Malware Research Group

MRG Facebook Security Test

Sveta — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 16:52:18 +0000

As we all know Facebook is extremely popular and currently has over 500 million users. History has thought us that the more popular something becomes, the more threats emerge from and around it. We already heard about multiple mass account hijackings, malware distribution…. Malware Research Group has decided to test if the security application are [...]

Detection of the latest variant of Neeris Worm

Sveta — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:59:48 +0000

We performed a flash test using the latest variant of the Neeris Worm, for this test we chose 17 standalone Anti-Malware applications and two Complementary Anti-Malware applications. The test had two phases, On Demand scan and if missed, then the sample was executed in Real Time. All applications were tested within 280 seconds. The latest [...]

European police target online film piracy network

Sveta — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:38:06 +0000

Police in 14 European countries on Tuesday launched a series of raids against an online film pirating network, Swedish authorities said. The major operation, organised after a two-year investigation by Belgian police, targetted a network called “The Scene”, which offered downloads of films before they were available on DVD, according to a statement by Swedish [...]

David Cameron to face phone-hacking grilling

Sveta — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:35:46 +0000

David Cameron is set to be quizzed over the newspaper phone-hacking row that is threatening to engulf his communications chief. The Prime Minister is expected to be tackled on the explosive issue when he faces questions in the Commons for the first time since Parliament returned from its summer break. The pressure on key Number [...]

Microsoft to assume control over Waledac domains

Sveta — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:32:39 +0000

The fight to dismantle the prolific Waledac botnet appears to be over, Microsoft announced Wednesday. A magistrate judge in the U.S. District Court of Eastern Virginia last week recommended the court permanently transfer ownership of the 276 domains behind Waledac to Microsoft, a move that would effectively stop the cybercriminals from ever leveraging the botnet [...]

Hackers create 57,000+ malicious pages every week

Sveta — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:27:38 +0000

Hackers create 57,000 new web pages every week in a bid to infect web users with malicious software. The research arm of security firm Panda Security revealed that on average 375 keywords or brands are hijacked every week and used in the URLs of these malicious web pages. Furthermore, 65 percent of these fake websites [...]

Facebook users are insecure

Sveta — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 15:23:40 +0000

Using Facebook is the online equivalent of staring at yourself in the mirror, according to a study. Those who spent more time updating their profile on the social networking site were more likely to be narcissists, said researchers. Facebook provides an ideal setting for narcissists to monitor their appearance and how many ‘friends’ they have, [...]

Google unveils faster Internet search

Sveta — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:51:26 +0000

Internet powerhouse Google is giving Web searchers the thrill of speed with a turbocharged engine that displays suggested Web links as fast as a person can type. After two days of teasingly tinkering with the Google logo, or “doodle,” atop its home page, the California company ended the mystery by unveiling “Google Instant” — a [...]

Most hacking victims blame themselves according to Symantec

Sveta — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:45:53 +0000

Just under two-thirds of all Internet users have been hit by some sort of cybercrime, and while most of them are angry about it, a surprisingly large percentage feel guilt too, according to a survey commissioned by Symantec. In a cybercrime survey of just over 7,000 Internet users in 14 countries, researchers found that 65 [...]

Detection of the latest variant of FakeAlert Trojan

Sveta — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 16:00:47 +0000

We performed a flash test using the latest variant of the FakeAlert Trojan, for this test we chose 17 standalone Anti-Malware applications and two Complementary Anti-Malware applications. The test had two phases, On Demand scan and if missed, then the sample was executed in Real Time. All applications were tested within 220 seconds. The latest [...]