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Agressive worm infection leads to banking Trojan infection
30.11.2012
An aggressive variant of the VBNA-X "autorun" worm is finding its way onto users' computers, preparing them for further malicious downloads, warns Sophos.
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Malware targeting Skype missed a trick
16.10.2012
Last week reports came out stating that the Dorkbot worm is now targeting Skype users.
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AV-killing worm spreads via Facebook chat and IM clients
30.08.2012
A rather industrious piece of malware that - among other things - paves the way for other malware by disabling AV solutions and software update modules has been spotted spreading via several Instant Messaging applications (ICQ, Skype, GTalk, Pidgin, MSN, YIM) and Facebook: The victims receive a message from an unknown user, offering a link to a funny or interesting video.
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Scareware targets users infected with industrial espionage worm
16.07.2012
ACAD/Medre.A, a worm that steals AutoCAD drawings and sends them to remote servers, was recently discovered infecting a great number of computers in Peru and some other Latin American countries.
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AutoCAD worm steals blueprints, sends them to China
21.06.2012
Duqu and Flame are not the only pieces of malware interested in grabbing AutoCAD files, says ESET researcher Righard Zwienenberg.
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