Archive for May 12th, 2009

We found two new rogue security products using the same name “Extra Antivirus” One of them belongs to the Virusdoctor family of rogue security products. This rogue uses the same site that was earlier used by Extra Antivir. Like its predecessors this rogue also uses Google Code site as a free way to host its installers. The... »

Koobface, a worm which steals Facebook or MySpace credentials and spams their credentials, is certainly alive and kicking. Here’s a run occurring right now. You get a message from a friend:   Which leads to a Facebook page: Which, when clicked, pushes a fake video codec that downloads Koobface: And yes, my wife just got one from a friend.... »

With the growth of “clean DNS” services (primarily OpenDNS, which boasts over 10 million users), it was only a matter of time before scammers would catch on. Enter Trusted-DNS, a service which purports to provide a “clean DNS”. In fact, it’s a dns changer that will likely redirect users to bad sites. Looking at the download,... »

Not the most surpising news, but there’s SEO search poisoning going on using swine flue keywords. Using the search term “Swine flu protection”, 8th result:       Using “swine flu statistics”, 2nd result:         Clicking on the link leads to a fake malware scan page (currently dead).             As posted on Sunbelt Blog »

Proxybl is a new blacklisting service that lists open proxies (commonly used in malware, but sometimes used for legit purposes). Nice site.  You can visit it here. »

Summary of Microsoft’s monthly security bulletin release for May 2009. Today we released one security bulletin, MS09-017, affecting our PowerPoint products. This update addresses several vulnerabilities including the issue described in Microsoft Security Advisory 969136. In that advisory, we noted that we were aware of limited, targeted attacks. The security of our customers is important to... »

Malware Catcher 2009 is a fake antimalware software, or a rogue security software. Malware Catcher 2009 is designed to rip people off. Do not trust this corrupt software, do not buy Malware Catcher 2009, if your computer is infected with this parasit... »

Summary of Microsoft’s monthly security bulletin release for May 2009. Today we released one security bulletin, MS09-017, affecting our PowerPoint products. This update addresses several vulnerabilities including the issue described in Microsoft Security Advisory 969136. In that advisory, we noted that we were aware of limited, targeted attacks. The security of... »