"We've recently discovered a series of attacks being carried out by a P2P variant of the Zeus platform against some of the internet’s leading online services and websites," Trusteer said in a blog post, adding that the malware comes from an ad purporting to offer rebates and new security measures to users who click on it. "The scams exploit the trust relationship between...
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A malware program's update may have harmed millions of computers.What happens when the doctor gets sick? ZDNet recently reported that German security company Avira released a defective antivirus update the brought Windows computers to a "screeching halt."
With the new update, the antivirus program starts going after critical computing processes th...
"The main infection method was email messages luring victims to web sites running a variety of exploit kits," according to the report. "The victim would typically receive an email message from a business or the government informing them of an issue with their account. This would contain a reasonable looking link to a web site. The web site would actually host an exploit ki...
"There is no question that you are more secure using a modern version of Windows than you were in 2002 using the initial release of Windows XP," Bott said. "At the same time, attackers are more sophisticated and more focused on financial gain."
He said in addition to building a better process for writing secure code, companies like Microsoft have improved their update i...
This update set also disables older versions of Adobe Flash Player for Macs. One big catch is that these updates are only going to older Mac devices with Intel-bases and those with PowerPC-based central processing will still be left to fend for themselves in the battle against the Flashback malware.
"However, it's not clear whether PowerPC Macs can be infected by the Fl...
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