Hackers Now Targetting Kids With Gaming Websites That Infect Their Parents PC's

PC's nowadays are child's play. Kids as young as 3 play flash games over the Internet and Hackers have taken notice. Hackers have taken to creating cartoon gaming websites that look legitimate enough but quietly load Trojans to steal information.

CuteArcade.com has reportedly infected more than 12000 computers while HiddenNinjaGames.com is also a security risk according to Czech security firm Avast virus lab.

Kids are very susceptible to these gaming websites because they are impulsive and will not stop and think before clicking on a catchy image that links to malicious software.

Precautions can be made by parents by enabling Anti-Phishing options in your browsers (Internet Explorer, Firefox, Chrome, etc.) and by installing an Anti-Malware software like Malwarebytes to help detect and block virus-infected websites.

1. Click HERE on How To Enable Anti-Phishing On Your Browser
2. Click HERE to Download Malwarebytes

How To Enable Anti-Phishing On Your Browser

A new PC virus called the SpyEye is a trojan that steals your money and you wouldn't even know it was gone.

When you visit your online bank after the SpyEye trojan virus attack, there will be no trace of the transactions that cyber-criminals are using to empty your bank account plus your balance is also adjusted on the screen so it looks like nothing is happening.

The SpyEye trojan virus, which is currently on the attack in the US and UK, steals your bank passwords to give access to your account - waits for you to enter the same banking details before 'adjusting' what you see.

The idea is that it gives thieves more time to use your debit card details on fraudulent transactions without you realising it's happening.

According to Trusteer, the security company which detected the SpyEye trojan virus attack, "The next time the victim visits their online banking site, the malware hides the fraudulent transactions, as well as artificially changing the total balance. As a result, the deceived customer has no idea that their account has been ‘taken over’, nor that any fraudulent transactions have taken place."

The first you'll learn of the attack is your bank refusing you money, or a paper statement showing you that cyber criminals have been draining money out of your account.

With hi-tech cyber attacks such as SpyEye, there are few visible signs that anything is wrong.

There are defences, though - ensure your browser is up to date, manually updating it if necessary.

You should also ensure that the 'anti-phishing' option is switched to 'on' in Firefox, Chrome or Internet Explorer, which will check for 'blacklisted' websites and prevent your browser being directed to the 'fake' version that delivers your bank statement.

How to Enable Anti-Phishing on your browser:

Internet Explorer:

1. Click on Tools > Internet Options > Advanced Tab
2. Scroll Down to Phishing Filter and select the "Turn on automatic website checking" option

Firefox:
1. Click on Tools > Options > Security
2. Tick the "Block reported attack sites" option
3. Tick the "Block reported web forgeries" option

Chrome:
1. Click on the Wrench icon > Options > Under The Hood > Privacy > Tick the "Enable phishing and malware protection" option

Safari
1. Settings > Safari
2. Turn "Fraud Warning" on

Do you have any other tips on how to prevent attacks like the SpyEye Trojan Virus? Do share!

Geronimo! Osama Virus Out To Terrorize

Computer security experts warned on Monday that online scammers have already started to exploit the death of Al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden to spread malware.

“Watch out for the links you’re likely to come across in email or on social networking sites offering you additional coverage of this newsworthy event,” Paul Ducklin of computer security firm Sophos said in a blog post.

“Many of the links you see will be perfectly legitimate links,” Ducklin said. “But at least some are almost certain to be dodgy links, deliberately distributed to trick you into hostile Internet territory.”

By late Monday, researchers at US computer security firm McAfee were seeing email messages as well as updates at social network Facebook and microblogging service Twitter baited with promises of pictures or news of bin Laden.

“I suppose this was just inevitable,” David Marcus of McAfee said in an online message.

“The reported death of Osama bin Laden is just too good a lure for cyber criminals and scammers to pass up.”

Cyber crooks were using “expected lures” in messages to dupe people into clicking on links booby-trapped with malicious software designed to steal data from or take control of infected computers, according to Marcus.

