Fake Antivirus Targets Brazil

Fake/rogue antivirus strikes again, this time targeting the users in Brazil. Like in today’s malware trends, it did not come alone. It initially starts with a spam message:

SUBJECT: Hello, I am sending you my invitation to the graduation location, date and time BODY: Hello, I am sending you my invitation to the graduation [...]

Yet More Swine Flu Attacks

Spammers know a thing or two about persistence, it seems. CNET reports a new Trojan—TROJ_QHOST.TB—that is the latest to take advantage of fears of swine flu. TROJ_QHOST.TB modifies the HOSTS file of any affected system, which results to the user being redirected to a spoofed banking-related website whenever they attempt to access the real [...]

Cybercriminals Launch Tainted Windows 7 RC

The official launch of the Windows 7 Release Candidate last May 5 was soon followed by another version of the software, only that this other version came with a malware surprise. A file being hosted in popular torrent sites posing as a copy of the Windows 7 RC was found to be a Trojan [...]