Koobface Worm Alive and Wriggling

Shortly after a phishing attack that targeted the 200 million users of immensely popular social networking site, Facebook, another attack was launched by cybercriminals. This time however, the attack targets not only Facebook users but also members of Tagged, Friendster, MySpace and other networking sites as well. A new Koobface attack was found, which [...]

German Job Offers Used for Nigerian Scam

These days, German users receive emails announcing that a company called IT-Electronics is looking for professionals in search of extra income.

Here is a rough translation of the email message:

Dear recipient, IT Electronics, the leading Asian firm in the field of information technology, announces again its intention to employ workers in Germany. [...]

Adobe plans quarterly Patch Day for Reader/Acrobat fixes

Borrowing a few pages from Microsoft’s playbook, Adobe today announced plans for a quarterly Patch Day for its Reader/Acrobat product lines and new initiatives to beef up its code hardening and security response processes. Starting this summer, Adobe Reader and Acrobat security patches will be released on a quarterly schedule and will be timed [...]

Inside the botnets that never make the news – a gallery

If you ever wanted to take an inside view of targeted-botnets primarily run by novice cybercriminals sometimes utilizing outdated, but very effective methods – this ZDNet photo gallery is for you. It offers an inside view of those “beneath the radar” botnets that never make the news. The images have been collected throughout the past [...]