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New Trojan Targets Vulnerable Microsoft Office® Users
Opening email attachments just got a bit more risky, especially for Microsoft Office® users working in the energy sector.
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NewsvineDeath of the most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden helps spread malware
As in previous cases of natural disasters or major events in the world, we are compelled to warn users against abuse of reports of the death of the most wanted terrorist Osama bin Laden.
Mebroot Has Returned
Thousands of servers offer Mebroot rootkit to their unsuspecting visitors. Rootkit is a set of programs and technologies allowing masked malware, such as viruses, trojans and spyware on a computer.
Trojan.Obfuscated
We added over 1,000 signatures this week, many of which were for obfuscated trojans added in our database as Trojan.Obfuscated.
Mydoom Worm
Our anti-spam lab has seen increased activity by a new version of the certified e-mail Worm family Mydoom.
Worm Neeris imitates attack methods of Conficker
A new variant of the Neeris worm is following the succussful spread of the now famous Conficker worm and has begun abusing the same Windows security leak to spread itself.
Earthquake in Japan exploited to spread spam and malware
As in previous cases of natural disasters or major events in the world, we are compelled to warn users against abuse of reports with information about earthquakes in Japan and its aftermath.
Microsoft Update catalogue distributed trojan horse
Eset disclosed information about the misuse of Microsoft’s actualization catalogue. The source of the trojan horse was not directly in Microsoft applications.
New zero-day vulnerability in Windows
Microsoft has informed about an uncorrected error in all versions of Windows XP to Windows 7. This bug could be exploited to install malicious software.
Spam moving to social networks
Last year’s overall statistics indicate that the amount of spam sent through email has decreased in comparison to the previous years.
What will the year 2011 bring in the area of computer threats?
What will the year 2011 bring in the area of computer threats? Most experts agree that the most frequent target of attacks will once again be social networks.