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Facebook	Scams	Macintosh
Facebook video scam puts malware on Mac and Windows Facebook Scareware-Spreading Attack Mutates Infected Computers Used in New Facebook Spam Attack Lily Allen-Themed Clickjacking Spotted on Facebook New Facebook app designed to thwart hackers Facebook Scammers Exploit Ryan Dunn's Death	Scam warning: Hot Lesbian Video - Rihanna And Hayden Panettiere!!	Apple's Mac Anti-Scareware Update Is Insufficient Apple's malware detection update circumvented in 8 hours Mac scareware gang evades Apple's new anti-malware defenses New Apple antivirus signatures bypassed within hours by malware authors [Update] Apple's Scareware Defense Already Bypased AVAST Launches Beta Version of Free Mac Antivirus Product Apple strikes back at newest Mac scareware Apple plays Whack-A-Mole with malware authors (updated) Apple's Cat-and-Mouse Game with Scareware Authors Continues MacDefender taking on more names of legitimate software packages Mac scareware gang, Apple trade blows yet again Why Windows users should care about malware on Macs New MacShield Variants Spotted in the Wild
Rootkits	Trojans	Twitter
Rootkit infection requires Windows reinstall, says Microsoft	Banking Trojan Distributed from Simon Pegg's Hacked Account	Beware the bogus 'TimeSpentHere' Twitter app New Time Spent on Twitter Rogue App Spreads Virally Survey Scammers Push Fake Twitter Account Suspension Emails
LinkedIn	Malware	Scareware
Fake LinkedIn Invitations Lead to Drive-By Downloads	Banking Malware Hosted on Amazon's Cloud Fake iPhone 5 Email Announcements Lead to Malware New Android Malware Found in Official Market Apps Microsoft declares a victory against autorun malware Trojans, viruses, worms: How does malware get on PCs and Macs? Free McDonald's Meal Promises Lead to Malware Android Malware Delivery Techniques Used for Advertising Fraud	Scareware Spread from Rogue SourceForge Pages via PDF Exploit Fake UPS Delivery Notifications Spread Scareware iCloud Searches Can Lead to Scareware FBI Shuts Down $72 Million Scareware Operation
DoS	Botnets	Other
Network Solutions suffers two DDoS attacks MasterCard Website Hit by DDoS Attac	Federal Reserve themed emails lead to ZeuS crimeware Fake Federal Reserve Email Distribute Zeus	Microsoft ships free malware cleaner that boots from CD or USB Android becomes second most popular malware haven in Q1 Android App Can Hijack Web Sessions over Protected Wireless Networks Reverse Engineered Skype Protocol Could Facilitate Spamming U.S. agency calls for new cybersecurity standards Microsoft pursues botnet herders via Russian newspapers EU ministers seek to ban creation of 'hacking tools' AutoRun malware infections declining New 0-Day Flaw Patched in Flash Player Chinese military warns of U.S. cyberwar threat Microsoft rings alarm bell on fake Windows support calls Metasploit Offers Bounties for Exploit U.S. warns of security holes in Chinese SCADA apps Pentagon building Internet simulator to practice cyberwar Attackers exploit latest Flash bug on large scale, says researcher Research group developing new cybersecurity tools U.S. building virtual Internet as cyberattack testbed Dropbox Authentication Bug Exposes Accounts for Hours Germany Launches Cyber Defense Center DNS agility leads to botnet detection Recently Patched IE Flaw Exploited in the Wild Critical Vulnerabilities Patched in Firefox and Thunderbird FBI Remotely Uninstalled Coreflood Malware from 19,000 Computers Google Announces In-Browser XSS Testing Too Dropbox Authentication Bug Was Actively Exploited Custom Android Firmware Gives Users More Control over Permissions Recently Patched IE Flaw Exploited as Zero-Day Thunderbird 5 Contains Security Fixes Gmail Makes Spotting Fake Emails Easier