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		<title><![CDATA[Thousands of web sites compromised, redirect to scareware]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4947]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Security researchers have detected a massive blackhat SEO search engine optimization campaign consisting of over 200,000 compromised web sites, all redirecting to fake security software, commonly referred to as scareware. by Dancho Danchev]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:12:47 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Man-in-the-middle attacks demoed on 4 smartphones]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4922]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Security researchers test four smartphones (Nokia N95, Windows HTC tilt, Android G1 and Apple iPhone 3G S) and demonstrate man-in-the-middle attacks conducted through compromised Wi-Fi spots. by Dancho Danchev]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:22:22 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commercial spying app for Android devices released]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4900]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A commercial provider of multi-platform spying applications has recently ported its main product to the Android mobile OS. by Dancho Danchev]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:07:56 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Source code for ikee iPhone worm in the wild]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4875]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A 21 years old Australian has launched the first iPhone worm to automatically exploit jailbroken devices. With the source code now in the wild, how long before copycats start modifying and improving it? by Dancho Danchev]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:31:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Windows 7's default UAC bypassed by 8 out of 10 malware samples]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4825]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[8 out of 10 malware samples tested on Windows 7 with default UAC user access control settings don't trigger a warning. by Dancho Danchev]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:33:23 -0800</pubDate>
		<category domain="http://updates.zdnet.com/tags/malware.html"><![CDATA[Malware]]></category>
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		<title><![CDATA[Which antivirus is best at removing malware?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4818]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a comparative review of sixteen antivirus solutions, only a few were successful at completely removing the malware they were tested against. by Dancho Danchev]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:14:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4805]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, a "Your iPhone's been hacked because it's really insecure! Please visit doiop.com/iHacked and secure your phone right now!" message popped up on the screens of a large number of automatically exploited Dutch iPhone users, demanding $4.95 for instructions on how to secure their iPhones and remove the message from...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 06:09:19 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Phishing experiment sneaks through all anti-spam filters]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4791]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A recently conducted ethical phishing New study details the dynamics of successful phishing experiment impersonating LinkedIn by mailing invitations coming from Bill Gates, has achieved a 100% success rate in bypassing the anti-spam filters it was tested against.    The experiment emphasizes on how small-scale spear phishing campaigns...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 14:16:57 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Spooky Halloween - scareware or crimeware?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4782]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the "spooky" cybercrime trends taking place on a monthly basis, such as the death of CAPTCHA, the suspicious idleness of the Conficker botnet, the clear presence of government-tolerated and upcoming government-sponsored botnets, the inevitable migration from using malicious infrastructure to entirely relying on legitimate one, followed by the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 11:47:46 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New LoroBot ransomware encrypts files, demands $100 for decryption]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4748]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Researchers from CA have intercepted a new ransomware variant encrypting popular file extensions (.zip; .rar; .pdf; .rtf; .txt; .jpg; .jpeg; .waw; .mp3; .db; .xls; .docx; .xlsx; .doc) and demanding a $100 for the decryption software.    According to the message which replaces the desktop's background upon execution, the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:52:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Gawker Media tricked into featuring malicious Suzuki ads]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4729]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[A group of cybercriminals have successfully managed to trick Gawker's ad sales team into featuring malicious ads serving Adobe exploits (CVE-2008-2992; CVE-2009-0927) and scareware, by impersonating a legitimate ad agency inquiring about an upcoming Suzuki ad campaign.    According to Gawker Media, the malware distributors were one of...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:17:10 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4674]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[An ongoing spam campaign is once again attempting to impersonate Microsoft's security team -- the same campaign was first seen in April -- by mass mailing Conficker.B Infection Alerts (install.zip), which upon execution drop a sample of the Antivirus Pro 2010 scareware.    Whereas the theme remains the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:01:07 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA['Evil Maid' USB stick attack keylogs TrueCrypt passphrases]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4662]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Security researcher Joanna Rutkowska has released a PoC proof of concept of a keylogger that is capable of logging TrueCrypt's disk encryption passphrase enabling the attacker to successfully decrypt the hard drive's content.    Dubbed, the 'evil maid' attack due to its 'plug-and-exploit' functionality requiring 1-2 minutes for...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:32:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Commonwealth fined $100k for not mandating antivirus software]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4653]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to a recently published SEC cease-and-desist order, the Commission has recently fined Commonwealth Financial Network $100,000, for not mandating antivirus software on the computers of its representatives, leading to a security incident which took place in November 2008, allowing the cybercriminal behind the attack to place eighteen unauthorized purchase...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:11:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4605]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources.    The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:20:12 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[New Koobface campaign spoofs Adobe's Flash updater]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4594]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Earlier this week, the botnet masters behind the most efficient social engineering driven botnet, Koobface, launched a new campaign currently spreading across Facebook with a new template spoofing Adobe's Flash updater embedded within a fake Youtube page.    The malware campaign is relying on compromised legitimate web sites,...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:11:29 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Social engineering tactics of the Koobface botnet]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://content.zdnet.com/2346-12691_22-352597.html]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The gang behind the Koobface botnet is periodically updating the template it relies on for infecting new years. Here are some of the most popular ones introduced by the gang throughout the year. by Dancho Danchev]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:09:33 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Click fraud facilitating Bahama botnet steals ad revenue from Google]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4549]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Originally exposed as a botnet redirecting and monetizing hijacked traffic to over 200,000 parked domains primarily located in the Bahamas, researchers from ClickForensics have recently found evidence on active DNS hijacking of Google properties allowing cybercriminals to steal revenue from Google by pulling search results and displaying them on a...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 09:56:59 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4538]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The recently leaked accounting data of thousands of Hotmail users -- Gmail has also been affected -- obtained through what appears to be a badly executed phishing campaign, once again puts the spotlight on the how bad password management practices remain an inseparable part of the user-friendly ecosystem.  ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 11:35:16 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[MS Security Essentials test shows 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4512]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[According to recent tests conducted by AV-Test.org aiming to measure the performance of Microsoft's Security Essentials, the freeware application achieved 98% detection rate for 545k malware samples including viruses, bots, trojan horses, backdoors and Internet worms, also achieving 90.95% detection rate for 14,222 adware/spyware samples it was tested against. ...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:20:19 -0700</pubDate>
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