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China is world's most malware-ridden nation
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-02-07 06:21
Some 55 per cent of Chinese computers are infected with malware, the highest of any country worldwide, according to the latest Annual Security Report from Panda Security.
The Spanish security vendor’s Panda Labs research team reported 27 million new strains of malware in 2012, bringing the total in its database to 125m.
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Malwarebytes uncovers digital certificate-spoofing Trojan
Submitted by l33tdawg on Tue, 2013-02-05 18:40
Security vendor Malwarebytes has uncovered a banking Trojan capable of bypassing traditional security by spoofing legitimate digital certificates.
The certificate used by the malware is usually legitimate but it's now being sent out by a fake-company set up to get hold of the certificates from Digicert.
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'Gozi' Virus Creators Charged By FBI With Stealing Millions From Online Bank Customers
Submitted by l33tdawg on Thu, 2013-01-24 00:07
Federal authorities announced Wednesday they had disrupted a massive cybercrime ring, charging three alleged hackers with using "one of the most financially destructive computer viruses in history" to steal millions of dollars from banks around the world.
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Conficker worm reappears
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-01-21 01:55
Electronics accessory maker Hama has admitted that a 35mm photographic film scanner sold to German consumers over Christmas came with a software disk infected with the irrepressible Conficker worm.
Reported earlier this month but only noticed by eagle-eyed reporters now, the report on Heise Security said that the slide scanner, sold through the Tchibo chain for about £50 (US$79) a shot, loaded the malware when the main executable was run.
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Malware Masquerades as Patch for Java
Submitted by l33tdawg on Mon, 2013-01-21 01:42
Trend Micro has spotted a piece of malicious software that masquerades as the latest patch for Java, a typically opportunistic move by hackers.
Oracle released two emergency patches on Sunday for its Java programming language and application platform, which is installed on millions of computers worldwide.
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