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Kaspersky Lab says Trojan uses social engineering to sell fake antivirus software

If your computer gets infected with a Trojan called the “MonaRonaDona virus,” be careful with what you use to wipe it off your computer, says antimalware software provider Kaspersky. MonaRonaDona is part of an elaborate scam to sell fake antivirus software, Kaspersky researchers say. Continue reading “Beware MonaRonaDona antivirus scam, researchers warn”

APPARENTLY OVERWHELMED by terrorists in the real world, the US government and its intelligence services have resorted to thwarting violent extremists who they believe may have infiltrated virtual worlds in cyberspace, such as World of Warcraft, Final Fantasy, Call of Duty 4 and Second Life.

A report sent to the US Congress by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), which co-ordinates the work of US intelligence agencies, outlines plans to carry out extensive data mining and develop ways to spot extremists using virtual fantasy worlds. Continue reading “Terrorists sought in cyber kingdoms”

The Mozilla Foundation’s new e-mail spin-off is aiming at a quick delivery of the first alpha version of Thunderbird 3.0, according to discussions among developers.

Dan Mosedale, a former Firefox developer who joined Mozilla Messaging — dubbed “MoMess” by some — floated the idea of producing an alpha build as early as April in a thread on the mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird group last week.
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Male body part enhancements and celebrity suckers top the list of February spam lures

Six botnets were responsible for 85 per cent of all spam in February, the first time so few botnets have been responsible for so much spam, according to security provider Marshal’s Threat Research and Content Engineering team (TRACE).

One botnet alone, dubbed Srizbi, was responsible for the largest amount of spam at 39 per cent. It was followed by the Rustock botnet (20 per cent) and the Mega-D botnet (11 per cent) which returned with a vengeance after the discovery of its control servers saw its spam levels drop to zero during mid-February.

The 35,000 strong Mega-D botnet had returned to represent 21 per cent of spam after a 10-day period of inactivity, said Bradley Anstis, vice president of products for Marshal.

“Owing to the break, Mega-D only accounted for an average of 11 per cent of spam during February. At its peak last month, it was responsible for a third of all the spam we caught in our spam traps. While the recent publicity spooked the Mega-D spammers into taking their control servers offline, they have now clearly re-established themselves elsewhere,” Anstiss said.

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