malware

Carberp Trojan malware attempts to steal money by duping the user into divulging an e-cash voucher.

Ramnit financial malware gets social with new variant.

According to a report by antivirus software maker McAfee, Android is now the “most attacked mobile operating system,” with a jump in malware attacks of 76 percent in the last quarter.

A computer worm originally targeted at members of social networks has been updated to spread using BitTorrent.

Known as Koobface, the malware uses compromised computers to build a peer-to-peer botnet and was originally spread via Facebook messages that linked to its code.

Now its developers have given it the ability to obtain and distribute its payload using BitTorrent. But don’t panic…..

The malware detected by Kaspersky Anti-Virus as TDSS is the most sophisticated threat today. TDSS uses a range of methods to evade signature, heuristic, and proactive detection, and uses encryption to facilitate communication between its bots and the botnet command and control center.

TDSS also has a powerful rootkit component, which allows it to conceal the presence of any other types of malware in the system.

Its creator calls this program TDL. Since it first appeared in 2008, malware writers have been perfecting their creation little by little.

The impact of rogue security software attacks like MacDefender has prompted Apple to issue advice about the malware and to commit to issuing a software fix.

Federal officials will act against Coreflood malware by sending commands that cause the botnet to remove itself, using the same network the perpetrators used to spread and update Coreflood.

Mobile malware has become a very real threat thanks largely to Google's lack of oversight in Android Market.

Help Net Security: "Many people think that Linux is immune to the type of Autorun attacks that have plagued Windows systems with malware over the years.

However, there have been many advances in the usability of Linux as a desktop OS - including the addition of features that can allow Autorun attacks."

2010 was the first year in the history of the Internet that spam volume decreased. Cyber criminals have now turned their attention to malware-laced smartphone apps.