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[List of recent press releases] Cybercriminals Continue to Show Their Love for Valentine's Day: As in years past, Internet users can expect to see numerous e-mails this weekend with links to malicious downloads, which are often perpetrated through romantic greeting cards or messages with subject lines related to Valentine's Day. In 2010, cyber-crooks are also exploiting social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter.

[Local news in St. Augustine FL staugustine local news] Cybercriminals Love Valentine's Day : Local news in St. Augustine ...: As in years past, Internet users can expect to see numerous e-mails this weekend with links to malicious downloads, which are often perpetrated through romantic greeting cards or messages with subject lines related to Valentine’s Day. In 2010, cyber-crooks are also exploiting social networking sites such as Facebook or Twitter.

[Panda Security] It's Christmas time at Facebook, reports PandaLabs: This is complemented through the work of several teams, each specialized in a specific type of malware (viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, phishing, spam, etc), who work 24/7 to provide global coverage. This translates into more secure, simpler and more resource-friendly solutions for clients.

[The Computer Clarity Blog] It is Christmas time at Facebook, reports PandaLabs: Internet users often send Christmas greetings to their family and friends over the Web. Infection figures are always high at this time of the year, as new viruses emerge that take advantage of this increased user activity.

[NJN Network] Santa leaving viral lump of coal on Facebook | NJN Network: malicious links on Facebook users’ walls, the bait directs to a fake embedded video player that poses as a Christmas greeting. When users try to play the video or click on a link on the page, their computers download and install a variant of the well-known Koobface worm, Koobface.GK.

[SPAMfighter News] Christmas Greetings on Facebook Served with Infection: According to Luis Corrons, technical director, PandaLabs, many users have a misconception that it is secure to post their personal content on social networking websites like Facebook; consequently, the social networks have turned out to be the most vulnerable and preferred sources for the hackers to disseminate their malicious creations, as per the statement published by prnewswire.com on December 9, 2009.

[Security Bytes] New Koobface variant strikes at Facebook Christmas greetings: Security researchers at PandaLabs have discovered a new variant of the Koobface malware targeting holiday cheery users of social networking giant Facebook.

[Infosecurity (UK) - Latest News] Infosecurity (UK) - Fake search engines used to divert users to ...: Reports are coming in of a new variant of the Koobface worm doing the rounds of PCs connected to the internet. This latest variation of the long-running criminal-driven malware uses a Christmas greeting to spread infections via the Facebook social networking portal.

[List of PandaLabs Reports. Panda Security.] PandaLabs Bulletins:: www.pandasecurity.com/homeusers/security_info | www.pandalabs.com. 4.- The many guises of Waledac. Social engineering is still one of the techniques most often used by malware to spread, and this is the case with the Waledac worm. ... greetings as bait to trick users and propagate. Resignation of Barack Obama. In January 2009, email messages began to spread claiming that Barack Obama had rejected the presidency of the United States. These messages included a link to a Web ...

[Security Articles and Tips] Practical Guide for Secure Christmas Shopping by Panda Security: To do so, PandaLabs has an innovative automated system that analyzes and classifies thousands of new samples a day and returns automatic verdicts (malware or goodware). This system is the basis of collective intelligence, Panda Security's new security model which can even detect malware that has evaded other security solutions.

[Panda Security] 30 million computers are infected by fake antivirus programs ...: –says Luis Corrons, technical director of PandaLabs-, “more than 30 million users have been infected by this new wave of fake antivirus programs. The information we have at present suggests that some 3% of these users have provided their personal details1 in the process of buying a product that claims to disinfect their computers.

[The Last Watchdog] Banking trojans infest Internet | The Last Watchdog: When malware authors start to produce and distribute thousands of unique samples with the click of a button, it becomes a huge task to address. Our Collective Intelligence system automatically processes malware and creates signatures for over 99% of the 25,000 samples (avg) we receive on a daily basis.

Infosecurity (UK) - Latest News: At ”˜Who should police the global internet - Who is ultimately responsible?’, a keynote speech at Infosecurity Europe, the Rt Hon. Alun Michael MP highlighted the importance of ”˜all people’ helping to fight crime, while detective superintendent Charlie McMurdie of the police central e-crime unit (PCeU), called for volunteers to assist in e-crime prevention.

[Microsoft Watch] Microsoft Watch - Corporate - Microsoft's 10 Unlucky Breaks: the exact attack vector varies depending on the preferences of the assailant or possibly the technical limitations of his infectious agent. In some cases, malware authors are simply commenting on legitimate stories, while in others, the submitted stories themselves lead directly to infected sites."

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