Category Archives: Security News
Microsoft beefs up security products to block adware
Potentially unwanted applications can pose risks to enterprises.
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Adware is often classified as a potentially unwanted application, or PUA, an industry term for applications that aren’t necessarily malware but could be a security or performance risk.
Dridex spam campaigns target the US, UK and France
Trend Micro has seen multiple spam campaigns distributing the malware
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Trend Micro is the latest security vendor to say it is seeing Dridex activity after the U.S. Department of Justice said last month it had significantly disrupted it in a joint action with the U.K.
As China moves to payment cards, cybercriminals follow
As China increasingly embraces payment cards over cash, Trend Micro is seeing an uptick in cybercriminal activity aimed at card fraud.
The security company published a new study of the Chinese underground cybercriminal market, which shows a strong interest in ways to capture payment card details.
“Cybercriminals quickly jumped on the noncash payment bandwagon,” wrote report author Lion Gu of Trend Micro’s Forward-Looking Threat Research Team.
Nasty adware program blocks security products with simple Windows UAC trick
The program turns digital code signatures against anti-malware products
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State-sponsored cyberspies inject victim profiling and tracking scripts in strategic websites
The scripts likely help attackers identify unique users who can be targeted with exploits tailored for their software configurations.
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