Continuing creativity in trojan distribution
We’ve seen the same trojan being sent to inboxes in all kinds of ways — and seemingly obsessively on the subject of Angelina Jolie
Unintended consequences and Fuse Kit
Fuse Kit is a cool utility to create animations in Flash. Unfortunately, it’s popular with malware distributors, who are using it to create malicious advertisements
More "Certified" malware
Antivirus XP 2008 delivers a malware certed from GlobalSign. I've sent them an email
New rogue security product: Internet-antivirus
The GUI is similar to XPAntivirus, however it’s a different program
Fake CNN headlines
A new round of spam pushing fake codecs. Last week we had fake Reuters. Now, we have fake CNN
A new service by a company called LiquidID is mildly interesting.
One of the potential hazards of OpenID is that your email address might get compromised and then life won’t be fun anymore.
Are Chinese hackers more coordinated than conventional wisdom?
Jumper over at the Dark Visitor (a blog which focuses almost excluslively on Chinese hackers) takes issue with Bruce Schneier’s article, The Truth about Chinese Hackers
Another fake MS spam
The file being pushed, free.exe, is an installerfor Antivirus XP 2008, a nasty rogue antispyware program
Airlines take it to the streets
This is extraordinary and example of how technology may very well trump the old-school oil companies and commodities markets.
Weird ad for wireless
This ad, which is impossible to read (white text on black background being one of the Bad Things in advertising), is a poking-fun, sarcastic kind of thing ad to sell HP notebooks with an AT&T broadband wireless card
Hijacking Google
Something cute that we saw with an Antivirus XP 2008 install (to clarify, this is a fake error page generated through a running process from the Antivirus XP 2008 Trojan)
Raft of fake CareerBuilder jobs hit mailboxes
You may have seen a wave of fake job offers disguised as coming through CareerBuilder. The recipient is asked to contact the employer through an email address. Email addresses we have observed so far are:
Teenagers face Jail for Hacking School Grades
Two California teenagers have been charged with hacking into their school computers and changing lackluster grades
New type of stock spam may confound antispam engines
It’s been a while since we all saw a big stock spam push.
Casualties: Zango's recent layoffs includes senior execs
What we reported yesterday about Zango having laid off employees is now officially reported through news channels.
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