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Google Finds Fake AV Operations Grow on Back of SEO, Malicious Ads
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| "Social engineering attacks scaring users about
| false insecurities are not new," the report
| noted. "As early as 2003, malware authors
| prompted users to download fake AV software by
| sending messages via a vulnerability in the
| Microsoft Messenger Service â More recent fake
| AV sites have evolved to use complex JavaScript
| to mimic the look and feel of the Windows user
| interface. In some cases, the fake AV detects
| even the operating system version running on
| the target machine and adjusts its interface to
| match."
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http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Google-Fake-AV-Operations-Grow-on-Back-of-SEO-Malicious-Ads-140298/
the MSBBC insinuates that not only Windows is affected by this
Google warning on fake anti-virus software
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| More than half of the fake software - which
| predomianntly targets Windows machines - was
| delivered via adverts, Google said.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/10088949.stm
Microsoft releases slew of stability-oriented Windows fixes
http://arstechnica.com/microsoft/news/2010/04/microsoft-releases-slew-of-stability-oriented-windows-fixes.ars
Windows users vulnerable to flaw in Java Web Start
http://news.netcraft.com/archives/2010/04/13/windows_users_vulnerable_to_flaw_in_java_web_start.html
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/
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
Botnets Running Rampant
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| How much money is being stolen by cybercriminals? No one knows, and no one
| even knows how to go about coming up with that number, IronPort's Peterson
| said.
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http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/144489/botnets_running_rampant.html
Online banking fraud 'up 8,000%'
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| The UK has seen an 8,000% increase in fake internet banking scams
| in the past two years, the government's financial watchdog has warned.
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| The Financial Services Authority (FSA) told peers it was "very concerned"
| about the growth in "phishing".
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/6177555.stm
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