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Android spambot, blended threats top mobile spam threats in 2013
Infosecurity Magazine Top spam trends that will continue in 2013 include the first Android botnet to be used for sending SMS spam and the use of blended messaging threats to dupe mobile users. The SpamSoldier Android Botnet initially seeded via SMS messages, and purported … SMS Spam Delivers More Malware, Scams |
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Majority of Americans fear cyber war is imminent
Infosecurity Magazine Frank Coggrave of Guidance Software provides insight into the concept of cyber warfare and talks in detail about the different forms in which it manifests itself. While many are talking about developing some rules of engagement, Coggrave contemplates … |
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ZeroAccess is top bot in home networks
Infosecurity Magazine PokerAgent, a trojan botnet that infected about 800 computers, mainly in Israel, and stole around 16,000 Facebook credentials during 2011/2012 is analyzed in depth. … The number of Android malware samples was 5.5 times larger in Q4 than in Q3. Mobile network infections increase by 67% |
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TURKTRUST: No harm from fake digital certificates
Infosecurity Magazine Microsoft is warning that the Flame malware that has attacked systems throughout the Middle East is able to infect computers through rogue Windows digital certificates – which enable spoofing of content – and performing phishing and man-in-the-middle … |