Myantispyware team discovered a new variant of the “Be sure to read this message! Your personal data is threatened!” email scam that uses the 1EnHkXMfZWhtRR1SQU7sxqoAc6hpXCLm8 Bitcoin wallet account to get money from its victims. Like before, this bitcoin blackmail scam spreads via spam emails. The scam is sent out to thousands of emails at a
Russian malware authors are finding new ways to steal and profit from data which used to be considered safe from thieves because it was encrypted using SSL/TLS. A single attack by a single variant compromises more than 5200 hosts and 10,000 user accounts on hundreds of sites. Steals SSL data using advanced Winsock2 functionality State-of-the-art,
Adam Piggott of Proactive Computing received message from Microsoft. The email had a link to a supposed Windows update site, but, in fact, the link went to a site running the WMF exploit. On an unpatched Windows computer, the exploit hits immediately. Social engineering is also at work, urging users to click a link at
Websense® Security Labs™ has received reports of a malicious website, which is hosting a Trojan Horse keylogger. This keylogger is designed to steal end-user information for popular online games. The malicious code’s filename is main_n80.scr and was discovered on a site, which appears to be a fraudulent version of the Nokia Taiwan website. The site
Over the weekend, Kaspersky Lab intercepted Trojan-PSW.Win32.LdPinch.ahe – the latest variant of LdPinch. This malicious program sends itself to everyone on the victim’s ICQ contact list. It sends a Russian message which says: [translation] How to trick WebMoney! To find out how, read the Help instructions! The message includes a link to the malicious program
F-secure labs have found a phishing scam exploiting this vulnerability. This scam works by sending out emails, urging customers of the global HSBC bank to visit a site called www[dot]jhsbc[dot]com. This domain, naturally, has nothing to with the real bank but it sounds close enough. The site is running on a owned home computer somewhere
Why Keyloggers Threaten Your Privacy 1. Surveillance software is very common nowadays. A Google search on keyloggers yields 39,000+ results. 2. Software mentioned in (1) has a bunch of features to record your activity in every possible way. See some features here. 3. Due to their “good purpose”, keyloggers and other types of surveillance software
The spyware keylogger, named Srv.SSA-KeyLogger, secretly steals data from users’ Internet sessions, including logins and passwords from online banking sessions, eBay, PayPal, and other programs that use html forms to collect personal information. It is a new variant of existing Trojans known by a variety of names, including Troj/Dumaru-BD, Troj/Dumaru-ALTroj/Dumaru-BO, BackDoor-CCT.gen, and Backdoor.Nibu.L. Note that
For those who think shopping malls are scary places during the holiday season, the threats you can’t see while shopping on the Internet can be far more prevalent. Online shopping is predicted to increase by 25% this holiday season, according to Forrester Research, including 2.5 million new households that will purchase online for the first
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