History and definition of spam, viruses, trojans, phising, hackers attacks. http://www.malwarecity.com 2008-11-21T09:12:04+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com/media/images/fan_zone/mlc_120_60.jpghttp://www.malwarecity.com/blog.html text/html 2008-11-19T11:22:10+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (webmaster@malwarecity.com) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/459296636/the-spam-omelette-4-275.html Welcome to the fourth issue of the Spam Omelette! It’s been a month now since we started our visual trip into the spam world, but those of you who haven’t got acquainted with our testing and spam map generation methodology should check out our <a href="http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-245.html" target="_blank">first material</a> in the series.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/459296636" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-4-275.html text/html 2008-11-18T16:06:16+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (webmaster@malwarecity.com) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/458126748/how-to-remove-rogue-security-software-274.html Rogue security products are one of the common ways used by cyber criminals who try to gain an extra buck for a living. They are trial applications that warn users of inexistent infections on their computers. In order to “remove” all the detected malware, the user is encouraged to buy the product.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/458126748" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/how-to-remove-rogue-security-software-274.html text/html 2008-11-17T12:52:34+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (webmaster@malwarecity.com) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/456922678/new-removable-media-gives-malware-a-boost-2-271.html 1997 also marked the beginning of a new age for malware writers.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/456922678" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/new-removable-media-gives-malware-a-boost-2-271.html text/html 2008-11-17T12:47:51+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (webmaster@malwarecity.com) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/456922679/new-removable-media-gives-malware-a-boost-1-270.html Most of the security issues in 1994 were triggered by the increased popularity of removable media, especially the more and more affordable CD-ROMs. Such storage devices acted as a vector of infection, as computer users burnt not only important data, but also infected files.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/456922679" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/new-removable-media-gives-malware-a-boost-1-270.html text/html 2008-11-14T10:10:46+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (webmaster@malwarecity.com) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/453877380/spamalytics-revisited-269.html Do Ethical Research and Trojans Mix?<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/453877380" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/spamalytics-revisited-269.html text/html 2008-11-13T08:45:21+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (webmaster@malwarecity.com) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/452676687/from-michelangelo-to-self-mutating-engine-267.html 1992 debuted straight with a large-scale security threat signed by Bulgarian programmer Dark Avenger. Just as he had promised one year earlier, the virus writer was about to introduce a new mutating algorithm, but he decided to take things smoothly.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/452676687" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/from-michelangelo-to-self-mutating-engine-267.html text/html 2008-11-11T17:05:27+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (webmaster@malwarecity.com) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/450536329/the-spam-omelette-3-264.html Welcome to the third issue of Spam Omelette, our weekly report on spam trends. If you missed our previous reports, please check out our <a href="http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-245.html" target="_blank">first material</a> in the series to get acquainted with the analysis methodology and visual map generation.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/450536329" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/the-spam-omelette-3-264.html text/html 2008-11-07T15:34:40+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (webmaster@malwarecity.com) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/450536330/clearing-the-way-261.html Besides the usual Javascripts and rootkits that try to exploit vulnerabilities in applications or hide malicious program activities, this week we&#039;ve encountered something rather strange.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/450536330" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/clearing-the-way-261.html text/html 2008-11-07T14:48:07+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (webmaster@malwarecity.com) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/450536331/what-hides-behind-the-internet-traffic-conundrum-260.html Not to be mistaken for another “Conspiracy Theory” movie…<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/450536331" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/what-hides-behind-the-internet-traffic-conundrum-260.html text/html 2008-11-06T16:06:26+01:00 http://www.malwarecity.com WebMaster (webmaster@malwarecity.com) http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~3/450536332/obama-mccain-campaign-servers-hacked-258.html How Much Security Is Enough Security? <a title="newsweek reporting" href="http://www.newsweek.com/id/167581/" target="_blank">Newsweek is reporting</a> on a very interesting story brought up in the wake of the recently-ended presidential campaign in the United States.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Malwarecity-Blog/~4/450536332" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.malwarecity.com/blog/obama-mccain-campaign-servers-hacked-258.html