Phishing and Spam Escalating to Newer Peaks

According to the new State of Spam and Phishing Report from security company Symantec issued on November 9, 2009, over 90% of the total electronic mails are

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/20

Koobface Botnet Uses Google Reader in New Attacks

According to Trend Micro, the Koobface botnet is up to leverage a fresh trick. It is utilizing regulated Google Reader accounts for supporting images, which

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/20

Hackers Compromised Media-server.net in Code Injection Campaign

According to Websense's Security Labs, 'media-servers.net', a website of an established Internet media company, has become a victim of hack after cyber

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/20

MySpace Spoofed Spam Mails Install Malware

According to the University of Alabama (UAB) at Birmingham, spammers are distributing malicious e-mails posing as messages from MySpace and taking unwitting

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/20

Computer Viruses ‘Taterf ‘and ‘Conficker’ Spread Unabated

According to security experts in the United States, computer worms 'Taterf' and 'Conficker' continue to attack vigorously even after a year has passed since

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/20

New Trojan Daonolfix Poses Threat to Security Experts

Just as the IT sector is attempting to deal with the upgradation of leading operating system from software giant Microsoft, news of infection from a fresh

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/20

Finnish Police E-mails Spoofed in Phishing Attack

In a warning released by Finland's NBI (National Bureau of Investigation), the public has been alerted about "phishing" gangs, which are currently

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/20

Phishing Scams Target University of Delaware E-mailers

Security investigators at the University of Delaware's (UD) IT department have alerted that several phishing scams are attacking e-mail users at the campus,

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/19

Fake Security Applications Pose Big Threat to Canadian Computers

Microsoft Corp. has recently released a security report, which states that during the first six months of 2009, the biggest threat to Canadian computers was

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/19

Computer Viruses Could Download Porn As Well

According to an investigation by Associated Press (AP), several instances have emerged in which innocent people have been acknowledged as pedophiles after

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/19

Trojan Hacked Secret Data of Syrian Nuclear Reactor

A computer Trojan, utilized for intelligence purposes, reportedly revealed critical information about a secret Syrian nuclear reactor that had been

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/19

Symantec - CEOs Becoming Victims of Spear Phishing Attacks

According to a warning released by the Internet security firm 'Symantec,' CEOs and other executives of grade-C are increasingly falling to advanced phishing

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/19

BBB Cautions of Swine Flu Scams

The Better Business Bureau (BBB) has alerted consumers to be watchful for fake mails and sites trying to exploit the swine flu pandemic and the increasing

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/19

Adobe Releases Security Patches for Shockwave Player

Adobe Systems recently (November 4, 2009), issued an update to patch vulnerabilities in its Shockwave Player and suggested users that they should install

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/19

Spain and US Hold Top Position for Bot-Infected Systems Worldwide

The latest reports released by security experts from PandaLabs reveal that Spain leads the bot ranking with 44.49% of all systems attacked by bots in the

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/18

Trojan.Clicker.CM Continues to Top Bitdefender’s List of E-Threats

Internet security firm BitDefender has released its list of top ten online threats for October 2009 in the first week of November 2009.

The top slot

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/18

Flaw in SSL Protocol Could Infect Secure Connections

Once again security vendors have been prompted to issue warnings, and this time it's due to a new vulnerability in the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/18

Social Network Related Phishing and Malware Attacks on the Rise

According to the news published in The Washington Post on November 4, 2009, phishing scams attacking people on social-networking websites like Facebook and

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/18

Increasing Sophistication Makes Malware Hard to Detect

According to a security expert, Internet users must remain cautious while dealing with malware.

Tom Kelchner, research centre manager at Web security

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/18

Notorious Cocktail Attack via Facebook Phishing Campaign

Apart from a general password phishing attack, Facebook threats, in actual terms, serve users with a dangerous concoction of malicious infections, which

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/18

Botnet Festi Rising Tremendously

Security researchers of MessageLabs (an e-mail security firm now owned by Symantec) has come up with findings related to a latest botnet known as Festi,

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/18

Researchers Design Rootkit Blocking Tool Based on Hypervisor

Security researchers belonging to North Carolina State University along with Microsoft Research have come up with a latest method for blocking rootkits as

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/17

Whitewell Exploits Facebook to Contact C&C Server

IT security firm Symantec has detected a Trojan that uses social networking site Facebook for communicating with a command and control (C&C) server.
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» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/17

Password Stealers Rising Alarmingly

Microsoft has just released its new Microsoft Security Intelligence Report, which states that the number of password-stealing malicious software is growing

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/17

Scammers Use Advertising Medium to Distribute Malware

Security researchers have found that hackers and spammers in a novel and sophisticated approach are pretending to be agency executives who directly connect

