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Shylock Not the Lone Threat Targeting Skype

Jan

2013

Shylock malware which spreads via Skype is not the only threat that users should be worried about. We found another worm that takes advantage of Skype to spread copies of itself.Reports of Shylock malware found on certain Skype messages was a hot topic last week. We looked into the related samples and based on our […]

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“Social” malware ready for the Olympic Games 2012

Jul

2012

The Opening Ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games is exactly 1 week away and Websense Security Labs researchers are already seeing data-stealing malware that aims to capitalize on the Games. Malware piggybacks on the buzz surrounding current, high profile events like the Olympics in order to steal personal data. Olympics-themed content armed with malware is introduced mainly through social engineering-based […]

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OSX_FLASHBCK: A Backlash to Apple’s Popularity?

Apr

2012

The Flashback malware discovered last week is raising doubts over the security of the Mac platform. The Trojan, detected by Trend Micro as OSX_FLASHBCK.AB, continues to be a hot topic in the computing industry and it opposes Apple’s own concept that their Mac OS are threat-proof. But this attack, along with an onslaught of malware […]

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