Cybercriminals are targeting users interested in learning information about the ongoing wildfires raging in California's Angeles National Forest, Panda Security has warned. In one trial. searches for "angeles crest fire" yielded a malicious link as the third most relevant search result. If clicked, a fake system scan is displayed, aiming to trick users into thinking their computer is infected and offering to download a rogue anti-virus product. — AM
Source code for a trojan, called Peskyspy, has the ability to record audio from Skype calls, convert the audio to an MP3 file, encrypt it and send it back to the attacker, according to Symantec researchers.
Throughout 2008, phishing attacks were present in 0.5 percent of all spam, but during the first half of 2009 they dropped to 0.1 percent, according to IBM's mid-year security report.
Because of the bug, an attacker could potentially capture account credentials, redirect a user to any site, alter a user's tweets or followers, or send messages from a compromised account.