Security researchers are warning of cybercriminals who are cashing in on the massive Chile earthquake, which took place on February 27, 2010. The criminals are apparently poisoning search engine results about the disaster to push scareware.

The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) of the Department of Homeland Security said on March 5, 2010 that the Energizer DUO USB Battery Charger Software contained a backdoor Trojan capable of infecting computers.

Russian cybercriminals have come up with a more sophisticated version of the notorious BlackEnergy Trojan related to the 2008 cyber assaults against Georgia that now hits online customers of Russian and Ukrainian banks.

According Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer, F-Secure, recent cyber attacks by hackers in China against Google as well as other U.S. organizations are expected to increase two times or more during 2010 given the speed of attacks observed during January-February 2010 continues. PCWorld published this on March 7, 2010.