It seems that fans around the world are not the only ones who are hooked on the Oscars. Just a day after this year’s Academy Awards, Trend Micro Threat researchers found FAKEAV variants topbilling the search pages.
This time around, users searching for news on the Oscars fall prey to the latest blackhat search engine optimization (SEO) [...]
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Oscars 2010 Awards Users with FAKEAV
The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) issued a new vulnerability note. However, this particular “vulnerability” concerns a rather unusual product—a USB charger for rechargeable batteries.
The Energizer DUO is a charger for two AA or AAA batteries that can be plugged into USB ports. While no software is needed to use the charger, Energizer [...]
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USB Battery Chargers with Malware?
Spam about diet or weight loss plans have been around for ages now, mostly spreading through email. However, spammed messages recently made their rounds on Twitter, compromising unwitting users’ accounts and spreading via these infected accounts.
Compromised Twitter accounts post Tweets that tell their followers to click the shortened link to try out a new diet/weight [...]
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Diet Twitter Spam (on the) Run
Some time ago (February 25–26), the Anti-Malware Testing Standard Organization (AMTSO) had its first meeting this year. This time, it was hosted by McAfee and took place in Santa Clara, California.
One of the hot topics during the meeting was related to the initiative to review reports published by testing and certification organizations/companies.
How was this process [...]
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Insight: AMTSO’s Reviews
Spanish Ministry of Interior arrests 3 botnet masters operating a 12M+ infected hosts botnet that managed to steal sensitive data from 800,000 users across 190 countries, some of which include Fortune 1000 companies and 40 major banks.
