ANTI-VIRUS NEWS
Microsoft wins court order crushing mighty spam botnet
A federal magistrate judge has recommended that Microsoft be given ownership of 276 internet addresses used to control “Waledac,” a massive botnet that the software company has been working to bring down.…
Spammers exploit another Facebook flaw
Spammers have taken advantage of a vulnerability in Facebook to spread auto-replicating links, a trick that makes it possible to spread crud without using social engineering.…
TechCrunch purges Zeus malware attack
TechCrunch Europe has cleaned up its website following the discovery of malicious code that left visiting surfers exposed to infection by a variant of the infamous Zeus banking Trojan.…
iPad scammers hack Kirstie Allsopp's Twitter
iPad scammers managed to reach a huge potential audience last weekend after they took over a Twitter profile maintained by British TV presenter Kirstie Allsopp.…
Browser security warning lookalike pushes malware
Scareware peddlers have developed a new ruse that relies on mimicking browser warning pages.…
Spammers latch onto Ping to pump iPhone survey scams
Spammers have been quick off the mark in exploiting Apple's new iTunes social network to punt survey scams.…
iTunes update plugs WebKit flaw
The latest version of iTunes for Windows addresses 13 security vulnerabilities, as well as adding much-publicised social networking functionality.…
Survey scammers serve up supposed shelter from survey scams
Cheeky scammers are offering prospective marks an application that supposedly shields them from exposure to survey scams.…
Apple QuickTime backdoor creates code-execution peril
A security researcher has unearthed a “bizarre” flaw in Apple's QuickTime Player that can be exploited to remotely execute malicious code on Windows-based PCs, even those running the most recent versions of operating system.…
Once-prolific Pushdo botnet crippled
Security researchers have disrupted the botnet known as Pushdo, a coup that over the past 48 hours has almost completely choked the torrent of junkmail from the once-prolific spam network.…
Firefox, uTorrent, and PowerPoint hit by Windows DLL bug
A day after Microsoft confirmed a vulnerability in Windows applications that executes malicious code on end-user PCs, the first exploits have been released targeting programs including the Firefox browser, uTorrent BitTorrent client, and Microsoft PowerPoint.…
McAfee re-issues fake visa waiver virus warning
Proving there's not much new under the sun, McAfee is warning travellers to the US to be aware of the danger of fake visa waiver websites.…
Scareware tries to trick marks into dropping defences
Virus authors have developed a strain of malware that attempts to con users into uninstalling legitimate security packages.…
Researcher: Code-execution bug affects 200 Windows apps
About 200 Windows applications are vulnerable to remote code-execution attacks that exploit a bug in the way the programs load binary files for the Microsoft operating system, a security researcher said Thursday.…
New code-execution bug found in Windows and 40 apps
Microsoft Windows and about 40 applications that run on it are vulnerable to remote-code execution attacks that are "trivial" to carry out, a noted security researcher warned Wednesday.…
Clickjacking threat punts Facebook survey scam
Miscreants have unleashed a new type of clickjacking worm onto Facebook.…
Network Solutions pulls widget that tainted up to 5m websites
Network Solutions has admitted that a software widget designed to help small business to build websites was contaminated with malware.…
Virgin Media to warn malware-infected customers
Virgin Media subscribers whose computers are part of a botnet can expect a letter warning them to tighten up their security, under a new initiative based on data collected by independent malware trackers.…
Security flaw creates Android, Palm Pre snoop risk
Security researchers have uncovered a flaw that creates a means to plant bugging software on Palm Pre devices.…