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Spammed links leading to Koobface are likely to come from infected friends. A Russian criminal organisation known as UpLevel and its German affiliates are using a version of the Prg trojan to attack commercial banking clients, according to anti-virus vendor SecureWorks. A variant of the extremely popular Nigerian 419 scam is possible via Paypal, the INQ has discovered. On paper it looks bulletproof but it's still a big con.
Websense has discovered a new set of malicious code being distributed by the Stration worm through the Skype network. Security organisations are warning of a new virus attack that uses the upcoming Chinese Olympics to spread a new variant of the Storm malware.. For possibly the first time ever, Apple is recommending Mac OS X users deploy anti-virus solutions -- but it remains unclear exactly why. Kaspersky Lab announced Monday it has created a free utility to restore files that may have been deleted by a new ransomware variant. ProDiscover IR is an over-the-network computer forensics tool. It connects to any computer that has the ProDiscover agent and performs a suite of forensic tests that can be scripted using ProScript, a variant of Perl. As the malware threat landscape continues to evolve, hackers are constantly changing techniques to counteract detection technologies vendors develop. Researchers are tracking a new and more sophisticated take on an old trojan that encrypts files on a victim's computer and then demands a payment in exchange for the keys. Researchers have uncovered a number of ways attackers could force a PC to cold boot. Better keep that heating on. A new variant of the Kraken bot uses a word generator to produce bogus headers and random URLs in an attempt to evade host intrusion prevention technologies, according to security vendor PC Tools. A fresh variant of the Russian Gozi virus has attacked thousands of computers in various countries in the past month. With the growth of malicious programs currently outpacing that of legitimate applications, and traditional countermeasures proving inadequate, consumers and security vendors may need to join forces to ward off threats. Security researchers at Sophos have identified a new trojan targeting the Mac OS X operating system. The first drive-by pharming attacks have been spotted in the wild, researchers said this week. A Valentine's day storm is brewing early, warns anti-virus vendor, PC Tools. A new round of targeted phishing is underway with attackers again trying to trick recipients into opening malware-laden attachments falsely claiming to originate from the federal government, researchers warned today. The website of one of India's leading financial services companies is back online after US researchers discovered it was downloading a wide range of malware to customer PCs. Levels of image spam dropped again in June, but researchers also saw increased use of PDF spam.