Ploys included a bogus promise of a look at a video debunking reports of his killing by showing the 9/11 mastermind holding up a newspaper with today’s date, McAfee reported.

Sophisticated Trojan "Geinimi" Hijacks Android Smartphones

A malicious new piece of malware codenamed "Geinimi" has appeared in China and Android smartphones are its main targets.

Lookout Mobile Security, a San Francisco-based blog, reported that "Geinimi" is able to compromise personal data on a user's phone and send it to remote servers. According to the author known as "tim," it is "The most sophisticated Android malware we've seen to date, Geinimi is also the first Android malware in the wild that displays botnet-like capabilities."

Designated as a Trojan, Geinimi is currently uploaded through repacked versions of Android apps distributed by a third-party Android app market, most particularly in China, with titles such as Monkey Jump 2, Sex Positions, Presidents vs. Aliens, City Defense and Baseball Superstars 2010.

Currently, Android smartphones outside of China are still shielded but the fact that there is a Trojan for the Android OS is quite alarming. With the iPhone still secure, what is Google going to do to fix this?

Or is this simply a ploy for Antivirus companies to jump on the appstore bandwagon?

Microsoft Malicious Removal Tool Nukes Zeus Malware In Latest Release

It's way overdue, but the Zeus removal tool may have just arrived. With the release of the latest iteration of Microsoft's malicious removal tool comes the biggest success rate in removing Zeus (Zbot) trojan virus.

According to Redmond’s Jeff Williams:

Of the 1,344,669 computers cleaned, this is about 1 in 5, a ratio that’s higher than we typically see even when accounting for the normal, first-month spike which results from adding a new family but not exceptionally so.

To put this in greater perspective the removals of Zbot are almost as many as the removals of the #2 and #3 malware families this month combined (Win32/Vundo and Win32/Bubnix respectively). Approximately 86 million computers have run this version of MSRT as we compile this data so we should expect this number to increase as the month continues.

That's 281,491 nuked Zeus' (Zbots) out of 274, 873 computers so far. If you think your PC may be infected or just want to make sure it isn't, the Microsoft's malicious software removal tool (MSRT) can be downloaded HERE.

MSRT scan checks computers running Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, and Windows Server 2003 for infections by specific, prevalent malicious software and are updated and released on the second Tuesday of each month.

Over $70M Stolen Using The Zeus Trojan Virus

While everybody's waiting to learn what exactly the Stuxnet virus is going to do, the Zeus v3 Trojan virus has all but blown up.

When the infamous Zeus v3 Trojan virus was detected, it had already infected thousands of British online banking customers and had stolen £675,000 ($1M).

With the recent crackdown on the international-crime ring using the Zeus v3 Trojan virus, the stolen money was found to have gone up 70X.

Russell Brown, an FBI special agent in the bureau's cyber division, said the ring focused on accounts owned by municipalities and churches in addition to smaller corporate accounts.

The thieves realized "there was more money if you compromise a small-medium business," Mr. Brown said. "They were particularly focused on small and medium businesses because of the technological limitations" often found in security systems at smaller companies, he said.

More details concerning the Zeus v3 Trojan virus can be found at The Wall Street Journal and BBC News.

Also, check out a recent article on how you can protect yourself from being a victim of the Zeus v3 Trojan virus.

37 People In Zeus Trojan Crime Ring Arrested And Charged

The Zeus Trojan virus was touted as 'the most sophisticated and dangerous Trojan virus by security experts'. It seems a lot of people found a way to download and use the Zeus Trojan for unscrupulous ways. Thankfully, they've been found out.

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US Experts Still Baffled On Real Purpose Of Stuxnet Virus

Iranian officials have confirmed 30,000 computers in industrial facilities around Iran have been infected with the Stuxnet virus. Although it has been reported that the Stuxnet virus may be the world's first "cyber weapon", experts are still baffled as to who created the Stuxnet virus and to what purpose it serves.

