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Malware hides from search engines
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| Criminals are increasingly attempting to
| conceal malware embedded in hacked websites
| from search engines such as Yahoo! and
| Google. Their aim is to prevent browsers
| which use technology such as Google's Safe
| Browsing API from sounding the alarm when a
| user visits a hacked website. Google's Safe
| Browsing API allows client applications to
| query Google's phishing and malware
| blacklist. Firefox and Google Chrome both
| make use of the API, which is based on
| Google searches of websites for suspicious
| code.
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http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Malware-hides-from-search-engines-986087.html
Malware masquerades as Google Chrome extension
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| A spam campaign is pushing malware
| disguised as a Google Chrome extension.
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| [...]
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| Rather than delivering the promised
| extension, the malicious page sends a
| program that modifies Windows' Hosts file
| to redirect Google and Yahoo searches to a
| fake site that downloads other malware.
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http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/security/38413-malware-masquerades-as-google-chrome-extension
Trojan poses as Google Chrome extension
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/19/google_chrome_trojan/
PC Owners Being Used as 'Malware Mules'
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| Hackers are using unsuspecting web users as
| 'malware mules' to infect other PC users
| with viruses, says Symantec.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/194587/pc_malware_mules.html?tk=rss_news
Bank Trojan Takes Aim at Firefox Users
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| The company's Flashlight and Rapport
| services detect the latest version of Zeus,
| however, and the company recently developed
| a hardened version of Mozilla for UK bank
| HSBC specifically to counter the threat of
| advanced banking Trojans such as Zeus.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/194772/bank_trojan_firefox.html?tk=rss_news
Firefox for Windows is not secure.
Related:
Bots rule in cyberspace
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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
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