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Not a good time in Internet Land!
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
Sunday, 21 February 2010
Google acquisition of video compression outfit On2 http://ping.fm/5plu7
Technologies. On Friday, according to brief statements from the two companies, On2 shareholders voted to approve a deal valued at approximately $124.6 million.
Technologies. On Friday, according to brief statements from the two companies, On2 shareholders voted to approve a deal valued at approximately $124.6 million.
Wednesday, 17 February 2010
Mozilla addon malware detected
Missed this earlier but this month but Mozilla announced that two experimental Firefox add-ons, Master Filer and the Sothink Web Video Downloader version 4, infected victim PCs with Trojans when installed. These have no been removed from the addon library that Mozilla run for Firefox.
The Master Filer instals the Bifrose Trojan. The Sothink Web Video Downloader version 4 came with LdPinch Trojan, and had been downloaded. The nasties managed to sneak by Mozillas malware scanners and Mozilla now say they will be using different scanning software.
If you have installed either of these addon, removing them will not deal with the malware, you'll need an antivirus scan and disinfection. Be careful out there folks!
The Master Filer instals the Bifrose Trojan. The Sothink Web Video Downloader version 4 came with LdPinch Trojan, and had been downloaded. The nasties managed to sneak by Mozillas malware scanners and Mozilla now say they will be using different scanning software.
If you have installed either of these addon, removing them will not deal with the malware, you'll need an antivirus scan and disinfection. Be careful out there folks!
Monday, 15 February 2010
Gone phishing!
Scams tricking gullible users into handing over personal details for naughty piccies have moved over onto social networks.
92% of phishing scam recorded in January 2010 were on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Once scammers have grabbed personal credentials, surfers are redirected to sites scareware scams rather than smut.
Scareware scams more commonly rely on finding search engine results such as the death of an athlete. These results are altered so that surfers looking for videos of this tragedy are instead redirected to anti-virus scan scam portals, which warn of non-existent malware risks in a bid to try and scare the user into buying software which can often be loaded with malware and tojans.
Symantec's reported a high volume of Haiti Earthquake-related spam and phishing in January 2010, as unscrupulous fraudsters tried to lure people.
You have been warned!
92% of phishing scam recorded in January 2010 were on social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter. Once scammers have grabbed personal credentials, surfers are redirected to sites scareware scams rather than smut.
Scareware scams more commonly rely on finding search engine results such as the death of an athlete. These results are altered so that surfers looking for videos of this tragedy are instead redirected to anti-virus scan scam portals, which warn of non-existent malware risks in a bid to try and scare the user into buying software which can often be loaded with malware and tojans.
Symantec's reported a high volume of Haiti Earthquake-related spam and phishing in January 2010, as unscrupulous fraudsters tried to lure people.
You have been warned!
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