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| Web malware jumps 21% in October 2008 (18 November 2008) In its monthly Global Threat Report, ScanSafe reported that not only did the rate of Web-delivered malware increase sharply in October, the month ended as the single highest month of... |
| Malicious worm attacks social networks (12 November 2008) PandaLabs has detected Boface.G, a new worm that uses the Facebook and MySpace social networks to spread. The Boface.G worm posts a link on the infected users' profile or contacts panel... |
| Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization publishes testing guidelines (10 November 2008) Members of the Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organization (AMTSO) have published guidelines that, for the first time, set recognized standards for testing security software. The standards... |
| List of Halloween themed malware (31 October 2008) Read on for the PandaLabs list of malicious malware programs that focus on Halloween: Tixcet.A: Disguised as a Microsoft Word file, this worm will try to turn Halloween into a nightmare... |
| Latest Microsoft vulnerability used to steal confidential data (28 October 2008) PandaLabs has detected several malicious files that are exploiting the latest vulnerability announced by Microsoft (MS08-067) to infect users and steal confidential data including instant... |
| 8x more malicious email attachments spammed out in Q3 2008 (27 October 2008) IT security and control firm Sophos has released the results of its investigation into the latest spam trends and revealed the top twelve spam-relaying countries for the third quarter... |
| Malware found on one of the Adobe websites (17 October 2008) At the end of last week SophosLabs discovered that Adobe’s website was linking to a site infected with Mal/Badsrc-C. Digging deeper, they discovered that the infected site was actually... |
| Phishing campaign targeting Facebook aficionados (16 October 2008) BitDefender researchers have detected an IM-based spam wave automatically sent to accounts which promises a "hot date" if the Facebook's users access the typosquatted link, as depicted... |
| Adware figures grow in Q3 because of fake antivirus products (06 October 2008) Panda Security announced that Adware increased more than any other type of malware during the third quarter of the year. Adware accounted for 31.05 percent of all new malware that appeared... |
| Top searches in Google Trends Labs used for malware (01 October 2008) Webroot has detected a new technique being used by hackers to lure PC users to fake blog sites containing malware. For the first time, hackers are capitalizing on the top news stories... |