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/17

Phishing E-Mail Reminds Missourians Regarding Unclaimed Property

Clint Zweifel, State Treasurer of Missourians, is alerting residents about a phishing campaign in which an individual or group pretends to be the State

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/17

Online Gamers Warned to be Wary of Fake Beta Sign-up E-mails

Customers of EA (Electronic Arts), California, a leading global interactive entertainment software company, are being warned of some fake e-mails making

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/17

Experts Claim Rise in Themed Malware Assaults

According to a recent research undertaken by Internet security firm Panda Security, it has been learnt that hackers developed thousands of websites that

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/17

Windows 7 Susceptible to 80% of Viruses

A security expert with Web security firm SophosLabs has said that Windows 7 continues to be vulnerable to viruses. The firm's security blog revealed that a

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/16

Online Gamers Most Vulnerable to Malware Assaults

According to a research report released by Microsoft Security, virus authors are increasingly attacking online video game players. Also, numerous malicious

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/16

Trend Micro Gets into Depth of ‘Elite Control’

Security researchers at the TrendLabs group of Trend Micro have unearthed the code responsible for a dangerous botnet called "Elite Control" that

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/16

‘Pirate Bay’ Clampdown Fuels Rise in File-Sharing Sites

The Web security firm McAfee, in its recent report, highlights that there is an alarming increase in file-sharing websites, to the tune of 300%, from the

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/16

Two Different Phishing Scams Hit US

Security experts have cautioned people to ignore two different phishing e-mail scams which are in circulation in different parts of the US.

In the

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/16

Pirated Software Correspond to High Malware Infection Rate

In a warning issued by Microsoft, it has been revealed that users in countries having a high software piracy rate are comparatively more exposed to the

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/16

McAfee’s Q3 Report Finds Bleak Online Security Scenario

Security company McAfee in its new threat report states that malware, spam and other online threats have attained unprecedented levels.

Web-related

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/13

Malware Purveyors’ Latest Attack Exploits Google Wave’s Popularity

Researchers at the Web security firm Symantec have found that authors of malicious codes are now cashing in on people's interest in the new 'Wave' service

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/13

Microsoft Discovers Trojans as the Major Information Security Threat

Microsoft's Security Intelligence Report (SIR) (Version 7), for the period January 2009-June 2009), released on November 2, 2009. The report sheds light on

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/13

Conficker - A Potential Weapon in Cyber War

According to one of the founders of The Shadowserver Foundation, Andre DiMino, a botnet built to a size same as the Conficker could be used as a weapon to

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/13

FBI: Money Mule Scams Racked $100 Million

Security officials of FBI (Federal Reserve Bureau) revealed in a statement that attackers have tried to steal an anticipated $100 Million from corporate

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/13

Experts Alarm Users of Twin Cyber Threat

Bredolab and Fakerean, two latest viruses in the cyber space, are targeting unaware users and causing huge damages, as reported by DNA on November 3,

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/13

URL Shortening May Lead to Risk

According to a security investigator at Websense, a Web security firm, organizations are increasingly reaping maximum advantage from the strength inherent

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/12

Northampton Woman Victim of Nigerian Scam

A fraud through electronic mail reportedly duped a Northampton (USA) based woman, aged 60, into remitting money when she got a message from her buddy,

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/12

New File Encrypting Trojan Doesn’t Produce Ransom Message

Internet security firm Symantec has issued an alert on a new ransomware variant called Trojan.Ramvicrype that although, after compromising computers,

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/12

Global Co-Operation Important For Combating Spread of Malware Sources

According to the Internet security firm Network Box, although malware volumes continued to be high during October 2009, attacks emanating from the usually

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/12

Newark Town Councilor’s Yahoo! Account Hijacked

It happened on October 24, 2009, when friends and associates of Mr. Lawrence Goff, a Newark-based Town Councilor (Nottinghamshire, UK), started receiving an

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/12

Employees Shopping Online With Office PCs Increase Security Risks

According to researchers on cyber security at the Information Systems Audit and Control Association (ISACA), an international non-profit team of IT

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/12

New Phishing E-Mail Abuses Name of US Attorney General

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning to consumers that a fresh e-mail, which is posing as a message from the Attorney General of

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/11

Experimental Spear-Phishing Attack Proves Spam Filters Ineffective

Joshua Perrymon, researcher and CEO at security solutions provider 'PacketFocus' based in Birmingham, Alabama, US, lately conducted a spear-phishing

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/11

Virus Hits Computer Network of Swiss Foreign Ministry

According to security researchers, some unknown computer attackers have maliciously hacked into the network of the Swiss foreign ministry that has led to

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/11

Taiwan Officials Warned of Latest Spear Phishing Attacks

Taiwan-based officials have become a new target of spear phishing scammers, reported 'TrendLabs' of the security firm Trend Micro. Researchers have detected

» SPAMfighter News 2009/11/11