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Google Chrome to alert on malware downloads

09

Jan

2012

Google says that the latest beta version of its popular Chrome browser incorporates a new security feature to warn users that they are trying to download malicious software from a website. That’s not a revolutionary new feature, of course, and various other browsers already protect consumers in this way. Not to mention “conventional” anti-virus solutions […]

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Blackhole Exploit Hones in on Amazon Users

13

Dec

2011

Last week, our friends at ThreatPost posted about the ever-growing infection of websites hosting Black Hole Exploit Kits. A Black Hole exploit takes advantage of unpatched Windows operating systems. It also targets other software, such as Java and Adobe Reader, that can be installed on Windows platforms, which are a lot. Since the kits are already available in […]

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MSRT Nov’ 11: Cridex – the hex of Skidlo

11

Nov

2011

Earlier, we discussed Win32/Carberp, a malware family included in the November release of the Malicious Software Removal Tool. In this post, we discuss another included malware, Win32/Cridex. Win32/Cridex is a relatively new family; we discovered its first variant in the wild in August 2011. This trojan is primarily downloaded and installed by other malware, detected […]

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