Pedro Bustamante has just published a new blog post in the Panda Research blog, about a Mariposa-like bot as special gift in a new HTC distributed by Vodafone. For the same price you can be infected with other 2 ‘gifts’: Conficker and Lineage 
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This post was written by Ted on March 9, 2010
-->It was the decade of the mega-heist, when stolen credit card magstripe tracks became the pork bellies of a new underground marketplace, Eastern European hackers turned malware writing into an art, and…
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This post was written by Ted on March 9, 2010
-->Can Someone Hear Your Conversations, Even When You Aren’t On A Call? Someone could tap your cell phone and you would have no idea. Cell phone spyware is growing in popularity. It’s widely available on the Internet. You simply download it to your computer or cell phone and connect it to a target phone. It advertises that you can catch a cheating spouse or find out if your daughter is dating a no …
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This post was written by Ted on March 9, 2010
-->Revision Note: V1.0 (March 9, 2010): Advisory published. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is investigating new, public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. Our investigation has shown that the latest version of the browser, Internet Explorer 8, is not affected. The main impact of the vulnerability is remote code execution. This advisory contains information about which versions of Internet Explorer are vulnerable as well as workarounds and mitigations for this issue.
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This post was written by Ted on March 9, 2010
-->December 31, 2009 — Even though spam levels are down from this same time last year, spammers and bot herders will continue to plague the Internet until those responsible face prosecution for their crimes. For the time being, however, many more institutions are picking up the fight and are actively attempting to counter the botnet threat, in one way or another.
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