[Previous] Protection for New Malware Families Using .LNK Vulnerabilit...

 [Next] Report: Google Has Twice the Malware of Bing, Yahoo, and Twitt...

Some related posts from Technorati and Google.

[Security Watch] Pirated Copies of StarCraft 2 Infected With Malware - Security Watch: I can't play any lan games, I can't have multiple users on one copy of starcraft (because my sister would like to play the campaign) because each user needs his/her own CD key, there is no chat on battlenet, and on Mac OSX, the game runs pretty poorly, even with high-end hardware. What is funny is that if I pirated this game, I could probably get lan play with my friends and family without spending hundreds.

[The Review Crew] Pirate StarCraft II, Get A Free Virus - The Review Crew: Those eager to get their hands on Blizzard’s latest opus, StarCraft II, via unsavoury means may be in for a surprise. Microsoft has warned that pirated copies of the genre-defining RTS game can contain malware.

[MTV Multiplayer] 'StarCraft 2”² Pirates Encountering Malware Issues » MTV Multiplayer: Buying legal, Blizzard-supported copies of "SC2" is the easiest way to avoid malware in this particular case. But should you be glancing around at scandalous, totally illegal activities involving bootleg editions of "SC2," just be aware of what else is out there.

[NewsPlurk Sci/Tech] What's Missing From StarCraft II's Launch? Pirate Copies - NewsPlurk: Pirated Copies of StarCraft 2 Infected With Malware, Softpedia reports that Microsoft has issued a warning for all gamers looking to illegally download a free copy of StarCraft 2: Wings of Liberty: Fake files.

[WebFeeder] Ashampoo Anti-Malware 1.20 | WebFeeder: StarCraft II Pirates Stung By Malware Boom! Nefarious pirates looking to, um, pirate StarCraft II are running into a bit of a problem : one of the more popular torrents that purports to be the game is actually nothing more than a .

[Social media news and web tips] StarCraft II Pirates Stung By Malware: ’Starcraft_II.exe’ (Sha1: ae648158b87d1513d2777ddb2233d3e83e2741c9) contains a file named “WinUpdate.exe”, which is actually malicious and is detected as VirTool:Win32/VBInject.gen!DM. This is a generic detection for Visual Basic-compiled files that attempt to load other malware by injecting code into different processes.

[Starcraft 2 Buzz] StarCraft II Pirates Stung By Malware ”” Starcraft 2 Buzz: Nefarious pirates looking to, um, pirate StarCraft II are running into a bit of a problem: one of the more popular torrents that …

[The Next Web] The Pirate Bay Hacked, Attackers Gain Access To Entire User Database: “A series of attacks on The Pirate Bay, one of the most well known and controversial file-sharing websites has allowed a group of Argentinian hackers, headed by malware researcher Ch Russo, to access both the user database and the website administration panel of The Pirate Bay, comprising over 4 million usernames and email addresses in the process…” [...]

[Krebs on Security] Pirate Bay Hack Exposes User Booty ”” Krebs on Security: we use it to publish content that is perfectly legal. And to answer the question you asked the earlier poster, we know it’s perfectly legal because it is our content, to which we own the copyright to, for which we own the rights to distribute.

[GadgetGybe] StarCraft II Pirates Stung By Malware | GadgetGybe: Nefarious pirates looking to, um, pirate StarCraft II are running into a bit of a problem: one of the more popular torrents that purports to be the game is actually nothing more than a conduit for a nasty bit of malware.

[p2pnet news] p2pnet news » Blog Archive » TalkTalk admits secretly monitoring users: “Parents choosing the [TallTalk] U or 14 options would block every PC in the household from accessing file-sharing sites such as the Pirate Bay, as well as pornography and gambling, without the need for extra software on the computer itself, within our network ”¦”

[P2P Tech Time] P2P Tech Time » 'StarCraft 2”² Pirates Encountering Malware Issues ...: 'StarCraft 2' Pirates Encountering Malware Issues MTV.com (blog) .as of this week via Battle.net, but as with any other high-profile game release, illegal pirated editions have found their way to P2P networks as well.

[Bill Mullins' Weblog - Tech Thoughts] Tech Thoughts Daily Net News - July 30, 2010 « Bill Mullins ...: Report: Google leads Bing, Yahoo!, and Twitter in malware distribution - Barracuda Labs found that Google (unwittingly, of course) passes out more malware .2009 RSA Conference Nominee - Best Non-Technical Blog.

[Online Social Media] The Pirate Bay Hacked: Video of the attack : Online Social Media: It appears that once inside the system and the discovery of an SQL injection vulnerability, this then gave the hackers complete access to the database containing all user details. Hackers have now had the opportunity to not only delete and ban users, but change users e-mail account addresses, delete their torrents and comments and block IP addresses.

[Product Reviews Net] Video: The Pirate Bay Hacked 2010 : Product Reviews Net: The hackers managed to get the ability to change users accounts email address, block their IP addresses, delete their comments and torrents, and even ban users. They could also modify or extract any information stored in the database of any of the site’s users.

Reflected tags on Technorati: Blog, Malware, Spyget