PandaLabs outlined its picks for the most unique viruses of the past year.
Rather than a ranking of the most widespread viruses, or those that
have caused most infections, these viruses are ones that deserve mention for standing out from the more than 24 million new strains of malware that emerged.
Police virus: This strain of malware caused most headaches for users
and IT departments alike. It purports to show a message from the police
telling users that their computer has been blocked – which it has –
because they have supposedly downloaded illegal material. To recover
their systems, users are asked to pay a fine. The most recent versions
even show images taken with the user's webcam, making the scam all the
more realistic.
Flame: A close relative of Stuxnet, Flame is
one of the most powerful cyber-war tools created so far, and infections
have been focused primarily in the Middle East.
Flashback: A
bot that breaks away from the norm of infecting Windows and targets
Apple systems and attacks thousands of Mac computers around the world.
Since it appeared, Mac users are no longer quite as relaxed about
security as they once were.
Zeus: A Trojan that steals
information from users of online banking services. This family of
malware has been known for some time, yet it continues to spread.
However this year new variants were detected, which in addition to
infecting computers, compromise security on smartphones (Android,
BlackBerry, Symbian), targeting those banks that send information via
cellphone to customers as an additional security measure.
Koobface: The most mendacious malware of the year, spent the whole of
2012 spreading endless lies on social networks in order to infect users.
In one attack it related a spurious story about President Obama having
punched someone who racially insulted him. So beware of sensational
stories on social media, this is a favorite trick of cyber-crooks.
BlackHole Exploit kit: One of the most popular kits for creating
malware over the last year. It exploits numerous security holes to
install and uses all types of exploits, particularly Java and Adobe.
DarkAngle: A fake antivirus that poses as Panda CloudAntivirus. It
takes advantage of the renown of Panda Security's free cloud antivirus
to infect as many computers as possible.
Ainslot.L: When it infects, the Ainslot.L bot scans computers and removes any other bots it finds.
Kuluoz: A worm that refers to things supposedly bought only and then
infects computers. The worm arrives in an email that looks as though it
has been sent from FedEx, and tells users they have a parcel to collect.
Most unique viruses of 2012
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European Council of International Schools Hacked by Hitcher
Hitcher and Muslim Liberation Army attack Israel, this time a number of websites to protest against barbaric treatment against the people of Palestine
The hackitivist has success
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Message posted on defaced pages:
Gaza will Never Defeated Israel will be Deleted.
We are outraged at the Palestine present condition and the Illegal occupation of Palestinian Land By the Zionist Israelis
This attack is in response to the Injustice against the Palestinian people
Israel is a serious threat to Palestinian
Occupied Palestinian land under the guise of residential settlements are being increased Palestinians are deprived of their basic human rights
International Aid workers are stopped from providing any humanitarian assistance to the people.
The International community and media is not allowed to bring facts to world as due to strict restrictions
WE ARE :
XtReMiSt, KillerMind Haxor, Jerry Hassan, Syed Zaadaa, HyP3r-Boy
Zarb-E-Momin, fAchO, Radical Assassin,Spartan, Hitcher
-.- UNITED WE STAND..DIVIDED WE FALL -.-
who are the real soldiers? the children holding stones or the Army men holding guns?
Facebook vs. Hackers: Why The Social Network No Longer Plays 'Whack-A-Mole'
At first, Facebook played defense, helping victims clean their computers and attempting to block each new strain of the malware known as "Yahos." But the virus kept mutating to avoid detection. So Facebook's researchers did something unusual for a business being hacked: They investigated the hackers themselves, placing the giant social network at the forefront of a more combative strategy in the war against cybercrime.
"We're not happy playing the whack-a-mole game," said Facebook security researcher Mark Hammel. "We like to be more aggressive and find the root cause of the problem."
That aggressive approach led to the FBI's announcement this week that authorities had arrested 10 members of an international cybercrime ring with Facebook's assistance. The suspected hackers -- who were not identified but came from around the world -- allegedly created a virus that infected more than 11 million computers globally and caused more than $850 million in losses.
For years, companies have purchased anti-virus software or hired security firms to protect them in an endless game of cat and mouse with cybercriminals. But hackers have become increasingly sophisticated, and Facebook believes that merely playing defense against their vast arsenal of hacking tools is no longer enough.
In this case, Hammel said, the company reverse-engineered the computer virus to identify who was spreading the malware. Reverse-engineering is part of Facebook's multifaceted security strategy, which also includes sending cease-and-desist letters, paying independent researchers to find security flaws on its site and filing lawsuits to win civil judgments against spammers.
Earlier this year, Facebook worked with outside security researchers to identify and publicly release the names, aliases and photographs of five suspected Russian cybercriminals accused of operating a virus known as "Koobface." It prompted Facebook users to install software to watch a video and thereby installed malware on their computers that helped cybercriminals to commit advertising fraud and steal from users' bank accounts. Facebook's efforts appeared to shut down the Koobface virus, although the hackers still haven't been arrested.
The Yahos malware created the Butterfly botnet, a network of infected computers that harvested bank account passwords and other personal data on millions of computers. Computer security experts say botnets contribute to the majority of malicious activity on the Internet today.
