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Twice as bad: speeding ticket with attached malware

11

Oct

2011

Nobody likes receiving a traffic ticket, but one with attached malware is a lot worse. We could get into a philosophical argument about which is truly more terrible – a traffic ticket that adds points to your license and raises your insurance rates, or malware that infiltrates your PC, insinuating itself into your most private […]

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Blackhole Exploit + Rogue AV capitalizes on Steve Jobs’ passing

07

Oct

2011

Websense ThreatSeeker® Network has detected malicious email messages claiming that the late Apple founder and CEO, Steve Jobs, is still alive. Websense Email Security and Websense Web Security protect against these blended attacks with ACE, our Advanced Classification Engine. Some of the email subjects used in this attack include : Steve Jobs: Not Dead Yet! […]

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Operation b79 (Kelihos) and Additional MSRT September Release

27

Sep

2011

For the month of September, Microsoft is adding the Win32/Kelihos family to a second release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool. This additional release is to support the most recent action in Project MARS- Operation b79 which targets the Kelihos botnet. Operation b79 builds on the successes of the Rustock and Waledac takedowns. This operation […]

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