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October 15, 2009

Thursday, October 15, 2009 7:10 AM/EST

Bad Actors Largely Unchecked in Cybercrime Efforts

Cybercriminals aren't slowing down as law enforcement and Web regulators have failed to find ways to stop them, experts observe.

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October 13, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:53 AM/EST

USAF Report: Cyber War Not Under Radar

Governement-funded researchers are calling for greater consideration to be given to cyber-war, but not in terms of immediate investment.

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October 8, 2009

Thursday, October 08, 2009 9:11 AM/EST

Malware Distributors Mastering News SEO

Malware purveyors are having a great deal of success in getting their news-driven attacks to the top of search engine results, often beating their legitimate peers.

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October 6, 2009

Tuesday, October 06, 2009 10:05 AM/EST

Asprox Botnet Attacks Come Back

The Asprox botnet campaign may not be as savvy as some of its newer counterparts, but it's still finding plenty of opportunities to infect end users.

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October 2, 2009

Friday, October 02, 2009 9:31 AM/EST

Facebook Attackers May Have Cracked CAPTCHA

Researchers at AVG Technologies may have uncovered a scheme where attackers broke Facebook's CAPTCHA protections and automated the creation of bogus Facebook pages. All this in the name of pushing fake anti-virus programs to the public.

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September 30, 2009

Wednesday, September 30, 2009 11:26 PM/EST

Web 2.0 Leaves Browsers Under Constant Siege

Emerging Web 2.0 threats are putting even more pressure on issues of browser security, a new Purewire white paper contends.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 7:08 AM/EST

Worlds of Scamcraft

Attackers continue to refine their techniques aimed at stealing passwords and hard-earned virtual game assets belonging to users of Worlds of Warcraft.

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Wednesday, September 30, 2009 12:00 AM/EST

Twitter Abuse Growing Rampant

Twitter continues to become an even bigger source of malware activity, according to researchers with Symantec.

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September 22, 2009

Tuesday, September 22, 2009 6:58 PM/EST

Search Engine Manipulation Grows Up

Attackers are more frequently using compromised legitimate Web sites in their efforts to lure search engine users into finding their malware threats.

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Tuesday, September 22, 2009 11:29 AM/EST

Rogue Twitter Accounts Blasting Out Links for Fake Antivirus

Researchers at F-Secure say there has been an increase in attackers generating rogue Twitter accounts in order to blast out URLs leading to malicious sites.

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