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Malware hides from search engines

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| Criminals are increasingly attempting to 
| conceal malware embedded in hacked websites 
| from search engines such as Yahoo! and 
| Google. Their aim is to prevent browsers 
| which use technology such as Google's Safe 
| Browsing API from sounding the alarm when a 
| user visits a hacked website. Google's Safe 
| Browsing API allows client applications to 
| query Google's phishing and malware 
| blacklist. Firefox and Google Chrome both 
| make use of the API, which is based on 
| Google searches of websites for suspicious 
| code.
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http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Malware-hides-from-search-engines-986087.html

Malware masquerades as Google Chrome extension

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| A spam campaign is pushing malware 
| disguised as a Google Chrome extension.
| 
| [...]
| 
| Rather than delivering the promised 
| extension, the malicious page sends a 
| program that modifies Windows' Hosts file 
| to redirect Google and Yahoo searches to a 
| fake site that downloads other malware.
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http://www.itwire.com/business-it-news/security/38413-malware-masquerades-as-google-chrome-extension

Trojan poses as Google Chrome extension

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/19/google_chrome_trojan/

PC Owners Being Used as 'Malware Mules'

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| Hackers are using unsuspecting web users as 
| 'malware mules' to infect other PC users 
| with viruses, says Symantec.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/194587/pc_malware_mules.html?tk=rss_news

Bank Trojan Takes Aim at Firefox Users

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| The company's Flashlight and Rapport 
| services detect the latest version of Zeus, 
| however, and the company recently developed 
| a hardened version of Mozilla for UK bank 
| HSBC specifically to counter the threat of 
| advanced banking Trojans such as Zeus.
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http://www.pcworld.com/article/194772/bank_trojan_firefox.html?tk=rss_news

Firefox for Windows is not secure.


Related:

Bots rule in cyberspace

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| USA TODAY REPORTS that on an average day, 40 per cent of the 800 million
| computers connected to the Internet are bots used to send out spam, viruses
| and to mine for sensitive personal data.
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http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/03/17/bots-rule-cyberspace
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2008-03-16-computer-botnets_N.htm
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