Hackers Aiming at Instant Messages
In typical IM attacks, hackers send out e-mail or IM programs designed to find and steal computer users' "buddy lists." Using automated computers, the hackers then will send unsolicited instant messages to everybody on that person's list, masquerading as the person and luring recipients to check out a fake Web site.
Last month, the number of instant messages containing computer "malware" soared by 500 percent from the previous month, according to one Internet security company. In the first quarter of 2006, the number was up more than 160 percent from a year earlier.
Last year, security experts found 2,400 different viruses, worms and other threats that hackers attached to instant messages, an increase of nearly 1,600 percent from the previous year. The programs were designed to take over computers, steal online passwords or break into computer files.
Read the article HERE.
New Worm Targets MSN Messenger
PandaLabs, the laboratory of the security software company Panda Software, warns of the spread of the new B variant of the BlackAngel worm. PandaLabs has apparently already received several incidents from users affected by this worm.
This worm spreads via Microsoft’s instant messaging program MSN Messenger. In order to spread through this tool, it sends messages to all the contacts in the user’s contacts list, disguising itself as a video called ‘Fantasma’ (Ghost).
Read the Panda press release HERE.
What Is Gaim?
For those that missed it, here's a reminder.
Last month, the number of instant messages containing computer "malware" soared by 500 percent from the previous month, according to one Internet security company. In the first quarter of 2006, the number was up more than 160 percent from a year earlier.
Last year, security experts found 2,400 different viruses, worms and other threats that hackers attached to instant messages, an increase of nearly 1,600 percent from the previous year. The programs were designed to take over computers, steal online passwords or break into computer files.
Read the article HERE.
New Worm Targets MSN Messenger
PandaLabs, the laboratory of the security software company Panda Software, warns of the spread of the new B variant of the BlackAngel worm. PandaLabs has apparently already received several incidents from users affected by this worm.
This worm spreads via Microsoft’s instant messaging program MSN Messenger. In order to spread through this tool, it sends messages to all the contacts in the user’s contacts list, disguising itself as a video called ‘Fantasma’ (Ghost).
Read the Panda press release HERE.
What Is Gaim?
For those that missed it, here's a reminder.
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