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October 23, 2009

Friday, October 23, 2009 7:33 AM/EST

Botnet Click Fraud Problem Growing

Use of botnets to commit click fraud continues to proliferate, gaining noticeably during Q3 2009, according to researchers.

View all of Adware, AV tools, Blended attack, Botnets, click fraud, Exploits and Attacks, Malware, Online malware, Phishing and Fraud, Social engineering

October 22, 2009

Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:27 AM/EST

Do You Remember When... We Used to Pwn

The official Web site of singer Van Morrison is being used by attackers to deliver a variant on a long-running iframe infection attack.

View all of Browsers, Exploits and Attacks, Online malware, Phishing and Fraud, SEO, Social engineering, SQL injection, Virus and Spyware

October 21, 2009

Wednesday, October 21, 2009 8:14 AM/EST

Diving Deep on Fake AV

Phony AV programs that attempt to infect end users with malware have become an industry unto themselves, according to a new research report from Symantec.

View all of AV tools, Backdoor, Blended attack, Botnets, Browsers, Exploits and Attacks, Malware, Online malware, Phishing and Fraud, Rogue AV, Social engineering, Social networking, Spam

October 20, 2009

Tuesday, October 20, 2009 7:54 PM/EST

Spam Uses Conficker Fear to Push Malware

Spammers are using a fake alert about the Conficker worm to scare users into downloading malware.

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October 16, 2009

Friday, October 16, 2009 12:29 PM/EST

Password Strength Needs a Boost

Weak passwords continue to plague organizations, according to new research from academia.

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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.

View all of Blacklisting, Botnets, Browsers, China, Data Security, Exploits and Attacks, ISPs, Malware, Online malware, Phishing and Fraud, Regulation, Social engineering, Spam, Virus and Spyware

October 13, 2009

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:51 PM/EST

Hot Spam: Targeted Phishing, Brand-Jacking

Targeted spam and non-phishing brand abuse lead the way in this month's spam report published by McAfee's AVERT Labs.

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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.

View all of China, Corporate espionage, Cyber-war, Data Security, Disaster Planning, Enterprise security strategy, Exploits and Attacks, Government standards, Infrastructure security, NIST, Online malware, Risk Management, Trojan attacks, Virus and Spyware

Tuesday, October 13, 2009 10:48 AM/EST

Google Provides Malware Info to Webmasters to Improve Security

Google has added a new feature to Webmaster Tools to provide more detailed information about malicious content it detects on the sites in its massive search index.

View all of Google, Online malware, Vulnerability Research, Web 2.0

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.