History and definition of spam, viruses, trojans, phising, hackers attacks. http://www.malwarecity.com 2009-11-10T09:12:05+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com/media/images/fan_zone/mlc_120_60.jpghttp://www.malwarecity.com/blog.html text/html 2009-11-09T09:22:26+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (news@malwarecity.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/0DK8F14wVTg/bitdefender-weekly-review-the-new-member-of-the-cutwail-dinasty-668.html We hope that you have updated your antivirus database signature because malware authors have surely done their work this week. During the past few days there we have seen a lot of new malware popping up on the web; however, today’s review will focus on Trojan.Cutwail.Z, an encrypted and extremely dangerous Trojan.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/0DK8F14wVTg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/bitdefender-weekly-review-the-new-member-of-the-cutwail-dinasty-668.html text/html 2009-11-04T21:27:16+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (news@malwarecity.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/-s8gYKNBBZI/letters-from-the-fbi-the-spam-omelette-49-666.html Welcome to this week’s issue of the Spam Omelette, BitDefender’s report on spam trends and techniques. If you happen to have joined later our newsletter, please do have a look on our <a href="http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-245.html" target="blank">testing methodology and spam map generation procedures</a> before reading any further.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/-s8gYKNBBZI" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/letters-from-the-fbi-the-spam-omelette-49-666.html text/html 2009-11-01T19:18:38+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (news@malwarecity.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/VVwQy4El8Jc/the-spam-omelette-48-pirated-software-on-discount-665.html Welcome to a new issue of our Spam Omelette, the weekly review focused on the latest trends in the spam industry. Before moving forward with the material, please take a look at our testing and map generation methodology, as explained in <a href="http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-245.html" target="_blank">our first issue</a>.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/VVwQy4El8Jc" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-48-pirated-software-on-discount-665.html text/html 2009-10-30T14:40:12+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (news@malwarecity.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/bSLrXRwDzK8/38-bitdefender-weekly-review-email-spam-posing-as-dhl-express-service-spreads-backdoors-664.html A revamped version of <a href="http://www2.bitdefender.com/VIRUS-1000548-en--Trojan.PWS.OnlineGames.KCWP.html" target="_blank">Trojan.PWS.OnlineGames.KCWP</a>, about which we talked about two weeks ago, is targeting online games players again this week. The behavior is mainly the same exception making only the games it&#039;s stealing sensitive data from.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/bSLrXRwDzK8" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/38-bitdefender-weekly-review-email-spam-posing-as-dhl-express-service-spreads-backdoors-664.html text/html 2009-10-29T14:23:50+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (news@malwarecity.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/UyCc9zc9Guk/halloween-on-line-safety-tips-663.html Trick or e-threat?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/UyCc9zc9Guk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/halloween-on-line-safety-tips-663.html text/html 2009-10-27T15:21:28+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (news@malwarecity.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/J6B1Wv6EcxU/fake-fdic-bank-deposit-insurance-coverage-notification-leading-to-zbot-662.html Trojan bankrupts computers under the cover of Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/J6B1Wv6EcxU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/fake-fdic-bank-deposit-insurance-coverage-notification-leading-to-zbot-662.html text/html 2009-10-23T14:24:15+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (news@malwarecity.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/neTP-_QBYAk/bitdefender-weekly-review-email-spam-posing-as-dhl-express-service-spreads-backdoors-660.html This week is more relaxed. We have decided to check out another rogue antivirus (what a surprise!) and a backdoor which allows complete control over the infected machine through a remote webserver.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/neTP-_QBYAk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/bitdefender-weekly-review-email-spam-posing-as-dhl-express-service-spreads-backdoors-660.html text/html 2009-10-23T13:16:58+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (news@malwarecity.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/8T9lYN6p_QE/the-spam-omelette-47-the-medicine-spam-awards-659.html Welcome to this week’s issue of the Spam Omelette, BitDefender’s report on spam trends and techniques. If you happen to have joined later our newsletter, please do have a look on our <a href="http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-245.html" target="_blank">testing methodology</a>and spam map generation procedures before proceeding with today’s article.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/8T9lYN6p_QE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-47-the-medicine-spam-awards-659.html text/html 2009-10-16T15:11:46+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (news@malwarecity.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/2LIvajb7abg/bitdefender-weekly-review-more-fakeav-and-pws-657.html In case last week lured you away from the regular routine, here&#039;s something to get you back to it. Massive multiplayer online games password stealers and rogue security software are on the menu to be served anyone interested enough to read more.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/2LIvajb7abg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/bitdefender-weekly-review-more-fakeav-and-pws-657.html text/html 2009-10-16T09:23:09+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (news@malwarecity.com) http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/ib7o32zFVUE/the-spam-omelette-46-on-canadian-pharmacy-and-identity-theft-656.html Welcome to the Spam Omelette, BitDefender’s weekly newsletter on the latest spam trends and techniques. In order to accurately draw the spam chart, we analyze about 7 million spam messages. In case you missed our previous reports, please have a look <a href="http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-245.html" target="_blank">on our testing methodology</a> before reading any further.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/ib7o32zFVUE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-46-on-canadian-pharmacy-and-identity-theft-656.html