Q&A of the Week: 'The current state of the cybercrime ecosystem' featuring Mikko Hypponen
Fri, 25 May 2012 07:20:43 -0700

In this week’s Q&A, I chat with Mikko Hypponen, the Chief Research Officer of F-Secure on the current state of the cybercrime ecosystem.

Comcast phishing site contains valid TRUSTe seal
Thu, 24 May 2012 05:13:10 -0700

Security researchers from Sophos are reporting on an intercepted Comcast-themed phishing email, which contains a valid TRUSTe seal.

New SpyEye plugin takes control of crimeware victims' webcam and microphone
Thu, 24 May 2012 04:48:39 -0700

Security researchers from Kaspersky have profiled a new SpyEye plugin known as flashcamcontrol.dll which takes control of the victim’s webcam and microphone.

Researchers intercept Tatanga malware bypassing SMS based transaction authorization
Thu, 24 May 2012 03:46:20 -0700

Security researchers from Trusteer have intercepted a Tatanga malware variant capable of bypassing SMS based transaction authentication protection.

Anonymous hacks Bureau of Justice, leaks 1.7GB of data
Mon, 21 May 2012 16:27:32 -0700

Anonymous has apparently hacked the United States Bureau of Justice Statistics and posted 1.7GB of data belonging to the agency on The Pirate Bay. This is a Monday Mail Mayhem release.

Facebook account cancellation is malware, not Adobe Flash
Mon, 21 May 2012 15:38:20 -0700

If you’re asked to confirm or deny a Facebook account cancellation request, ignore it. Facebook will never ask you this, and chances are someone is looking to install malware on your computer.

Malware charges users for free Android apps on Google Play
Mon, 21 May 2012 08:41:29 -0700

Android users are being tricked into paying for free apps. The malware is a new variant of the Android.Opfake family that pushes fake versions of popular Android apps to unsuspecting consumers.

The Pirate Bay returns, Anonymous hater takes credit for DDoS
Thu, 17 May 2012 05:13:51 -0700

The Pirate Bay is back online. An Anonymous traitor who goes by the name AnonNyre has claimed responsibility for the Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack that kept the site offline for days.

Wikileaks has been under DDoS attack for the last three days
Wed, 16 May 2012 17:27:56 -0700

The Pirate Bay is down. Wikileaks is down. Visa was down. Are all these Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks a coincidence? Right now it’s not clear, but something is definitely happening.

Apple releases QuickTime 7.7.2 for Windows, fixes 17 flaws
Wed, 16 May 2012 16:09:41 -0700

Apple QuickTime version 7.7.2 is out, fixing 17 security vulnerabilities in the multimedia framework. This is a security update, meaning no new features have been added. You should still update.