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Security experts worry that an open-source Flash animation toolkit is being widely misused to create malicious banner advertisements. Malicious banner ads have been uncovered on travel site Expedia and music service Rhapsody. Whitepages online and Bigpond have been forced to remove banner ads purporting to be from Skyauction.com after a security professional discovered hackers had embedded malware on the ads which redirected users to unsolicited websites. An apparent adware distributor is placing ads that download adware and spyware on to the unpatched Windows computers of those visiting the popular Facebook website. A web security firm has identified a widespread attack in which fake malicious advertisements, able to avoid content scanning, are seeking to infect users of popular websites. The personal information of approximately 46,000 job hunters have been stolen from major job hunting sites by hackers using the so-called Prg trojan to infect victims' computers. Serveral major US firm affected, according to reports. Researchers have detected active exploits using rogue banner advertisements to target a recently patched vulnerability in Adobe Acrobat. Microsoft's messaging client for several days has displayed banner ads that attempted to install malware on user's systems. Security researchers at Symantec have uncovered a click-fraud trojan targeted to the online advertising networks of Google, Yahoo and Baidu.com, China's largest independent internet search engine. In light of the fake Olympic ticket scam the Federal Police together with the Bankers' Association is warning internet users of a another popular internet swindle. The malicious botnet is now attempting to recruit new members by hiding its malware within a fake news story about the FBI and Facebook.
A coalition of technology organisations and vendors has asked a federal appeals court to reject a lawsuit that adware maker Zango has continued to pursue against Kaspersky Lab, accusing the anti-virus firm of unfairly blocking user access to its services. World Intellectual Property Day (April 26 of each year) came and went; pundits and politicians all made their statements, countries and their counsels all presented their positions, international organizations implored their members to protect intellectual property and the creativity and innovation represented. An add-on for the popular Firefox browser hid potentially malicious code, possibly contaminating the machines of anyone who downloaded it. Attackers have hijacked banner advertisements on ESPN’s popular sports site, soccernet.com with fake ads purporting to be from skyauction.com in an attempt to lure visitors to download malware. Google has defended its privacy policy following the launch of a service which offers to manage users' medical information online. When individuals lack an understanding of the specifics of a technology, it is very easy to make inaccurate conclusions on how any two technologies are related -- if they are related at all Attackers are using fake MP3 files to launch one of the largest malware attacks in recent years, experts warned today.. Some users of Skype, the popular software application that enables users to make free phone calls over the internet to other Skype users, found their communication channel blocked earlier this week.