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September
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Linux/Rst-B - very much alive and kickingLast month a snippet of our Linux malware research was published in Virus Bulletin. Virus Bulletin is the de facto anti-malware publication but is only available via subscription. With their permission, we... 8 September 2008 13:27 GMT
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Me.com. Your identity everywhereAppleInsider are reporting a phishing campaign targeting MobileMe users, following an earlier attack less than a month ago.
If the figures from CardCops are correct then the first attack netted credit card... 8 September 2008 09:27 GMT
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More Fedex Spam MalwareIt has been a relatively quiet weekend here at SophosLabs. However, we are continuing to see Fedex spam with a subject like “Fedex Tracking N*5421062126″ and the following message body:
Error!... 7 September 2008 12:37 GMT
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Fake YouTube site points to malware I’ve JUST blogged about that fancy webpage that tries to install a malicious “codec” on your computer. And, believe it or not, I wanted to finish my post by saying that “I... 6 September 2008 22:27 GMT
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$2M being paid to 419 fraud victimsSounds too good to be true, isn’t it?
A well-known theme of phishing scams is to alert you of phishing activity against your bank, in order to bring more legitimacy to fraudulent e-mail. Clearly, if... 6 September 2008 20:57 GMT
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You need a codec to watch thisAngelina Jolie continues to lead in the “top malware subjects” competition. Today’s version of the spammed out “Angelina Jolie naked clip” malware would not be worth blogging... 6 September 2008 20:25 GMT
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When to judge a book by its coverIf you were to take a random exectuable file from our (or any other vendor’s) malware collection, the chances are it would be packed with something. These tools, often just referred to as packers (but... 5 September 2008 17:25 GMT
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Alien Cartoons Become Bad GirlsWe’ve seen what seems like an endless stream of email attachment malware over the past few weeks. Some of it was noteworthy because it used a slightly more originally social engineering... 4 September 2008 17:35 GMT
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More Facebook funToday we got yet another sample of malware attacking Facebook. We detect this lot as Troj/Koobfa-A. It has some interesting characteristics. You can see how it attempts to log in to Facebook, look up... 3 September 2008 21:46 GMT
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Latest Test Results are InLike many students during the summer break waiting for their exam results, we have just heard news of the latest set of tests carried out by AV-Test.org
The tests covered a wide variety of different aspects... 3 September 2008 16:05 GMT
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Who? What? Yikes!Move aside Britney, it’s now time to dance & party to the tunes of Ciljeta Cilaga and Altuna Sejdiu! Who? Pictures are worth a thousand words and so the spam messages conveniently provide you with... 2 September 2008 19:38 GMT
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A most laborious Labor daySeems like malware authors and organized gangs involved in spammed out malware have zero notion of “a day off for the working citizens”.
SophosLabs North America (Canada & the US) dealt with... 1 September 2008 23:01 GMT
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Insta-spamA problem that has been around for a while is that of instant messenger spam. The impact it has on a victim is only worsened by the fact that one's friends and family are also affected.
Spam is a... 1 September 2008 11:36 GMT
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Beware of Gustav related scamsWith the threat of Hurricane Gustav looming large [1], users should prepare themselves for the scams we may well see in its wake.
A few years ago we saw attackers exploiting Hurricane Katrina [2] in order... 1 September 2008 09:39 GMT
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