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• Banking malware monitors victims by hijacking webcams and microphones, researchers say

  By Lucian Constantin | 23 May, 2012 02:07

  A new variant of SpyEye malware allows cybercriminals to monitor potential bank fraud victims by hijacking their webcams and microphones, according to security researchers from antivirus vendor Kaspersky Lab.

• APT attackers are increasingly using booby-trapped RTF documents, experts say

  By Lucian Constantin | 11 May, 2012 00:26

  Booby-trapped RTF documents are one of the most common types of malicious Microsoft Office files that are used to infect computers with advanced persistent threats (APTs), according to security researchers from Trend Micro.

• Who is threatening the security of your network?

  By Michael Cooney | 25 April, 2012 05:30

  The myriad threats to public, private and U.S. government networks is getting a ton of attention in Washington, D.C., this week as the House gets ready to debate yet another cybersecurity bill.

• Facebook scammers host Trojan horse extensions on the Chrome Web Store

  By Lucian Constantin | 26 March, 2012 20:41

  Cybercriminals are uploading malicious Chrome browser extensions to the official Chrome Web Store and use them to hijack Facebook accounts, according to security researchers from Kaspersky Lab.

• Peer-to-peer update to Zeus Trojan confers resistance to take-downs

  By Lucian Constantin | 13 October, 2011 00:42

  The Zeus financial malware has been updated with P-to-P (peer-to-peer) functionality that makes it much more resilient to take-down efforts and gives its controllers flexibility in how they run their fraud operations.

• German officials admit to deploying intercept software

  By Peter Sayer | 12 October, 2011 01:31

  Officials in a number of German state governments have owned up to using the Quellen-TKÜ Trojan Horse software in criminal investigations to intercept encrypted telecommunications on PCs. At least one state said it has suspended use of the software, after the Chaos Computer Club discovered that it could be controlled by anyone, not just law enforcement officers.

• SpyEye steals banking codes by sending them to wrong phone

  By Lucian Constantin | 07 October, 2011 01:27

  Researchers from browser security vendor Trusteer have identified a new variant of the SpyEye financial Trojan that tricks online banking users into changing the phone numbers associated with their accounts.

• SpyEye Trojan morphs to defeat online banking defenses

  By Jeremy Kirk | 27 July, 2011 00:27

  Banks are facing more trouble from SpyEye, a piece of malicious software that steals money from people's online bank accounts, according to new research from security vendor Trusteer.

• Lawsuit: Trial version of CAD software includes spyware

  By Grant Gross | 29 April, 2011 06:25

  A trial version of a 3D CAD software package includes "phone-home" functionality that allows the vendor to contact downloaders months later and demand thousands of dollars in licensing fees, according to a class-action lawsuit filed recently in Massachusetts.

• Windows 7 security: Five simple ways to stay safer

  By Shane O'Neill | 15 February, 2011 03:35

  Is your Windows 7 PC as secure as it could be?

• EU Parliament approves once-secret ACTA copyright treaty

  By Jennifer Baker | 25 November, 2010 02:15

  After 11 rounds of international negotiations, the final text of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) has overcome its biggest hurdle yet when it was welcomed as a step in the right direction by the European Parliament, which voted 331-294, with 11 members abstaining, to approve the measure.

• Dell warns of malware on server motherboards

  By Jeremy Kirk | 22 July, 2010 00:00

  Dell is apparently warning customers that "a small number" of its PowerEdge R410 server motherboards may contain malicious software.

• Death of Windows XP SP2 Support a Security Risk, Says Report

  By Shane O'Neill | 23 June, 2010 02:30

  If your business is still running Service Pack 2 of Windows XP, security problems are lurking around the corner, according to new research from IT services vendor Softchoice stating that almost 80 percent of organizations surveyed risk a security breach if the do not upgrade to SP3.

• Your BlackBerry's dirty little security secret

  By Bill Brenner | 20 April, 2010 02:39

  Tyler Shields, senior member of the Veracode Research Lab, spends a lot of time picking apart those BlackBerry devices that are ubiquitous across the enterprise. What he's found may disappoint those who thought they were secure.

• Computer of alleged Sarah Palin hacker had spyware

  By Robert McMillan | 10 December, 2009 06:48

  The 21 year-old college student charged with hacking former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's Yahoo e-mail account was using a compromised computer that was secretly logging and reporting information without his knowledge, his lawyers say.