August 2009 - Posts

Are Cyber Criminals Targeting Local Events In Your City?

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  27 August 09 11:36     Panda Security has a California based office in Los Angeles. We are located in close proximity to two ongoing wildfires in the Angeles Crest National Forrest that have now burned through at least 30 acres, so naturally we have been keeping an eye on it.

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Category: Rogueware, Tips, Blackhat SEO

A new family member: SaveDefense

Posted by Luis Corrons at  27 August 09 12:58     Two days ago about 3 different variants of the same rogueware family that were just changing the name of the "product". The family keeps growing, yesterday we found a new member, called SaveDefense: The payment gateway remains unchanged too

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New Roguewares: SaveKeep, SaveSoldier & TrustNinja

Posted by Luis Corrons at  26 August 09 11:26     As you already know if you've read our paper about The Business of Rogueware this is a very lucrative business. Everyday we see thousands of new variants, and a few families that appear trying to infect users and to get their money. Three of the new

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Keep Your Identity Safe

Posted by Luis Corrons at  20 August 09 09:53     Today, we issued a release on the proliferation of identity theft malware during times of economic crisis. Our research found that the number of users affected by malware designed for identity theft has increased 600 percent this year compared to the

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Koobface: The saga continues

Posted by Sean-Paul Correll at  14 August 09 12:49     The gang behind the Koobface worm has been hard at work in releasing the next iteration of their worm. We've already identified over 60 active domains spreading the content through the usual method of posting a message linking to a "CooooL Video"

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Category: Rogueware, Social Networks, Worms