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Cybercriminals are now distributing malware on peer-to-peer (P2P) file-sharing networks disguised as music and video files related to the popular Disney movie High School Musical, Panda Security has reported. Imagine you are sitting in front of your computer and all of a sudden you hear weird sounds coming from your hard drive. The amount of malware is increasing, and vulnerabilities are more likely to be found in applications than operating systems, according to the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report. Halloween provided extra scares as some sites were compromised with malware. Banks falling behind fraudsters. Internet fraudsters did not wait long to capitalise on the election of Barack Obama, flooding inboxes on Wednesday with malware spam. The crisis on Wall Street is contributing to the largest rise in email-borne malware since February 2007. Spammers are using thousands of Google Groups to spread unwanted email and malware. New ScanSafe report finds more malware was blocked in July than during the
whole of 2007. Microsoft has reported 'strong deployments' of the MS08-067 Security Bulletin. An screen name once connected to animated TV dad Homer Simpson is being used to spread malware. The United States central command was hit by an attack and affected computers in combat zones in the Middle East. Spammed malware activity boomed over the month of July, according to Google. The amount of web-based malware blocked by IT security firm ScanSafe has jumped by 278 per cent in the first six months of this year. The antivirus/perimeter approach to security is dead, and targeted attacks could very well be the final nail in the AV coffin. The trail of bogus anti-virus software and the money it brings in leads to a software company in Russia, according to security researchers. A recent study by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has found malware has become so prevalent that 25 percent of computers in the United States are now infected. The demand that web 2.0 has placed on browsers is opening up new vulnerabilities to unsuspecting users, Itzik Kotler, team leader of the Security Operation Center at IT security firm Radware, has warned. Malware purveyors are embracing the upcoming Olympic games wholeheartedly. Technology news site CNET has been compromised and is hosting malware, according to a security alert issued by a web monitoring company.