Summarizing Webroot's Threat Blog Posts for February

The following is a brief summary of all of my posts at Webroot's Threat Blog for February, 2012. You can subscribe to my Webroot's Threat Blog RSS Feed or follow me on Twitter:

01. Research: Google’s reCAPTCHA under fire
02. Spamvertised ‘You have 1 lost message on Facebook’ campaign leads to pharmaceutical scams
03. A peek inside the Smoke Malware Loader
04. Researchers spot Citadel, a ZeuS crimeware variant
05. Researchers intercept two client-side exploits serving malware campaigns
06. Pharmaceutical scammers launch their own Web contest
07. The United Nations hacked, Team Poison claims responsibility
08. Report: Internet Explorer 9 leads in socially-engineered malware protection
09. Twitter adds HTTPS support by default
10. Spamvertised “Hallmark ecard” campaign leads to malware
11. Report: 3,325% increase in malware targeting the Android OS
12. Why relying on antivirus signatures is simply not enough anymore
13. Researchers intercept malvertising campaign using Yahoo’s ad network
14. A peek inside the Ann Malware Loader
15. Spamvertised ‘Termination of your CPA license’ campaign serving client-side exploits
16. How cybercriminals monetize malware-infected hosts
17. A peek inside the Elite Malware Loader
18. BlackHole exploit kits gets updated with new features

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Summarizing ZDNet's Zero Day Posts for February

The following is a brief summary of all of my posts at ZDNet's Zero Day for February, 2012. You can subscribe to my personal RSS feed, Zero Day's main feed, or follow me on Twitter:

01. Spamvertised 'Tax information needed urgently' emails lead to malware
02. Researchers spot a fake version of Temple Run on Android's Market
03. Which are the most commonly observed Web exploits in the wild?
04. Cryptome.org hacked, serving client-side exploits
05. Report: third party programs rather than Microsoft programs responsible for most vulnerabilities
06. Anonymous launches 'Operation Global Blackout', aims to DDoS the Root Internet servers
07. Report: malware pushed by affiliate networks remains the primary growth factor of the cybercrime ecosystem
08.Cutwail botnet resurrects, launches massive malware campaigns using HTML attachments
09. New Mac OS X trojan spotted in the wild
10. Spamvertised 'Scan from a HP OfficeJet' emails lead to exploits and malware
11. XSS Flaw discovered in Skype's Shop, user accounts targeted

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