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Brazilian Trojan bankers now digitally signed

03

Sep

2012

How easy is it for bad guys to buy valid digital certificates from CAs using fake data and then start signing Trojan bankers with them? In Brazil it appears to be very easy. Today most software developers digitally sign their programs. The process involves Certification Authorities (CAs) that must verify the authenticity of the files […]

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Java zero day = time to disable Java, in your browser at least

30

Aug

2012

Now is the time to disable Java in your web browser, or even remove it from your system if that is practical. Why? The bad guys are hard at work trying to exploit a zero day vulnerability in the latest version of Java (version 1.7, Update 6.). This vulnerability is the subject of a US-CERT […]

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FBI Ransomware: Reveton seeks MoneyPak payment in the name of the law

21

Aug

2012

A crime wave of malware that demands money from victims to avoid prosecution by the FBI has been alarming web surfers across America. Victims suddenly find their computer frozen, and an official-looking page, like the one shown below, is displayed in their web browser. The FBI and the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) have received so […]

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