Spyware Techie

Do you know what Registry Elite?

Live Enterprise Suite is a very scary and malicious rogue antispyware application.You need to know that it will gain access to your computer system, without your knowledge or consent. It is imperative that you understand that Live Enterprise Suite is actually an exact clone of General Antivirus and Internet Antivirus Pro. Live Enterprise Suite will make use of a fake system scan, fake system scan report results as well as fake computer security system notifications. It is all part of one big malicious plan which has been designed in order to steal your hard earned money. Read the rest of this entry »

It was just this Friday that the F.B.I’s Internet Crime Complaint issues a warning to all about rogues. Cybercriminals are going mad and are targeting innocent computer users all over the world. These malicious online characters are making use of these fake antispyware applications in order to generate capital for themselves, via manipulative tactics and tricks. Read the rest of this entry »

The latest scam taking the Internet Community by storm is the trend to make use of a fake Facebook page, complete with a fake flash player, and via these fake applications, the hackers are ensuring they enter into computer systems undetected.

So, what exactly is a codec, to begin with? Well, Codec’s are used to decode compressed data, so as to ensure said data is viewable and audible. What is happening now is these codec’s are being mimicked and the fake codec’s are being marketed as legitimate ones. The fake codec’s are actually used as lures deployed by the dishonest scammers in charge of this operation, to ensure their objectives are met.

An agreement has been made by TJX Companies Inc. to pay $525,000 in a lawsuit settlement brought up by several banks in regards to a data breach that happened over 2 years ago.

If you remember, back in January 2007, TJX Companies Inc., the father company of TJ Maxx stores, was part of a data breach where intruders broke into its network and stole 45 million credit and debit card numbers. At that time, before the infamous Heartland Payment Systems breach, the TJX Companies Inc. data theft had been the biggest breach that involved credit card information.

Not only had TJX Companies Inc had to pay out $525,000 just recently to settle the law suit with several banks, but it has said that it would have to pay close to $10 million to settle other law suits brought by attorneys general in 41 states in addition to other items pushing this number to over $200 million. This has made the data breach of TJX Companies Inc. one of the costliest ever.

A Trojan called the Zeus Trojan is was blamed for allowing online banking attacks and now is the culprit for employing instant messaging as a means for obtaining a computer users login credentials.

In the past there have been other password-stealing Trojans such as the Sinowal parasite which was discovered in 2008. With the Zeus Trojan, security company RSA, has discovered that it has an ability to use an instant messaging component to alert hackers when they have captured a person’s online banking login credentials.

Business account holders are being warned that cybercrooks are using stolen online credentials to empty out corporate banking accounts lately.

In our fast moving and technologically driven world today no one really has time to monitor a business account 24/7, let alone catch cybercriminals who are targeting small business banking accounts.

Recently a stern warning has been issued from an organization that represents over 15,000 financial institutions about an increasing amount of attacks specifically against small business and small banks. The attacks come about from the theft of online banking credentials that hackers are able to access through the use of malware or keystroke-logging applications.

A recent discovery by security researchers has identified a number of backdoor Trojans and password stealers are being spread by 55,000 websites.

A group of malware, including password stealer parasites and backdoor Trojans, was found to be spread onto several Windows systems from 55,000 websites, some legitimate domains, which may have been compromised by hackers. Malicious code or iFrame embedding was found to have effected tens of thousands of websites for the purpose of exploiting Windows systems that visit the hacked sites.

A malicious infection that is currently stealing a considerable amount of financial data from consumers, has infected upwards of one million PC’s.

Claims from persons who logged into banking, stock broker, credit card, job hunting, e-shopping and insurance account sites have noted a botnet infection.

There are various sophisticated infections out in the wild that could be forming botnets for the purpose of distributing malicious commands to the compromised systems. One of the most professional thieving malware infections was recently revealed. It is called Clampi or Clampi Trojan. This is one infection that has infected anywhere between 100,000 to 1 million computers around the world. As of now, security researchers do not have a sure way for counting the number of systems infected.

A recent threat detected by security vendor, Trend Micro, was identified as a Trojan that terminates running applications on your computer.

The Trojan responsible for terminating running “.exe” or executable files is called Trojan_FakeAV.B. Trojan_FakeAV.B has several other variants lurking on infected PC around the world today.

Trojan_FakeAV.B or the Fake AV family of infections, were designed to use a tactic of terminating programs on your computer to limit the chances of it being detected by a security application. If any type of infection is able to go undetected then it can do more damage. That is just what Trojan_FakeAV.B is capable of.

Botnets continue to be a growing concern in America allowing groups of cybercriminals to take control over systems and attack websites.

A list has been created exposing the top 10 most wanted botnets in America which is an estimate by security firm Damballa based on size and activity of such attacks originating in America. Although there are many attacks that have originated from other countries, America continues to be a main-stream target for obvious reasons ranging from the massive population to easy accessibility.