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Malware found in Firefox Add-ons


In a blog post today, Mozilla said that two malicious Firefox Add-ons – Version 4.0 of Sothink Web Video Downloader and all versions of Master Filer were found to contain Trojan code aimed at Windows users. These Add-ons were however rated as “Expimental Add-ons” and fortunately did not make it to the main Add-ons section…

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By Ricky
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Ubuntu Malware for DDoS Attack Found in Screensaver


Update: It seems like another malware was found in a theme called “Ninja Black”. A malware has been found in a .deb file claiming to be a screensaver from Gnome-Look. The malware appears to be an agent for a DDoS attack. This affects Ubuntu and other Debian based OS as well. The .deb file in…

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By Ricky

Former Boyzone Star Stephen Gately’s Death Being Exploited To Spread Virus


Former Boyzone Star Stephen Gately’s Death Being Exploited To Spread Virus

The news of the death of Stephen Gately, the star from the Irish pop band – Boyzone, is being used to spread virus (otherwise known as scareware). Using black hat SEO techniques, criminals have been successful in putting up fake websites which supposedly has informatio regarding the incident. This follows a recent trend of the…

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By Ricky

Google Anti-Malware Team to answer your questions


Google Anti-Malware Team to answer your questions

The Google Anti-Malware engineering team, which is responsible for the “This site may harm your computer” warning you see with some sites in Google search, is going taking questions regarding to their scanning and flagging of such warnings. If you have any questions, you can head over to the Google Moderator Page they have created…

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By Ricky
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Koobface breaks into facebook, again!


Koobface breaks into facebook, again!

If the security firm Trend Micro is to be believed, another variant of the popular koobface worm has made its way into facebook again. But this time, it’s not only facebook that’s getting affected, other social-networking sites like MySpace, hi5, LiveJournal etc too are not being spared. If you recall, ‘koobface’ was first identified in…

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