Malware Watch: Free Mac OS X screensavers bundled with spyware

Researchers from Intego have discovered the OSX/OpinionSpy spyware in 29 free Mac OS X screensavers currently online at 7art-screensavers(dot)com. Upon execution it sends data about files it has scanned locally, and also sends e-mail addresses, iChat message headers and URLs, as well as other data.

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Keeping an Eye on the EYEBOT and a Possible Bot War

There is a new bot in town and it seems that it has set out to rival the notorious ZBOT botnet. Trend Micro threat researchers recently came across a new spyware detected as TSPY_EYEBOT.A. Certain EYEBOT behaviors cause us to believe that this could lead to a new bot war similar to the worm wars we [...]

Trend Micro Antivirus + Antispyware

Trend Micro Antivirus + Antispyware ($40 for a one-year, single-PC license as of 11/17/2009) came in last in our roundup of stand-alone antivirus software, weighed down by comparatively poor malware detection, slow scan speed, and a seriously misguided habit of hiding what it does from the user.

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Spyware Doctor With Antivirus: First Look

Shortly after we completed our current antivirus roundup, PC Tools released Spyware Doctor with AntiVirus 2010 ($40 for a one-year, three-PC license), the latest version of its paid antivirus tool. Though it came out too late for us to include in our malware detection testing, we were able to take the program for a quick [...]

Facebook password-reset spam is Bredolab botnet attack

October 27th, 2009 Posted by Ryan Naraine @ 8:27 amCategories:Anti Virus, Arbitrary Code Execution, Botnets, Browsers, Data theft, Denial of Service (DoS), Facebook, Locally Running Web Servers, Malware, Microsoft, Passwords, Phishing, Social Networking Applications, Spam and Phishing, Spyware and Adware, Viruses and WormsTags:Facebook, Spam, Attack, Virus Hunter, Cyberthreats, E-mail, Identity Theft, Security, Viruses And Worms, [...]