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| Japanese P2P virus writer convicted, but escapes jail (16 May 2008) 24-year-old Masato Nakatsuji, who was the first ever virus writer to be arrested in Japan when he was apprehended in January, admitted writing the malware which displayed images of popular... |
| Top malware list dominated by malware packers (13 May 2008) Malware packers have gained even more popularity in the month of April, as three of the positions on BitDefender's April 2008 Top Ten Malware list are occupied with malware packed by... |
| More April malware trends (05 May 2008) Analysis of Web security activity shows 36.1 percent of all web-based malware intercepted was new in April, as increase of 23.3 percent since March. In April 2008, the global ratio of... |
| Storm botnet calms down (02 May 2008) Analysis shows that during April, the Storm botnet has dramatically decreased to just five percent of its original size, while web-based malware has increased by 23.3 percent. The introduction... |
| Top malware pests in April (30 April 2008) At last, there's been a change in the three malicious programs leading our Online Top Twenty. After two months in first place, the adware program Virtumonde has slipped to second,... |
| Alleged webcam hacker accused of spying on girls (28 April 2008) IT security and control firm Sophos is warning home computer users about the importance of properly securing PCs, following news that a man who allegedly used computer malware to prey... |
| A chunk of Olympic themed targeted trojans (23 April 2008) The world's athletes and hackers now share a common focus - the Beijing Olympics. Whilst the athletes have a legitimate reason to concentrate on the Games, today's hackers are using... |
| U.S. now hosts more malware than any other country (22 April 2008) Research into which countries host the most infected webpages shows some interesting changes since the 2007 Sophos Security Threat Report. The United States in particular has experienced... |
| PrivacyWatcher - a new rogue anti malware tool (21 April 2008) On his blog, Alex Eckelberry wrote about yet another new rogue anti malware application. PrivacyWatcher is a typical highly deceptive rogue security product. Fake scans scare the user... |
| New Trojan claims to offer erotic pictures of Scarlett Johansson (04 April 2008) PandaLabs has detected a series of junk mails that promise erotic pictures of celebrities including Britney Spears, Rihanna or Scarlett Johansson as bait to spread the Agent.IMB Trojan.... |
