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Two arrested for Zbot Trojan (18 November 2009)
Officers from the Metropolitan Police's Central e-Crime Unit (PCeU) have made Europe's first arrests in the battle against the ZeuS or Zbot Trojan which threatened to compromise thousands...
Gumblar is back with a vengeance (18 November 2009)
ScanSafe reported that 29% of all Web malware blocks in October 2009 were the result of Gumblar. This series of website compromises, collectively dubbed "Gumblar" takes a multi-pronged...
Data-stealing malware soars (18 November 2009)
From phony emails to Facebook phishers, cybercriminals are casting a wide net to lure online shoppers this season. According to new research from Webroot, certain infections designed...
Malicious "Balance Checker Tool" (16 November 2009)
TrendLabs warns about spam messages with the subject "Your credit balance is over its limits" professing to be from Vodafone and Verizon Wireless. The email states that the user's credit...
Koobface worm creates Facebook accounts to spread (10 November 2009)
According to TrendLabs, there is a new Koobface component that makes Internet Explorer create Facebook accounts. It automates the whole process - the browser registers the account, confirms...
First iPhone worm discovered (08 November 2009)
Sophos reports that some Apple iPhone owners in Australia have seen their smartphones get infected by a worm that has changed their wallpaper to an image of 1980s pop musician Rick Astley. The...
Battle of the anti-virus: What is the best software? (06 November 2009)
AV-Comparatives.org recently released the results of a malware removal tests with which they evaluated 16 anti-virus software solutions:Avast Professional Edition 4.8AVG Anti-Virus 8.5AVIRA...
Mac malware disguised as game (04 November 2009)
Symantec shared an uncommon Mac malware type on one of their official blogs: a combination of malware and a game similar to the once popular Space Invaders. They detected the threat...
Malware writers target online gamers (04 November 2009)
Online games have been spared so far from massive amounts of malware, but things seem to change lately, as more and more malware writers concentrate their efforts on writing malicious...
Windows 7 vulnerable to most viruses (04 November 2009)
Windows 7 was touted as a big improvement on Vista, security aspect included. The Sophos team wanted to test that assertion, so they installed a full release copy of the new OS on...

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