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Malware outbreak with Trojan horse masquerading as a media file
(08/05/2008)

McAfee Avert Labs has reported the most significant malware outbreak in three years with more than 500,000 detections of a Trojan horse masquerading as a media file. Since Friday May 2nd, more than half a million instances of the Trojan have been detected on consumer PCs running. The malicious MP3 music or MPEG video files have appeared on popular file-sharing services such as Limewire and eDonkey. McAfee rates the threat "medium" risk. No ... [more]

10,000 Web pages rigged by cybercriminals to hijack PCs of unsuspecting Web surfers
(18/03/2008)

In one of the largest attacks to date of this kind, over 10,000 Web pages have been rigged by cybercriminals to hijack PCs of unsuspecting Web surfers. The Web pages have all been modified with code that silently redirects visitors to another Web site laden with a malware cocktail that attempts to break into the user's PC. The redirect and the attempted break-ins all happen unbeknownst to the Web surfer. Compromised Web pages include pages ... [more]

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