Oh this is a throw back to the 90s, a self-replicating e-mail worm based around a malicious screensaver (.scr) that sends itself to everyone in your address book. It seems this one is spreading fast though with hundreds of thousands of infections. Reminds of the heydays of ILOVEYOU and Anna Kournikova. A fast-moving email worm […]
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Malware Hash Checking Tool – Online & Offline Support
This program intends to detect a malicious file in two ways; online and offline. It calculates the md5 hash of a specified file and searches it in its current hash set (offline) or on VirusTotal site (online) and shows the result. It has http proxy support and update (for hash set) feature. It’s a simple […]
Regional Trojan Threat Targeting Online Banks
[ad] Well it was inevitable really, I’ve noticed in the last couple of years Phishing e-mails have started to use targeted lists especially for banking sites and the next up of course is trojans developed for specific regions. A security company Trusteer (who makes Rapport) has done some research on this matter which has pin-pointed […]
Scotland Yard Arrests Teenages For Involvement In Largest English Language Cybercrime Forum
[ad] It seems both the US and UK governments have been cracking down pretty harshly on cybercrime operations over the past two years. A number of ‘underground’ forums and cybercrime operations have been shut down including those involving botnets, carding and phishing. One of the big stories earlier this year was the Former DarkMarket Admin […]
Australians Propose ‘No Anti-virus – No Internet Connection’ Policy
[ad] So after a year of research and debate, what did the Aussies come up with? A policy to disconnect people from the Internet if they get infected by a virus.. Rather naive isn’t it? Plus if your ISP cuts you off, how exactly are you supposed to resolve the problem without a connection to […]