Dennis Fisher talks with Paul Judge and David Maynor of Barracuda about new research the pair will be presenting at BSides Las Vegas and Defcon this week. He talks about the start of a reputation system for Twitter accounts and how attackers use search engines to spread malware. What kinds of sites are most likely to be serving you SEO-related malware. A first-stage malware loader spotted in active campaigns has added additional exploits and a new backdoor capability. A U.S. senator is giving the four telecommunications companies until Sept. 4 to outline how they plan to better protect customer data privacy.
Source: https://threatpost.com/paul-judge-and-david-maynor-twitter-crime-and-searching-malware-072610/74258/