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Vietnam Rejects Google Cyber-attack Charges
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| The Vietnamese government refuted charges
| of a cyber-attack targeting opponents of a
| Chinese-backed mining operation, calling
| Google's comments "groundless." According
| to McAfee, the attack created a botnet of
| infected Windows PCs and launched
| distributed denial-of-service attacks
| against certain political blogs.
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Vietnam-Rejects-Google-Cyber-Attack-Charges-181868/
Trojans continue to hit hard says Sunbelt Software
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| The latest monthly set of research from
| Sunbelt Software shows that trojans
| continue to wreak havoc with business
| computers far and wide, with two trojans â
| Trojan.Win32.GenericBT (31.07%) and Trojan-
| Spy.Win32.Zbot.gen (4.97%) â making up over
| a third of all detections during the month.
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http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/8627/trojans-continue-to-hit-hard-says-sunbelt-software/
Kidsâ Choice Awards Exploited to Distribute FAKEAV
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| The experts commented that this business of
| fake anti-virus proves extremely lucrative
| for cyber-criminals as they reap massive
| amounts of dollars using bogus malware-
| fighting modules. They note that these
| criminals have left no region on the globe
| untouched to target with bogus AV
| applications
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http://www.spamfighter.com/News-14166-Kids-Choice-Awards-Exploited-to-Distribute-FAKEAV.htm
Koobface makes (another) comeback
http://www.infosecurity-magazine.com/view/8629/koobface-makes-another-comeback/
Whole Foods working to curb Facebook-based scam
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13577_3-20001665-36.html?tag=mncol;title
Whole Foods Warns of Facebook Malware
http://www.esecurityplanet.com/headlines/article.php/3874606/article.htm
Manila Earthquake Results in Malware Distribution
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| Experts of Trend Micro, a security firm,
| stated that on March 25, 2010 a 6.0
| magnitude earthquake hit the capital of
| Philippines, Manila, and subsequently many
| Web users accessed the Internet for latest
| development and news on the fateful
| incident. Without any doubt, hackers left
| no stone unturned for providing details
| about the earthquake. Their content was
| fixed with fake anti-virus applications.
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http://www.spamfighter.com/News-14163-Manila-Earthquake-Results-in-Malware-Distribution.htm
Bank of America Employee Charged With Planting Malware on ATMs
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| Rodney Reed Caverly, 37, was a member of
| the bankâs IT staff when he installed the
| malware. The Charlotte, North Carolina, man
| made fraudulent withdrawals over a seven-
| month period ending in October 2009,
| according to prosecutors, whoâve charged
| him with one count of computer fraud.
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http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/04/bank-of-america-hack
Recent:
One-third of Security Essentials users infected: Microsoft
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| Almost a third of the customers who have
| installed Microsoft's free Security
| Essentials software have been found to be
| suffering from major malware infections.
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http://www.itwire.com/content/view/28745/53/
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