Posts Tagged ‘kd’

New malware attack via Facebook – A tricky approach can cause immense damage

Aug

2011

The past days brought a new wave of malware attacks via Facebook to German speaking users. Many users received a message via Facebook’s chat functionality that looked something like this: The shortened URLs varied, but the outcome has been the same: Clicking the link downloaded an executable file that disguises as .jpg file! In case […]

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Found: Bitcoin mining bot that is controlled via Twitter

Aug

2011

Bitcoin is an electronic currency which is not tied in value to any other currencies. You can convert other currencies (like US dollars) to Bitcoins, or you can mine new Bitcoins by completing complex mathematical tasks. This creates an incentive for botnet masters to use other people’s computers to mine bitcoins for them. And we’ve […]

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