BitDefender versus Win32.Worm.Downadup.C

March 11, 2009
Filed under iNews

BitDefender announced that it has detected a new form of the Downadup worm which is spreading by a Windows RPC Server Service vulnerability and is the first AV vendor to offer a free tool which disinfects all versions of Downadup, being available for all infected users at: http://bdtools.net.

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Gone fishing… Sorry: phishing – FDIC.gov

October 9, 2008
Filed under Online Security

Another phishing email. This time from FDIC, which is basically an agency independent from the Federal Government that acts as an insurer to the nation’s financial institutions. The message was coming from the following email address : Investigation@FDIC.gov. The address is a forged one, most likely with PHP as the message header also contained PHP [...]

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Gone fishing… Sorry: Phishing – Wachovia Treasury

October 8, 2008
Filed under Online Security

If you’re a Wachovia customer, please be aware that currently an extremely active phishing attack is in course. Basically You receive emails asking you to download some badware from a faked website. After the badware is installed, starts to collect all the data which the browsers, especially IE stored, including passwords and sends the data [...]

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