OS are quickly becoming quite common, with new variants appearing on a seemingly monthly basis. Just last week, our friends at Intego reported of new variant of the RSPLUG Trojan in the wild.
Taking its cue from the routines of the first RSPLUG malware, this latest incarnation no longer [...]
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As I tried Google search today from a college friend’s computer, Google displayed the “We’re Sorry” error page and blocked all search results. They labeled it as an automated search, banned the IP, and only after correctly answering the captcha twice, the normal Google search could be restored.. . temporarily. Google We’re Sorry Error Page Here is what the complete error message looks like We’re Sorry … but your query looks similar to automated requests from a computer virus o
