Last week I wrote about The Ghosts of Facebook ; Facebook accounts whose owner didn’t appear to be a real person (in this case someone named Chong Loris). I got quite a bit of reaction to the blog

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What Would Someone do With a Phony Facebook Account?

Zeus/Zbot is one of the most widely known Internet threats today. It’s been around since 2007 and has evolved over time, and is still in a constant state of being developed into a stronger, more prolific Trojan.

…and some of it masquerades as “marketing” and “newsletter” emails.

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There is a Lot of Spam Out There…

We have discovered a threat affecting the Windows Mobile platform that dials several high-cost international phone numbers.

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Mobile Game Bundled with Malware

Malware authors use numerous unconventional techniques in their attempts to create malicious code that is not detected by antivirus software. As malicious code analysts, though, it is our job to analyze their creations, and as such we have to be constantly vigilant for the latest tricks that the malware authors employ.

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Journey to the Center of the PDF Stream

It’s been ten years already; can you believe it? I’m talking about the U.S.

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The U.S. Census 2010: Don’t be Counted as a Victim of Online Fraud

Recently, Symantec observed some high-profile coverage of a threat being reported as a new type of computer virus known as “Kneber.” In reality Kneber is simply a pseudonym for the Zeus Trojan/botnet. The name Kneber refers to a particular group, or herd, of zombie computers (a.k.a.

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“Kneber” = Zeus

I recall watching a Sandra Bullock film called “The Net” in the mid-nineties. It was about a software engineer, played by Bullock, who inadvertently became entangled in a web of cyber espionage and eventually had to fight for her identity (and even her life) in a flood of harrowing situations.

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Cybercrime and the FIFA World Cup: 2010 Net Threat Website Launched

If you have been following this series on Trojan.Hydraq over the last week you may have noticed that the blog entries have been well, boring.

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Trojan.Hydraq – Typhoon In A Teacup

The use of search engines to deliver malware is well known.

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“Google Sponsored Links” Websites Blacklisted by Google