Topic: Viruses and Worms
Faux Facebook emails use password reset ploy
SC Magazine
Scammers are trying to infect the computers of Facebook users by claiming their password has been reset and that a replacement credential is contained in an attachment.A widespread phishing campaign is making the rounds that claims to be from Facebook but is meant to infect victims' PCs, researchers said ...
Ransomware not considered threat for Mac OS X
SC Magazine
Security researchers discovered proof-of-concept Mac OS X ransomware code, which does not pose a serious threat but could portend future problems.Mac OS X users do not currently have to worry about being targeted with ransomware, but this is likely to change in the future, security researchers have determined. Ransomware ...
India, Mexico, Brazil have most Mariposa bots
SC Magazine
The Mariposa botnet infected PCs from almost every country around the world, making it one of the largest networks of compromised computers ever seen.An analysis of the dismantled Mariposa botnet has revealed that it consisted of 13 million infected PCs spanning 190 countries and 31,901 cities worldwide, according ...
Huge 'botnet' amputated, but criminals reconnect
AP News
Limb of huge 'botnet' of virus-infected PCs is amputated, but criminals are reconnectingThe sudden takedown of an Internet provider thought to be helping spread one of the most promiscuous pieces of malicious software out there appears to have cut off criminals from potentially millions of personal computers under their control ...
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