One thing that disturbs me is how people classify some malware by how surprising large the file is, how many libraries it uses, etc. In many cases, this just means the malware has inefficient code and all the tools are available to easily convert the binaries back into human-readable pseudocode. Let’s look back a bit Read more…
Wait…what! You heard it right: According to a recent security report, Internet users are 182 times more likely to get a virus from clicking on online ads than visiting an adult website. At first glance, this sounds extremely counterintuitive (and it is). In theory, wouldn’t your risk go up when visiting shady sites? Yes and Read more…
Tags: Cisco, java, malware, mcafee all access, McAfee SiteAdvisor, Online Ads, virus
All too often, cyber attacks are crimes of opportunity. This was exactly the case when late last week, hackers created a fake website to fool users into downloading a virus instead of the latest version of Java. As many of you read here in the blog, Oracle recently released a patch for a critical Java Read more…
Tags: consumer threats, java, Java update, virus
We have seen malware that infects executables operate so that the malicious code runs first, and is then followed by the execution of host file. The malware XDocCrypt takes this a step further. Besides infecting portable executable files, it also infects Microsoft Word and Excel files. In an infected file, the malware body sits at Read more…
Tags: Dorifel, malware, Quervar, scarface, virus, W32/XDocCrypt.a, XDocCrypt
For the fourth scam of Christmas, the criminals gave to me… fake antivirus pop-ups scaring my family! I have had this scam hit my family twice. The last time, my husband accidentally clicked on what looked like a message that the computer had a virus and Bam! We got the scary blue screen. These scams Read more…
Tags: blue screen, fake anti-virus software, malicious program, online safety, pop ups, scareware, virus
“McAfee launches a range of pharmaceutical anti-viral medications to thwart the growing problem of Biological computer viral attacks” Sounds far fetched? Maybe not given that researches at Caltech have successfully engineered a biological computer which can calculate square roots using DNA replication. Given that the researchers Lulu Quan and Erik Winfree have successfully demonstrated AND and OR logic gates at the Read more…
Tags: attacks, Biological Computer, Hackers, virus
Today we’re going to take a look at an interesting file-infector virus. W32/Ramnit infects EXE, DLL and HTML files. That last one is right; W32/Ramnit also infects HTML files to replicate itself. Let’s start with the components of this thread. W32/Ramnit has basically three components. The infector, the infected code in EXE/DLL files, and the Read more…
So the Chicago river is colored green, the parade marched last Saturday and I am still(!) trying to figure out what the heck this vegetarian is going to eat for dinner on St. Patrick’s Day! I miss the traditional corned beef dinner and have not found a suitable replacement. So I am doing my usual Read more…
Tags: cybercriminal, malware, st. patricks day, virus
I don’t know about you but I loved all the glitz and the glamour of the Oscars, all those gorgeous designer dressers and of course the gorgeous A-listers themselves! I’ve only seen one of the movies that was nominated this year – UP! – of course! Although my kids have seen Avatar, I just haven’t Read more…
Tags: celebrities, dangerous searches, scams, virus
I like to pick on malware writers, especially the dumb ones as you can see here. Sometimes they’re just too big a target to ignore. The latest round is with Brazilian malware writers again. As you are aware, some days ago the Delphi virus was discovered; we detect it as W32/Induc. So today I got Read more…
Tags: bueno, Cybercrime, downloaders, malware, pedro bueno, virus
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