Web threats

The following statistics were compiled in May using data from computers running Kaspersky Lab products 242,663,383 network attacks blocked.

Well, today I found that Amazon Web services (Cloud) now is being used to spread financial data stealers.

The TDSS loader, a malicious program that we wrote a lot about now has legs, i.e. a tool for self-propagation.

New techniques for obfuscating malicious code on websites are a good way to mislead both users and protection software alike

The infection strategies using java script technology are on the agenda and that because of his status as a “hybrid”, criminals looking to expand its coverage of attack recruiting infected computers regardless of the browser or operating system you use.

It seems I’m not doing anything other than write about malware on Facebook, but here goes again

A host of events took place in the world of IT threats during the first quarter of 2011.

Latin America has ceased to be a neglected region for cyber-attacks and has since become a suitable area for the local development of crimeware for managing botnets.

Today while conducting research on the alleged Latvian power hack, I came across some interesting malvertising on imageshack, where pictures of the purported hack have been hosted.

Internationalized Domain Names already being used to spread malware, including the use of shortener URL services.

The bad guys were fast: Blackhat SEO campaign about Osama’s Bin Laden death spotted some minutes after the announcment.

It is a well-known fact that events of global interest are exploited by cybercriminals for financial gain. The current situation in Japan is no exception.

The Artro botnet has been around since early 2008. However, a full description of its functionality is still not available, so to rectify this, we decided to publish the results of a study we undertook.

Another botnet takedown, this time surrounding a piece of malware otherwise known as AFCORE or Coreflood, is being pursued by the US DOJ. According to the allegations, the malware infiltrated millions of systems.

I don’t have a LiveJournal account, but sometimes I’ll have a quick read of the blogs during breaks. On 4 April, however, an official announcement by LiveJournal Russia stated that the service had been subjected to a DDoS and was unavailable.