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  • More than 1 million Chinese phones infected with malware

    Mobile botnet sending out SMS spam. Over one million mobile phones in China have been infected with malware and are sending out SMS spam, the Shanghai Daily reports. Masquerading as an anti-virus application, the malware installs itself on users’ phones and sends SIM card information to hackers who then are able to control the phone,…

  • Security fixes from Apple and Microsoft

    100 security fixes in latest OS X update; three MS security updates in this month’s patch release. The latest release of Mac operating system OS X ( Mac OS X v10.6.5 ) contains over 100 security updates, including fixes for vulnerabilities in Apache , the Flash Player plug-in, Image Capture and MySQL . A range…

  • Site launched for anonymous sharing of information about security breaches

    Verizon aims to foster cooperation and provide more readily available information for risk management. It is well known in the security industry that one of the biggest barriers to the investigation of attacks is the reticence of organizations to report incidents for fear of damage to their reputation – and this reluctance to file reports…

  • AVG to acquire DroidSecurity

    Security firm set to expand solutions to mobile devices. Czech security firm AVG has announced the acquisition of Tel Aviv-based DroidSecurity , a specialist in cloud-based protection of smartphones, tablets and other devices running on Google ‘s Android operating system. DroidSecurity ‘s mobile security app, antivirus free , consistently ranks in the top 50 most…

  • Malicious applications target Orkut

    Visitors to infected social network profiles redirected to phishing sites. Users of the social networking site Orkut have found themselves targeted by malicious applications that redirect visitors to phishing URLs, according to researchers at Kaspersky Lab . Orkut , founded by Google at the beginning of 2004, was one of the first big social networking…

  • TrustPort lends support to UNICEF

    Season of giving comes early for Czech security firm. Czech security firm TrustPort has made a financial donation to international children’s charity UNICEF which will enable the charity to provide school kits to schools in developing countries. The donation will allow up to 240 children to access learning materials and give them the opportunity to…

  • Eight Zeus-related money mules arrested

    Arrests in US and Moldova show that cybercriminals aren’t immune to the law. Police in the US state of Wisconsin have arrested two Moldovan citizens who they believe have worked as money mules, transferring money stolen using the Zeus trojan to overseas bank accounts. Meanwhile, in Moldova six individuals – among whom is at least…

  • Almost three quarters use same password for different sites

    User continues to be the weakest link. 73% of computer users use the same password across multiple different accounts according to survey results released by security firm BitDefender . The survey revealed that 12% of respondents were willing to disclose their password to a stranger in order to discover whether it was strong enough. A…

  • AV-Test.org unveils latest results

    Trend Micro achieves pass; Microsoft and McAfee fail to reach certification standards. Independent testing body AV-Test.org has released its latest set of quarterly test results, reporting on the performance of 19 products in its multi-layer certification scheme. The reports show some major players not reaching the required grade, with McAfee ‘s Internet Security solution missing…

  • Success in anti-botnet operation

    VB Seminar speaker describes how m00p gang member exploited computer users. A Scottish man pleaded guilty last month to ‘causing unauthorized modification to the content of computers’ as part of his involvement in the m00p hacking group. The case was the culmination of a joint operation between the UK’s Metropolitan Police and Finnish authorities who…