13m users worldwide affected by Mariposa botnet |
- 13m users worldwide affected by Mariposa botnet
- Most malicious websites are hosted in the US
- Basic security measures do wonders
- Twitter tackles phishing problem
- Online banking rip-offs go up, card fraud goes down
- 9 million ZeuS attacks blocked in the last 6 months
- Human exploit attacks surpass the software flaw approach
- And the winner is… FakeAV!
| 13m users worldwide affected by Mariposa botnet Posted: 10 Mar 2010 02:03 PM PST Following the worldwide shutdown of the Mariposa botnet last week, Panda Security reported today that the massive botnet had infected 13 million computers in 190 countries and 31,901 cities. Accor... |
| Most malicious websites are hosted in the US Posted: 10 Mar 2010 11:52 AM PST AVG Technologies unveiled the results of a research study which shows that – contrary to popular opinion – most malicious websites are hosted on US servers and not in other countries like China. Th... |
| Basic security measures do wonders Posted: 10 Mar 2010 11:08 AM PST Deep down inside, we all wish for a unique solution that will protect our machine or our network completely forever and ever, preferably one that can be activated with a simple flick of a switch and t... |
| Twitter tackles phishing problem Posted: 10 Mar 2010 07:36 AM PST In a bid to obstruct the phishing onslaught that has lately been targeting its users, Twitter has announced that it will rout the submitted direct messages through a new URL service called twt.tl, whe... |
| Online banking rip-offs go up, card fraud goes down Posted: 10 Mar 2010 06:59 AM PST Losses due to credit and debit card fraud have fallen for the first time in 3 years, says the UK Cards Association, only to be supplanted by a rising incidence of phishing attacks aimed at stealing lo... |
| 9 million ZeuS attacks blocked in the last 6 months Posted: 10 Mar 2010 04:19 AM PST Trend Micro has seen a recent rise in average of around 300 unique ZeuS samples per day, according to a recent threat report that examines the Eastern European criminal enterprise behind one of the wo... |
| Human exploit attacks surpass the software flaw approach Posted: 10 Mar 2010 03:37 AM PST Barracuda Labs released its annual report for 2009, in which they highlight the shifts in Internet user behavior and the resulting attacker trends. Twitter Throughout 2009, Twitter experienced a... |
| Posted: 10 Mar 2010 01:45 AM PST Taking advantage of the Oscar fever, criminals have poisoned search results regarding the award ceremony. Entering "oscar winners live 2010" you get this: TrendLabs reports that the majority on t... |
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