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AVG announced yesterday that it would be offering a free year of service after its antivirus software got confused and misidentified a key Windows system file as malware. The number of seemingly legitimate web pages affected by the latest SQL injection attack is growing. Seagate is warning users to scan their systems for malware after a password-stealing Trojan was found on some of its hard drives. A Trojan that disguises its malicious content by playing a humorous animation is spreading across the internet, according to security experts. A worm, exploiting the emergency Microsoft patch, turns infected computers into bots that can launch DDoS attacks. The days of visiting a trusted website and expecting it to be safe are done and dusted. While it is unlikely we will ever abolish cybercrime, I do believe that we can make the internet a safer place. A wave of new SQL injection attacks appears to have infected several thousand web servers, including government and financial services sites. The first quarter of 2008 has been marked by a "dramatic increase" in web-based threats, with a new infected webpage being discovered every five seconds, security experts warn. Phishers are adopting a 'back to basics' approach with attacks. The stakes were high when scores of researchers and investigators met Thursday for the twice-annual International Botnet Task Force meeting. Halloween provided extra scares as some sites were compromised with malware. A new program that claims to be an anti-spyware solution for the Mac is likely rogue software, security researchers warned on Friday. Secure Computing is warning of a new Trojan in the wild that is infecting multi-media files on a victim’s hard disk.
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. Hot on the heels of a recent hack in which 10,000 sites were compromised, researchers have disclosed a new large-scale attack.. The US Computer Emergency Response Team (US-Cert) is warning users and administrators to be on the lookout following the discovery of a malware outbreak being spread via USB keys.
The U.S. Department of Defense has banned USB drives and other removable media after a worm hit military networks. The trail of bogus anti-virus software and the money it brings in leads to a software company in Russia, according to security researchers. Two security firms have revealed that spam attacks have increased in the last quarter.