TDSS rootkit infects 1.5 million US computers

TDSS rootkit infects 1.5 million US computers Millions of PCs around the world infected by the dangerous TDSS 'super-malware' rootkit as part of a campaign to build a giant new botnet. The report is presented by researchers from security firm Kaspersky Lab. TDSS also known as 'TDL' and sometimes ...

TDSS rootkit infects 1.5 million US computers

TDSS rootkit infects 1.5 million US computers Millions of PCs around the world infected by the dangerous TDSS 'super-malware' rootkit as part of a campaign to build a giant new botnet. The report is presented by researchers from security firm Kaspersky Lab. TDSS also known as 'TDL' and sometimes ...

Dangerous Whitespaces

By Marta Janus A few days ago, I blogged about a PHP/JS malware targeting the osCommerce platform, which used an interesting new technique to obfuscate the malicious code. It so happens, that today I came across even more advanced sample of a PHP infector, also in the context of a vulnerable...

The Banker Trojan Epidemic

Banking Trojans have become a major security problem in many regions, particularly South America and Europe. In this video, Kaspersky Lab malware researcher Vicente Diaz discusses the epidemic and what can be done to mitigate it...

DDoS Attacks On LiveJournal Target Russian Anti Corruption Blogger

Unknown attackers have launched distributed denial of service attacks on a long list of blogs hosted on the social media site LiveJournal, including the blog of a prominent anti-corruption blogger in Russia. The attacks, which began on March 24, initially targeted the LiveJournal addresses...

Mitigating and Taking Down Botnets

Researchers and law enforcement officials have been working on taking down and crippling various botnets such as Rustock, Storm, Conficker and others for years. It’s a complex problem, and in this video Ryan Naraine talks with Kaspersky Lab malware researcher Tillmann Werner about the Conficker...

Virus Watch: The Chinese Bootkit

We recently discovered a new bootkit, i.e. a malicious program which infects the hard drive’s boot sector. Kaspersky Lab detects it as Rookit.Win32.Fisp.a. The bootkit is distributed by Trojan-Downloader.NSIS.Agent.jd. The Trojan infects the computers of users who try to download a video clip fro...

Elizabeth Taylor's Death Triggers Spam Campaign

Yesterday we learned that Elizabeth Taylor, an American icon for some seven decades, died of congestive heart failure at 79. Today, Kaspersky Lab expert Dmitry Bestuzhev informs us that the news of her death is being exploited via social engineering scams on Twitter. The scam uses a shortened,...

The Decline and Fall of Slammer?

Me and Slammer Helkern go back a long way… to 25 January 2003 to be precise. It was a baptism of fire for me in my new role as a virus analyst at Kaspersky Lab. It was a weekend and I was alone, in charge of monitoring the incoming flow of suspicious files. I had barely been at the company a mont...

The Security of the Android Operating System

In this video, Tim Armstrong, a malware researcher at Kaspersky Lab talks with Ryan Naraine about the strengths and weaknesses of the Android operating system. Armstrong looks at strengths and weaknesses of the open-source platform and warns about the risks associated with jailbreaking/rooting...

Adobe Warns of Attacks on Critical Flash Player Bug

Adobe is warning its users about a critical vulnerability in Flash that affects Adobe Reader and Acrobat, as well. The bug can be used by remote attackers to run arbitrary code and Adobe officials said that they’ve already seen some attacks that are targeting the vulnerability. The vulnerability ...

Windows Loses Hacker Star Status In Next Decade

The next decade will see Microsoft lose its grip as the most-used and most attacked platform, as a new generation of hackers and cybercriminals diversify, launching attacks on a growing population of mobile devices and computers that run operating systems other than Windows, according to Kaspersk...

New Version of Eleonore Exploit Kit Released With New 0-Day Exploit

The creator of the infamous Eleonore exploit pack has released a new version of the attack toolkit, adding some new exploits, including one for a zero day vulnerability. The new version of Eleonore is selling for $2,000, a premium price even in the world of high-level exploit kits. Eleonore is on...

Twitter Worm Redirects Users !!

Kaspersky Lab, a leading solutions for secure content and threat management, warns users about a new worm that exploits rapid Twitter Google goo.gl shortened links. Shortened URLs are easy and popularly used in the micro-blogging which limits the length of messages to users of services like...

Mail & Guardian website down after hack attack !!

Cape Town - The Mail & Guardian website has been shut down over a hacking attack, the company announced on Wednesday. "The Mail & Guardian's website is under sustained attack by hackers. We are dealing with the problem, but to make absolutely sure that your security isn't compromised, we have...

Worm Virus Twitter Scam Push Rogue !

Thousands of Twitter users are believed to have been struck with malicious links tied to a rogue anti-virus hoax circulating the microblog service. Scam is spreading malicious links goo.gl wrong URL shortening services. According to Kaspersky Lab, malicious links to redirect users to different...

Twitter Worm Uses Google URL Shortener to Spread Scareware

A fast-moving Twitter worm is in circulation, using Google’s goo.gl redirection service to push unsuspecting users to a notorious scareware fake anti-virus malware campaign. At 8:45 a.m EST today, this Twitter search shows thousands of Twitter messages continuing to spread the worm. According to...

Saudi ministry restores hacked website !

Saudi Arabia's Ministry of Education has restored its website, weeks after it was taken offline in the latest of a series of hacking attempts on some of the kingdom's most prominent sites. "The website was hacked a few weeks back, but has now been fully restored, and is safe and functional,"...

Reports Show the Prevalence of Spam Dropping

A Kaspersky Lab research report for November 2010 showed the amount of email based spam fell 0.06 percent to 76.8 percent from October. The study also showed there was a .47 percent decrease in the prevalence of phishing emails across all mail traffic and a .13 percent decrease in the frequency o...

Microsoft Closes Door on Stuxnet with December Patch

Microsoft released its monthly patch Tuesday bulletins fixing more than 40 vulnerabilities in a variety of products including Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer and Sharepoint Server. The release, the company’s final monthly patch of 2010, brings the total number of security fixes to 106 – the...