ANTI-VIRUS NEWS
Anti-virus suites still can't block Google China attack
Analysis The vast majority of consumer anti-virus products are still failing to block the Operation Aurora exploits used in the high profile attack against Google and other blue-chip firms last December, according to independent tests.…
Microsoft pushes temporary security fix to IE laggards
Microsoft has released automated workarounds designed to immunize users against a critical vulnerability in earlier versions of Internet Explorer, which criminals are already exploiting online.…
Facebook users warned over stalk-my-profile scam
A bogus application that lures Facebook users by falsely offering to show who has been viewing their profile has been exposed as a scam.…
Koobface gang refresh botnet to beat takedown
Command and Control servers associated with the infamous Koobface worms have gone through a complete refresh over the last fortnight. Russian net security firm Kaspersky Lab reckons the change up might be aimed at making takedown efforts by cybercrime fighters more difficult.…
Bogus Playstation emulators pack Trojan payload
Retro gaming fans are being targeted in a new con designed to infect computers with a Trojan linked to scareware scams.…
Twitter adds filter to cut phishing lines
Twitter has tightened up security procedures in order to curtail phishing attacks against users of the micro-blogging service, which have become rampant over recent weeks.…
It's official: Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app
Adobe's ubiquitous Reader application has replaced Microsoft Word as the program that's most often targeted in malware campaigns, according to figures compiled by F-Secure.…
Vodafone ships Mariposa-infected HTC Magic
Updated Vodafone has been blamed for shipping Mariposa botnet malware and other nasties on a HTC Magic Android smartphones it supplied.…
Energizer Duo software suffers backdoor Trojan bother
A Trojan backdoor found its way into Energizer Duo USB battery charger software downloads.…
Patchy Windows patching leaves users insecure
Windows users need to patch their systems an average of every five days to stay ahead of security vulnerabilities, according to a study this week.…
Scareware sellers fool Google with file switch
Cybercrooks have developed a new technique for manipulating search engine results in order to promote the crud they sell, such as scareware packages.…
Patch Tuesday will leave F1 hole unpatched
Microsoft is planning just two bulletins next week, covering vulnerabilities rated only as "important", as part of this month's Patch Tuesday.…
MS confirms 'F1 to pwn' IE bug
Microsoft has confirmed that an unpatched Internet Explorer vulnerability makes it potentially dangerous to press F1 if you are running earlier versions of Windows.…
How FBI, police busted massive botnet
Analysis More details have emerged about a cybercrime investigation that led to the takedown of a botnet containing 12m zombie PCs and the arrest of three alleged kingpins who built and ran it.…
WoW authenticators bypassed by middlemen hackers
Crooks have developed a man-in-the-middle-attack designed to circumvent authentication kit used by dedicated World of Warcraft gamers.…
Qualys crawls into the malware scanning biz
Qualys is inviting sys admins to sign up to a new free service, QualysGuard Malware Detection, which provides alerts about drive-by-download attacks and malicious scripts on monitored websites.…
Hackers go on Tory-bothering spree
Conservative party websites have been attacked by mischievous hackers over the weekend, who defaced some of the sites and sent spam messages from others urging people to "vote Labour".…
Hordes of new threats ahead for mobile networks
Malware on smartphones is just the first in a series of new security threats for mobile networks ushered in by the embrace of internet technologies, according to mobile phone encryption firms.…
Another NHS hospital stricken with Conficker virus
Analysis The infamous Conficker worm has infected yet another NHS facility.…
Almost 2,500 firms breached in ongoing hack attack
Criminal hackers have penetrated the networks of almost 2,500 companies and government agencies in a coordinated campaign that began 18 months ago and continues to steal email passwords, login credentials, and other sensitive data to this day, a computer security company said.…