This MP3 collection will self-destruct after reboot Virus writers have unleashed a worm that attempts to delete MP3 files from infected machines.… Read more…
VXers deploy Donkey Kong ruse Infected emails doing the rounds on the net on Monday promise the chance to run one of the classic Super Mario Bros games by clicking on an attachment.… Read more…
Flooded site with a million messages Sanford Wallace, perhaps the world’s most persistent and reviled spammer, has been banished from MySpace by a federal judge who ruled the social networking site is likely to prevail in a lawsuit that claims Wallace flooded MySpace with more than 1m come-ons related to gambling-related sites.… Read more…
Cat-and-mouse Foiled by increasingly accurate corporate spam filters, spammers have dumped pictures for PDFs in their bulk emailings, according to the latest data from security firms.… Read more…
Malware with menaces Virus writers are revisiting the tactic of holding data on compromised machines to ransom with a new strain of so-called “ransom-ware” Trojan.… Read more…