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November 20, 2009

Friday, November 20, 2009 8:02 AM/CST

Fallen Beauty: Attackers Feast on Prejean Scandal

You likely could have predicted that when a sex tape of a former beauty queen surfaced, related cyber-attacks would not be far behind.

November 19, 2009

Thursday, November 19, 2009 7:27 AM/CST

Sizing Botnets No Exact Science

After cutting off the notorious Mega-D botnet, researcher with FireEye are attempting to find out just how massive the zombie network might have been.

November 18, 2009

Wednesday, November 18, 2009 10:51 PM/CST

Unified Creeps: Cyber-crime to Rage on in '10

Year-ahead security landscape predictions are not immune to the theory of unified cultural creep. But, on the flip side, they're already here.

November 11, 2009

Wednesday, November 11, 2009 8:44 PM/CST

Koobface Worm Poses as Facebook User

The Koobface botnet has new tricks up its sleeve: It can now automate the process of registering a Facebook account, confirming an e-mail address and joining random Facebook groups.

November 5, 2009

Thursday, November 05, 2009 7:24 AM/CST

Malware SEO: Gaming Google Trends and Big Bird

Attackers are now working to tailor new threats to online news trends on a daily basis using indicators including Google Trends.

November 4, 2009

Wednesday, November 04, 2009 7:25 AM/CST

Facebook Campaigns Serve Up Nasty Cocktail

The Facebook phishing campaign landing in your in-box is more than just a social networking password thieving scheme, according to researchers with McAfee.

November 3, 2009

Tuesday, November 03, 2009 7:23 AM/CST

Inside the Elite Control Botnet

Experts have unwrapped the Elite Loader botnet only to find that it's a pretty sophisticated attack. And that it's becoming even easier for less advanced attackers to get their hands on such threats.

October 27, 2009

Tuesday, October 27, 2009 7:45 PM/CST

Inside the Clampi Trojan: Using Shellcode to Game Firewalls

The Clampi Trojan attack employs some creative means to run its course and stay undetected, according to experts with Symantec.

October 22, 2009

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

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.

October 20, 2009

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

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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