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Avira DNS-Repair-Tool released

23

Jan

2012

You must have heard already about the already “famous” malware DNSChanger which manipulates the DNS settings of the computer in order to silently direct the users to malicious websites. FBI and others took action against this malware and in November 2011 have managed to break the botnet. According to FBI, more than 4 million computers […]

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2012 Security Trends

15

Dec

2011

2011 is coming to an end, so now it’s time to try to see what we have to expect for the next 12 months: Social networks: Social engineering techniques exploiting users’ weaknesses have become the leading attack method in social networks. Trending topics such as the Olympics or the next US Presidential elections will be […]

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Fake AV business alive and kicking

27

Oct

2011

Since June 2011 we have seen a substantial decrease in the number of fake antivirus programs. Right now we are observing 10 000 daily attempts to infect users with Trojan-FakeAV; back in June the figures were 50-60,000. The daily number of attempted infections using Trojan-FakeAV in the past 5 months Nevertheless, new versions of this […]

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