More details on and how to remove the Stuxnet virus can be found in a previous article HERE.

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Stuxnet Worm: A Virus Created For Sabotage

The Stuxnet computer worm is currently being described as the most sophisticated virus and world's first cyber 'super weapon' which has already infected more than 45,000 networks worldwide.

Ralph Langner, a German cyber-security researcher fears that the Stuxnet virus that it was specifically created for sabotage, targeting real-world infrastructure such as power stations and water plants.

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Mouseover Virus Hits Twitter

A flaw in the social networking site Twitter was used by hackers to create an internet worm that redirected thousands of users to porn sites.

The so-called 'mouseover' or cross-site scripting (XSS) bug on Twitter spread very fast because all a user had to do was hover the mouse cursor over an infected text and that user was automatically redirected to a porn site. No clicking required.

Among the many thousands who were affected was the former prime minister’s wife Sarah Brown.

After she posted a tweet with a suspect link in it she then updated her page to warn others of the attack. She wrote: ‘Don’t touch the earlier tweet – this Twoter feed has something very odd going on.’

Another victim was White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs. After he was hacked he posted: "My Twitter went haywire - absolutely no clue why it sent that message or even what it is...paging the tech guys...'

The Twitter flaw made it possible to include the programming code JavaScript in tweets, which was then 'retweeted' to other users.

In some cases the mouseover' or cross-site scripting (XSS) bug was used to launch simple pop-up windows, redirect users to porn sites and was also used to cover up users’ tweets with blocks of colour.

Twitter now says that the security breach has been fixed.

Experts recommended that users use third-party apps rather than visiting the Twitter site itself while the attack was still ongoing.

How To Remove "Here You Have" Virus AKA W32.Imsolk.B@mm

If you receive messages like 'Hello: This is The Document I told you about, you can find it here' or 'Just For you' and says 'This is The Free Dowload Sex Movies,you can find it Here.'and includes a link to what looks like a PDF DELETE IT IMMEDIATELY. The links on the email download a worm called the "Here You Have" Virus AKA W32.Imsolk.B@mm.>

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Virus Alert: "Here You Have" Virus (W32.Imsolk.B@mm)

Though not as dangerous as the Zeus v3 Virus, a new, malicious computer worm is spreading using an e-mail attack. The threat called the "Here You Have" or W32.Imsolk.B@mm virus arrives via e-mail asking the recipient to click on a link embedded in the e-mail.

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Updated:Zeus v3 Removal Tool

Currently, no Zeus v3 Removal Tool has been released to the public but Symantec has announced on its webpage that "Norton products have already been updated to identify and protect against Zeus (aka Trojan.Zbot) and its variants. Current users of Symantec’s Norton security products are protected."

Other antivirus softwares may soon follow suit towards thwarting the Zeus v3 trojan virus so update your antivirus definitions now. If you still don't have an antivirus software, scroll down below to download one for FREE.

The Zeus v3 trojan virus hit Britain hard with more than 3000 victims and a haul of more than half a million pounds though, according to the security firm M86, all victims were customers of just one online bank in Britain which is still unnamed probably due to security reasons. Despite the Zeus v3 attack being singled out in Britain, the security experts have not ruled out the possibility of an even wider coverage of trojan virus attacks.

Trojan viruses like the Zeus v3 are very tricky and hide in websites, emails or downloads. Once installed on a computer they can record every type of the keyboard, steal confidential information or even open up a PC's security so that it can be controlled remotely from another country. So be careful how you conduct your online money transactions.

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Zeus v3 Is 'Most Dangerous Trojan Virus' To Date

Update: Zeus Trojan Virus Removal Tool

A new variant of the Zeus trojan virus is now being described by experts as the most sophisticated and dangerous trojan virus ever created.

Thousands of British online banking customers fell victim to the Zeus v3 trojan virus wherein, between July 5 and August 4, £675,000 have already been stolen.

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