One of the most striking statistics in our recent Security Intelligence Report (SIRv10) is the change in social network phishing (attacks focused on impersonating a social networking site in an attempt to steal and exploit your credentials). This change was briefly mentioned in Vinny’s blog post that announced the release of the SIR. I want to […]
We have just released a new tool called Microsoft Safety Scanner to help you diagnose if your computer is infected and clean it if possible. It is available from www.microsoft.com/security/scanner. The old online safety scanner from safety.live.com also now points to www.microsoft.com/security/scannerSo what is Microsoft Safety Scanner? It is a standalone, easy-to-use scanner, packaged with […]
This month’s addition to MSRT is Win32/Ramnit. Having been discovered in April 2010, the family is relatively new, however, the authors of Ramnit seem to have a preference for using an older generation of malicious techniques. Whilst there are still a number of parasitic file infectors in the wild, the total number of malware families […]
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