LinkedIn spam emails distributed malware to enterprise users, where it gathered credentials for commercial bank accounts and other sensitive information.

LinkedIn spam emails distributed malware to enterprise users, where it gathered credentials for commercial bank accounts and other sensitive information. (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Secure browsing provider Trusteer ( www.trusteer.com ) announced Tuesday its researchers have found a new version of the relatively obscure financial malware known as “Bugat”

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: Boston – June 17, 2010 Denver – Aug 26, 2010 Phoenix – Sept 23, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Infraco Becomes Latest Major Carrier at Teraco Facilities in South Africa News: Trusteer Names Former RSA Exec as VP of Products News: FBI Now Involved in iPad Security Breach News: Obama Orders Agencies to Speed Up Data Center Consolidation News: Softlayer Launches Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal Virtual Infrastructure Solution (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Secure browsing services firm Trusteer ( www.trusteer.com ) announced on Monday it has named Yaron Dycian the company’s vice president of products. Dycian joins Trusteer from RSA Security where he was head of products for identity protection and anti-fraud solutions. Prior to RSA, Dycian served as vice president of products for Cyota, a provider of authentication and anti-fraud solutions for financial institutions

Click here to RSVP to WHIR Events: New York City – March 25, 2010 Chicago – April 22, 2010 Toronto – May 20, 2010 Five Most Recent Posts News: Trusteer Flashlight Provides Malware Analysis and Remediation for Financial Institutions News: Web Host Verio Reports Record Channel Growth News: Teleco Telx Links GTT for Gigabit Ethernet News: Hosting.com Launches Enterprise-Class Server Replication Solution (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — In an effort to help banks and other organizations prevent future losses, block subsequent attacks, and take down command and control servers, secure browsing services provider Trusteer ( www.trusteer.com ) has launched Trusteer Flashlight, a remote fraud investigation and mitigation service that identifies the attack source on a customer’s machine, gathers samples, and can reverse engineer the mechanism used by the malware to commit fraud. Online banking fraud involving the electronic transfer of funds has been on the rise since 2007 and rose to over US$120 million in the third quarter of 2009, according to estimates presented at the recent RSA Conference in San Francisco by the US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, with nearly all incidents relating to malware on online banking customers’ PCs. According to its Monday announcement, Trusteer’s new service performs remote forensic investigations on customer machines to detect source of fraud and mitigate future attacks