From PC Advisor (Carrie-Ann Skinner)
More than 80 percent of websites that had been poisoned with malicious code between 2008 and 2009 were removed within 24 hours, says AVG.
The security vendor’s Web Threat Profile Report estimated that on any one day between 8 and 14 million web users are being exposed to social engineering scams, such hoax Facebook pages or rogue security apps that encourages surfers to download malicious software to their PC. Read the full story [cio.com]
From PC Advisor (Carrie-Ann Skinner)
More than 80 percent of websites that had been poisoned with malicious code between 2008 and 2009 were removed within 24 hours, says AVG.
The security vendor’s Web Threat Profile Report estimated that on any one day between 8 and 14 million web users are being exposed to social engineering scams, such hoax Facebook pages or rogue security apps that encourages surfers to download malicious software to their PC. Read the full story [cio.com]
Attackers are pushing Pokémon GO-themed ransomware and SMS spam messages to entice players to visit malicious websites.
We’ve noted for a while that the
practices of rogue antivirus software have started to mimic those of
legitimate antivirus software vendors. But a new version of FakeXPA scareware take things a bit further: posing as a legitimate commercial AV package, AVG Antivirus 2011.
The Web is a dirty, hostile place not fit for use by most decent people, a place where even many seemingly legitimate sites are infested with malware, password-stealing Trojans and all manner of other nasty applications. And it’s getting worse by the minute, according to a new threat report from Websense.
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