DNSChanger trojan — the scam
I don’t know many malware able to give so many headaches as DNSChanger trojan. Briefly, beginning with 2007 year a cyber crime group based in Estonia, a former Soviet republic, starts to spread a malware called DNSChanger sniffing some financial gains. The spreading process started by tricking the unaware users to download and run a video codec(fake of course) or a special web browser(NetBrowserPro) that helps to watch online porn movies. When a computer is infected, the malware tries to change the DNS settings of the compromised system and of the home or small office routers if the default username and password used to configure it are not changed. There …
Nortel hit by suspected Chinese cyberattacks for a decade
Nortel hit by suspected Chinese cyberattacks for a decade The hackers – who appeared to be based in China – had unfettered access to the former telecommunications giant as far back as 2000, according to Brian Shields, a former Nortel employee who launched an internal investigation of the attacks, the Wall Street Journal reports. They “had access to everything”, Shields told the Journal. “They had plenty of time. All they had to do was figure out what they wanted.” Source A decade ago, the Chinese were stepping up their internet attacks as a way to steal patented technology, insider information, industrial sabotage, and research theft. Here it appears we had …
Wrestling with Online Privacy – Frugal Dad Infographic
I have received an email about an infographic related to online privacy threats and released by frugaldad.com, it shares in an easy to understand way the best tips for keeping users safe online. The graphic says it all, no more need of comments. Source: frugaldad.com
Facebook malware scam takes hold
Facebook malware scam takes hold A “worrying number” of Facebook users are sharing a link to a malware-laden fake CNN news page reporting the U.S. has attacked Iran and Saudi Arabia, security firm Sophos said Friday. If users who follow the link then click to play what purports to be video coverage of the attack, they are prompted to update their Adobe Flash player with a pop-up window that looks very much like the real thing. Those who accept the prompt unwittingly install malware on their computers. Source Malware writers go where the crowds are. It’s always been so and one reason why Linux has far less to worry about …
Can an opened email infects a PC? Is Driveby Spam the new Internet threat?
It’s just about opening an email, without clicking any links from inside or without running any attachments, can this action infects our PC? I have always recommended to my readers to not run any attachment nor to click any link contained in an unsolicited email looking like a spam, to avoid PC infections with malware, but it seems that the subject must be treated more in-depth. I have read an article written by a german email security company named eleven which claims: The eleven Research Team has issued a warning about a new and particularly dangerous e-mail-borne method to infect PCs with viruses and Trojans. This driveby spam automatically downloads …
Kelihos Botnet Coming Back to Life
Kelihos Botnet Coming Back to Life A botnet that was crippled by Microsoft and Kaspersky Lab last September is spamming once again and experts have no recourse to stop it. Source Kelihos was never big compared to a lot of the botnets. Despite it’s size, it was extremely active. Spam and malware go hand in hand. Much of it is infected links in email which is the easiest way to infect the individual computer user. The hard way that provides more computers for the bot-herder is injecting a web site. Not just any website will do. Google and most search engines, carry a list of known infection sites to block …
Compromised WordPress based websites leading to Phoenix Exploit Kit
Sending bulk emails(spam), containing poisoned links is for long time now one of the methods used by hackers to infect computers with malware, everybody knows the reasons, to steal the user credentials or to use the infected computers in other nefarious actions as botnet. Generally, the scam emails are presented as a request from an institution, bank, other financial institution, Telephony or Internet provider to clarify a confused situation, asking for the user interaction. These fake emails are talking about large amount of money that must be paid possibly in error, trying to scare the user and determine him to act as soon as possible to rectify the situation. Other …
