Anti-Malware Resources

Malware, short for malicious software, is software designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system without the owner's informed consent. The expression is a general term used by computer professionals to mean a variety of forms of hostile, intrusive, or annoying software or program code.  The term "computer virus" is sometimes used as a catch-all phrase to include all types of malware, including true viruses. (source: Wikipedia)

Malware includes computer viruses, worms, trojan horses, rootkits, spyware, dishonest adware, crimeware and other malicious and unwanted software.
 

Computer Malware Info

  • Uncovered Spyeye C&C Server Targets Polish Users
    All of us have heard about SpyEye, a malware family comprising information/data stealers like ZeuS/ZBOT. This malware is sometimes known as a “ZeuS killer,” as it stops ZeuS malware from running on affected systems, assuming that the latter is already present. This topic was discussed...
  • Cybercriminals Hone in on Critical Systems
    Any regular reader of this blog knows that malware can infect a system in several ways—email, browser exploits, instant-messaging applications, peer-to-peer (P2P) networks, and others. Even organizations that take great lengths to secure their Internet gateways have found themselves compromised via one of the oldest...
  • Pushdo Takedown Damages Botnet
    Last week it was reported that the Pushdo botnet, used to send spam using the Cutwail spamming module, was taken down, thanks to the efforts of several security researchers. Thirty command-and-control (C&C) servers of the Pushdo/Cutwail botnet were identified, almost 20 of which were taken...
  • “IQ Test” Spam Proliferating via Instant Messages
    I recently came across a round of spammed instant messages that arrived via my Yahoo! Messenger account. These messages were supposedly sent from my cousin’s account, and used the following format and were sent to everyone on her friends list: The familiar message format told...
  • TDSS Pretending to Be TweetDeck Update
    Timing is everything, especially if you’re trying to spread malware. Last week, the developers of the popular Twitter application TweetDeck notified users that due to changes in the authentication protocols Twitter supports, users of older versions will have to upgrade. Naturally, cybercriminals latched onto this...
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