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Malware Botnet may have framed Android

, Jul 6th 2012 Discuss [0]

Android may have been wrongly maligned for its role in a malware botnet, security researchers have admitted, with findings that devices running Google's software could be responsible for spam potentially fooled by a fake email signature. Despite claims from Sophos and Microsoft earlier this week that email header information pinned down Android devices as the guilty carriers, each has since backtracked having conceded that Android's involvement is in no way certain. Read The Full Story

DNSChanger: How to find it and how to fix it

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Time is running out for computers running the DNSChanger malware, with the FBI planning to cut infected machines off from the internet teat come Monday, but how do you know if your system is at risk? The malware reroutes internet traffic through compromised servers, opening systems up to the dangers of keylogging, pushing fake software and products, and otherwise manipulating the web experience. Thankfully, checking out the status of your computer isn't hard. Read The Full Story

FBI to kill servers supporting DNSChanger virus victims

, Jul 5th 2012 Discuss [0]

Hundreds of thousands of people around the world could lose access to the Internet on July 9 when the FBI plans to kill temporary servers servicing victims of a virus. That virus is called DNSChanger, and the FBI plans to shut down the temporary DNS servers that were being used to assist victims of the Internet theft ring. Any computer that still uses the servers won't be able to go online starting July 9. Read The Full Story

Yahoo! email spam linked to Android botnet

, Jul 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Malware has increasingly become a problem for Android, with most malicious apps intended to send premium text messages in the background that will rack up a nasty phone bill. Android might also be used to setup botnets and send spam emails, according to Terry Zinck’s blog on MSDN. He discovered that standard spam email messages were being sent from Yahoo! Mail servers on Android devices. Read The Full Story

Flame malware developed by US, Israel to slow Iranian nuclear efforts

, Jun 19th 2012 Discuss [0]

It turns out that the massive Flame malware attack last month was a sophisticated computer virus developed by the US and Israel in an effort to sabotage Iran's nuclear program. Citing unnamed Western officials with knowledge of the effort, the Washington Post reported that the attack involved the National Security Agency, the CIA, and Israel's military as well as the use of the infamous Stuxnet virus. Read The Full Story

Microsoft releases certificate updater in response to Flame malware

, Jun 14th 2012 Discuss [0]

In response to the recent Flame malware attack, Microsoft has released a patch this week that introduces a digital certificate updater. The new feature automatically updates your Windows 7 or Windows Vista system to detect untrusted certificates. Known stolen or forged certificates are put on a "Disallowed Certificate Trust List," which is updated daily. Read The Full Story

Flame named a cryptographic marvel; Infected PCs commit suicide

, Jun 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Uber-malware Flame is the most complex tool for cyber espionage discovered in the wild to-date, expert cryptographers have said, the first example of an MD5 collision attack being used in earnest. "Flame uses a yet unknown MD5 chosen-prefix collision attack" renowned experts Marc Stevens and B.M.M. de Weger announced in a security discussion group this week, having been forced to create a custom tool specifically in the hope of digging through the malware's secrets. Meanwhile, Symantec spotted what appeared to be a desperate suicide instruction sent out to a number of compromised computers. Read The Full Story

North Korea ships malware infected games to South Korea

, Jun 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

A report has been published in the Korean publication called JoongAng Daily the claims Seoul's Metropolitan Police agency has foiled a cyber attack plot orchestrated by North Korea. South Korea alleges that the cyber attack plot was instituted by North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau when the Bureau shipped malware infected games to South Korean users. Read The Full Story

Microsoft fixes Windows flaw exploited by Flame

, Jun 4th 2012 Discuss [0]

Microsoft has issued a security warning and an emergency update over the weekend that fixes a serious flaw in Windows that was exploited by the Flame malware attack last month. Flame was massive and sophisticated but luckily a targeted attack. However, the same method could be exploited in a less sophisticated implementation for a more widespread attack. Read The Full Story

We have a Flame malware fix claims Iranian government

, May 30th 2012 Discuss [0]

Iran's government claims to have developed an anti-virus program that can detect and remove the Flame malware, promising to release the tool to any Iranian company or organization who requests it. Identified recently, though believed to have been in the wild and syphoning data from computers across the middle east since early 2010, Flame is suspected to be the cyber-espionage tool of a foreign government. Although the full complexity of the malware is yet to be explored, security researchers already believe it is significantly more complex than other recent infections such as Stuxnet. Read The Full Story

Fake Android app developer fined £50k

, May 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

We’ve seen more and more reports of Android malware lately, often packaged into a fake version of a popular app. One of the more extreme examples involves the fake versions of Angry Birds and Cut The Rope, both posted to the Android Market and charging users for a non-functional app. The developer reaped in a significant amount of money, but has been fined and ordered to pay back part of what was wrongfully taken. Read The Full Story

Flame cyber-espionage discovered in vast infection net

, May 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

A new and fast spreading malware tipped to already dwarf the notorious Stuxnet has been identified, codenamed Flame and believed to be state-run cyberespionage affecting PCs in Iran and nearby countries. Spotted by Kaspersky Lab, "Worm.Win32.Flame" blends features from backdoor, trojan and worm malware, and once surreptitiously loaded onto a target machine can monitor network traffic, local use, grab screenshots and record audio, sending all that data back to its home servers. Believed to be active from at least March 2010, Flame is tipped to be 20x more prevalent than Stuxnet. Read The Full Story
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