Banking Trojans III
In previous posts Banking Trojans I and Banking Trojans II we did an overview of the main banker trojan families and their simple characteristics (files…
Be careful with Tixcet.A
PandaLabs has recently discovered the worm Tixcet.A It is a very destructive worm, as it deletes files with several extensions and replaces them with a…
Fake Security Center
PandaLabs has detected the Adware/XP-Shield which passes itself off as the Windows Security Center. This malware, which is installed after running the XPShieldSetup.exe file, creates…
Fenomen(al) False Positives
One of the problems with automation of antivirus signature creation is that if a few AV vendors start detecting something as malicious, even with heuristics,…
Anti-Rootkit Testing
DarkReading issued a note a few days ago titled "New Tests Show Rootkits Still Evade AV". These tests, originally performed by AV-Test.org, are becoming more…
Phishing & ScamPages Kits
Nowadays launching a phishing attack or creating an online service fake website is quite an easy task for anybody. There is no need for advanced technical knowledge…