Facebook isn't the only major tech company stepping up its fight against hackers. Microsoft has also become more aggressive, filing lawsuits to obtain legal permission to shut down servers controlling botnets infecting millions of its users' PCs.
In the long term, Facebook believes it's more effective to focus on efforts that lead to the hackers' arrest, said Nick Bilogorskiy, a former security researcher at the company.
"Facebook's approach of identifying the people and putting them in jail is groundbreaking," said Bilogorskiy, who is now director of security research at the security firm Cyphort. "Nobody else has been able to do that so far."
Facebook declined to detail how it identified the cybercriminals arrested this week. But Bilogorskiy said common approaches include analyzing the malware's code for patterns that can be linked to specific hackers and locating "patient zero" -- the first person to have a computer infected by the virus -- who is often the hacker himself testing out the malware.
According to Hammel, the Butterfly botnet affected less than 1 percent of its 800 million users. Facebook said in a statement it has seen no new infections since October. But Facebook also cautioned that many computers may still be infected and directed users to a link to check for infections and receive free anti-virus software.
Bilogorskiy, who left Facebook last year, said he spent months fighting the Yahos botnet because the cybercriminals used multiple strains of malware to work around Facebook's defenses. He said Facebook and other companies can protect their networks in various ways, but there's only one way to really stop cybercriminals.
"The final strike -- the one they can't recover from -- is when law enforcement knocks on their door," he said.
Anonymous – #Operation Vatican
The Peoples Liberation Front and Anonymous are
joining forces yet again to defend whistle-blowers and fight for
transparency in government. This time in the most unlikely of places,
the Vatican City State. This spring, a book was published which detailed
massive corruption and wrong-doing in the highest levels of the Popes’
administration. It was entitled ”His Holiness” by Gianluigi Nuzzi. The
book relied heavily on a massive
In May of this year, Paolo Gabriele the Pope’s butler was arrested for photo-copying the massive trove of documents and delivering them to Nuzzi for use in his book. Today, Mr. Gabriele was convicted by the Vatican courts and sentenced to 18 months in an Italian prison (the Vatican does not have one) for this alleged disclosure of sensitive and secret material. The fact that Paolo Gabriele was almost certainly aided by someone high up in the Vatican government, most likely a Cardinal — was never investigated by the Vatican police. Instead, Mr. Gabriele was given a very quick ”trial” in a Vatican City courtroom and summarily sentenced to a year and a half in prison. The computer technician Claudio Sciarpelletti has been convicted of assisting in the disclosure and has been sentenced to two months.
Anonymous and the Peoples Liberation Front will not stand by while whistle-blowers who expose corruption in governments or corporations are persecuted and imprisoned. Whether it be Bradley Manning in the USA or Paolo Gabriele in the Vatican City State, risking everything to bring transparency to the world is an act of extreme heroism — and deserves to be defended at all costs. The Pope is an absolute monarch, and as such has the ability to instantly pardon Paolo Gabriele and Claudio Sciarpelletti. We DEMAND that the Pope do so AT ONCE.
Until this one simple demand is met, Anonymous and the PLF will wage a relentless campaign. We will also work closely with Anonymous Italy to organize ground protests in St. Peter’s Square, especially during outdoor Papal ”audiences”. The Roman Catholic Church should have nothing to hide, and nothing to fear from transparency. FREE Paolo Gabriele NOW!
We Are Anonymous.
We Are Everywhere.
We Are Legion.
We Do Not Forgive.
We Do Not Forget.
Your Holiness Benedict XVI, it is too late to EXPECT US!
Join us in chat.anonset.com in chan #OpVatican
YouTube Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lzok338bG0E
Anonymous Operation Vatican website: http://www.operationvatican.tk/
AnonRelations Press Release: http://bit.ly/TzQL4b
Peoples Liberation Front: http://localleaks.me/plf/
Anonymous Global: http://www.anonymousglobal.tk/
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Pepsi Philippines Hacked And Data Leaked
A hacker that goes by the handle SBKiller who
is also an official member of CyberSec Crew|Malaysian Crew has hacked
defaced and leaked data for Philippines Pepsi website.
CyberSeccrew told HackFuse
The data leaked to pastebin was full of non-critical information that was unlikely to cause any serious damage.
[Target] www.pepsiphilippines.com/
[Mirror] http://www.zone-h.org/mirror/id/18675231
[Leak] http://pastebin.com/6GDXhuz5
Hitcher Attacks Israel Cyber Space – 80 Sites Down
A hacker that goes by the handle Hitcher, who
is also a member of the MLA (Muslim Liberation Army), has not stopped
his attacks on Israel cyber space.
This hackitivist has successfully ha
This is not the first time we have published articles on this hacker attacking Israeli cyber space.
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Hitcher previous statement to HackFuse
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I am outraged at the Palestine present condition and the illegal occupation of Palestinian land by the Zionist state of Israelis and every attack by me is in response to the injustice the Zionist are inflicting on the Palestinian people.
Israel is a serious threat to innocent people of Palestine. Occupied Palestinian land under the guise of residential settlements, are being increased.
Palestinians are deprived of their basic human rights, International Aid workers are been stopped from providing any humanitarian assistance to the my brothers and sisters of Palestine. The International community and media are been censored in showing the real truth of what is happening.
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Sites and mirrors posted in paste8: http://paste8.com/14418