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Spam in August: Cybercriminals find new ways to disguise spam

On September 20, 2011   /   Security News, Virus and Spyware   /   Leave a comment

The volume of spam in mail traffic in August 2011 decreased slightly compared to July and averaged 80%, according to Kaspersky Lab’s latest spam report.

It used to be that malicious attachments came in emails with erotic photos of girls who “want to meet you”, or “scandalous photos” of celebrities. Now, cybercriminals are disguising their messages to make them look like official notifications or business correspondence. In particular, spammers now like to send out fake notifications for postal services such as UPS, FedEx, and DHL stating that they were unable to deliver a package and that the recipient needs to pick it up from the office immediately, or that the recipient’s address was filled out incorrectly. The messages contain a ZIP archive file that allegedly contains the forms needed to collect the package. In actual fact the attachments contain various types of malicious programs.

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How to Deal With Internet Security Threats

On September 8, 2011   /   IT security, Security News, Virus and Spyware   /   Leave a comment

1. INTRODUCTION

How to use the Internet while staying secure has always been a concern for businesses. Over the last couple of years there have been many changes in the Internet threat scenario. Most notably there has been a significant increase in the ‘access anywhere/anytime culture’ with a growth in social networking, a move to convergence solutions such as VoIP, a major increase in smartphone use, a growth in cloud computing, plus the ‘consumerisation’ of systems (i.e. the use of personal devices for company data).

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Habits of Social Networkers: 54 Percent of Users are Addicted

On August 19, 2011   /   Computer Security, Security News, Virus and Spyware   /   Leave a comment

With malware showing no signs of abating on social networks and continuous news of the privacy implications of sharing personal details through social media, it’s no surprise users are making more efforts to reduce their risk of exposure in 2011. So indicate findings from Webroot, the first Internet security service company, in its third annual look into the security habits of social networkers.

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Turbulent quarter as hacktivism increases

On August 11, 2011   /   Security News, Virus and Spyware, Website Security   /   Leave a comment

After analysing vast numbers of IT threats during the second quarter of 2011, Kaspersky Lab announces the key trends in its latest quarterly malware report.

Navigating the web remains the riskiest activity on the Internet, with malicious URLs that serve exploit kits, bots, ransomware Trojans, etc. being the most frequently detected objects online (65.44 per cent).

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Phishing attacks on Facebook intensify

On July 28, 2011   /   Computer Security, Virus and Spyware   /   Leave a comment

There was a significant increase in the amount of phishing attacks on Facebook, as well as other social networking sites such as Habbo in June, according to the latest spam report from Kaspersky Lab.

The increase was marked at 4.07 and 6.25 per cent respectively, pushing these sites to third and fourth places in the list of those attacked most, however PayPal and eBay held the unenviable distinction of attracting most attention from phishers in the last month.

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