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Expert Warns of Caphaw Banking Trojan Distributed via Skype

04

Nov

2013

Panda Securitys Bart Blaze warns users that cybercriminals are utilizing Skype to distribute a version of the Caphaw (Shylock) malware, a threat thats currently being used to target the customers of 24 major banks. According to the expert, the malware simply sends a malicious file to all of the victims Skype contacts. Unlike other similar […]

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BadBIOS Malware: Reality or Hoax?

01

Nov

2013

On Thursday, Ars Technica ran a story about badBIOS, a nasty piece of malware allegedly discovered three years ago by security consultant Dragos Ruiu on an Apple laptop. The malware is so sophisticated that some wonder if the story is real or just a hoax. The rootkit appears to be advanced and highly persistent, with […]

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A royal baby arrives so be wary of malicious spam

24

Jul

2013

Just like earthquakes, tsunamis and Justin Bieber screw ups, the birth of a royal baby in London in the UK provides spammers with a good hook to land their social engineering or malware on unsuspecting victims’ PCs. The AVG Web Threats Research Group found this one this morning. It’s a fake “live update” gimmick: You […]

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