Posts Tagged ‘malware’
IN THE HEADLINES: New Facebook Scams to Watch Out For
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● February 1, 2012
It’s been another busy week for Facebook scams, with all kinds of dangers to watch out for. And many of these scams are based on pitches for free gift cards that end up taking instead of giving. First up is the “One Free Amazon.com Gift Card (limited time only)” scam. This has been popping up [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: New Malware Being Developed Around Impressive Business Model
Posted by: ID Guardian in: ● January 31, 2012
In yet another sign of how once-disorganized cybercrooks are evolving into professionally run businesses, crooks that develop and sell data stealing Trojans are now offering the kind of support that a legitimate software developer would be envious of. Security expert Brian Krebs recently reported on his blog about how the developer of one such Trojan, [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: 12 Things You Can Do to Avoid Banking Trojans
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 30, 2012
With the recent news of the emergence of new and even more potent forms of banking Trojans, it’s time to start taking this threat seriously. Banking Trojans are a highly sophisticated type of malware capable of attacking and emptying online bank accounts without leaving much of a trace; or much in your account. If you [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: The Zeus Trojan Strikes Again
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 20, 2012
It’s been a couple of years since I first started writing about Zeus, a very dangerous new type of banking Trojan that was blamed for stealing hundreds of millions of dollars from bank accounts across the country. And only last week I wrote about Zeus again, and how a dangerous new variant added a whole [...]
The Dirty Dozen – One Security Expert’s Top 12 Security Concerns for 2012
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● January 2, 2012
A tradition at the beginning of the year is to look ahead and plan. You look at the year behind you, consider the lessons learned, and then you make bold predictions for yourself. In the security world, we hold true to these traditions, predicting what’s in store for us next year from hackers, scammers, and [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Be Wary of Rogue Android Apps
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● December 23, 2011
Security experts recently uncovered yet another handful of rogue apps offered free in the Android marketplace which can do significant harm if downloaded. Hackers have apparently been offering what look like legitimate and well-known game apps, including Angry Birds, free of charge. Users who are unlucky enough to download one of these rogue apps are [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: A Busy Month for New Malware
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 28, 2011
You’ve probably never heard of a downloader Trojan, but think of them as the domestiques of the crybercrime world. In cycling, domestques are cyclists whose primary goal is not to win the race but to help their best cyclists win. Cybercrooks are now emulating this idea with the distribution of a Trojan whose primary role [...]
IN THE HEADLINES: Fake Anti-Virus Makers Rake in Millions
Posted by: Neal OFarrell in: ● September 15, 2011
A recent study by researchers at the University of California at Santa Barbara found that just three of the many vendors of fake anti-virus software made more than $130 million in less than 18 months. Fake anti-virus software is a very dangerous double-whammy for victims because not only are victims tricked or forced into paying [...]
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