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New "Bugat" trojan harvesting banking credentials

Researchers discovered a new banking trojan that is being used to steal the financial credentials of customers at approximately 15 large- and mid-size U.S. banks.The "Bugat" trojan, discovered by SecureWorks researchers in January, has capabilities similar to the notorious data-stealing trojans Clampi and Zeus, Jason Milletary, security researcher with SecureWorks' research team, the Counter Threat Unit (CTU), told SCMagazineUS.com on Tuesday.The malware monitors an infected user's web browsing activity and searches for the URLs of more than a dozen financial institutions, Milletary said. When a user accesses one of the targeted URLs, the trojan captures account credentials and sends them back to the criminal's remote server.

Operation Titstorm: Hackers bring down government websites

Hackers connected with the anti-Scientology group Anonymous this morning launched a broad attack on government websites.They are protesting against forthcoming internet filtering legislation and the perceived censorship in pornography of small-breasted women (who are thought to be under age) and female ejaculation. Several government sites were down this morning and the hackers have promised to follow up by spamming government offices with pornographic emails, faxes and prank phone calls.The attacks, organised under the banner "Operation: Titstorm", come five months after hackers connected with the same group briefly brought down the Prime Minister's website. At the time the hackers said they would regroup and launch new attacks.

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OpenDNSSEC service goes live

Security service encrypts site queries

Windows Client-Server Run-time Subsystem Process Termination Flaw Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges

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U.S. Top Spam Producer Globally

McAfee has released it Q4 Threats Report, which found that 2009 averaged 135.5 billion spam messages per day, but spam volume decreased by 24 percent in Q4 compared to Q3.

U.S. Top Spam Producer Globally

Zombie production in the U.S. dropped significantly from 13.1 percent in Q3 to 9.5 percent in Q4, making China the top Zombie-producing country at 12 percent. Brazil ranked third, with Russia and Germany rounding out the top five countries. The U.S. still remains the number one country in terms of spam production, with Brazil and India landing in the number two and three spots. Ukraine and Germany entered the list of top 10 countries producing spam for the first time in 2009.

"In Q4, we saw spam activity drop, but identified some interesting trends developing in terms of the geographic distribution of cyber threats and the types of threats executed," said Mike Gallagher, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at McAfeeLabs.

"China emerged as the worldwide leader in both zombie production and the execution of SQL-injection attacks, while internet-based attacks played a bigger role and will continue to do so as cybercriminals target the most popular social destinations in 2010."

North America is the global leader in hosting malicious content, with EMEA in second, followed by Asia/Pacific. In Europe, Germany holds the top spot, followed by the Netherlands and Italy. China is the leader for hosting malicious content in Asia, followed by Russia and South Korea. South America is beginning to play a larger role, with Brazil as the top hosting country in that region.

McAfee Finds Spike In Malware From China

A new study by security software vendor McAfee finds a growing number of cyber attacks originating in China and predicts even more malware scams will target fans of popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

McAfee Finds Spike In Malware From China

[February 9, 2010] A new study by security software vendor McAfee finds a growing number of cyber attacks originating in China and predicts even more malware scams will target fans of popular social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter.

The Biggest Security Breaches of 2009

[February 8, 2010] There were some spectacular data breaches last year. Here's some of the best, or worst, depending on your perspective.

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