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Hindustian Times: Agence France-Presse December 17, 2011 Mobile phones, specifically smartphones, are becoming an increasingly attractive target for nefarious hackers, and in 2012 the number of incidents of mobile-based malware is expected to skyrocket, say according to mobile security vendors and analysts. “2011 was a watershed year in terms of the types of threats we saw emerging. Threats had greater sophistication and were deployed using more innovative and efficient distribution methods,” said Kevin Mahaffey of mobile security company Lookout. In 2012, the company predicts that some of the biggest mobile malware monetisation trends will be mobile pickpocketing (SMS/call fraud), botnets and vulnerable phones. Cyber criminals will also attempt to distribute malware using automated repackaging, browser attacks and malvertising. My comment: Anti-Malware Applications are in demand now, the majors don't seem to be too concerned yet. Big opportunity? Now that botnets get taken down one by the other with help of Microsoft and the FBI, there is a new trend among spammers according to a report by Commtouch Labs. Spammers are using compromised email accounts more and more and the last few months to fill your mailbox with unwanted advertisements and malware trickery. Check the article on ZDNet for charts and details. The developers of Dell inspiron 6400 battery based often on their stocks. Now warns McAfee’s IT security researcher Carlos Castillo for the last grip – a botnatbyggande trojan called Incognitorat developed to be platform independent. Dell 1500 Laptop AC Adapter Brand New, 19.5V, 3.34A AU $ 22.73 The Trojan is another example of malicious code downloaded and installed via a third component, he writes in his security blog. The malicious code behaves much like the majority of Trojans for the ... read full post Reports on the TDL-4 botnet are surfacing on the Internet more and more in the last couple of weeks. I clipped this post since it summarizes very well what this botnet is about. Liked by Jose Luis Santos An interesting story about FireEye: a company from Silicon Valley that specializes in protecting governments and companies against malware. The article also discusses the history and development of botnets, what FireEye does to take them out of business. In particular the takedown of the Rustock botnet is explained in interesting detail. Liked by Alex Schleber This opinion piece describes the actions of the FBI which resulted in the takedown of the Coreflood botnet. The question that some people and privacy advocates ask is: has the FBI gone to far? By interfering with botnet-infected PCs of private people and possibly a lot of company computers as well, there is a possibility that the FBI's actions could have damaged a (small?) number of PCs. Furthermore the role of the ISPs is discussed. In the opinion of the author, ISPs should play a far more active role to prevent infections and finding and informing infected users. I agree with him on this subject. Although I doubt this will take off because of (again) privacy concerns. Read the linked article for the full story. Liked by Robert Frankie It seems that online gamers ain't safe anymore either. Players of Eve Online are at risk losing their virtual currencies and resources by getting attacked in DDoS attacks or other hostile actions. This is sad really. Read the original post on The Register for more details. Liked by Alex Schleber |
A Horde of 4.5 Million Zombie Computers Is Marching Towards You
http://singularityhub.com/2011/07/05/a-horde-of-4-5-million-zombie-computers-is-marching-towards-you/