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Fake Windows XP activation trojan goes 2.0

Fake Windows XP activation trojan goes 2.0Why are you advertising the merits of a trojan?This whole blog post reads like an ad, it almost sounds like you're bragging about how improved the latest version of the trojan is.Committed to your "piracy"That's really cute. Check the description vs. the URL....

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Spyware, Financial services, Microsoft Windows XP, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Fake Windows XP, Fake Windows XP activation trojan, activation trojan

Discussion threads 2008-11-18

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Office 2010 to expand antipiracy features

Doublespeak, plain and simpleI don't know why corporate types are so bent on trying to make everything sound like they are doing some sort of favor to the customer. It's a disease that permeates corporate America. And since it's so easy to see through, it does nothing but lessen the...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Office, antipiracy, piracy, piracy rate, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-08-26

Confirmed: Developer of software stolen for Green Dam is under attack

Confirmed: Developer of software stolen for Green Dam is under attackGreen dam removal.It seems that if Green Dam is a stolen program then the programs owner should be able to disable it. Why not Bomb all of the Chinese Green dam programs and solve the problem once and for...

Tags: SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Communist, NOW IT, Green Dam, attack, USSR, software

Discussion threads 2009-06-29

Fake Microsoft patches themed malware campaigns spreading

Researchers from Computer Associates (NASDAQ:CA) and Sophos are reporting on three currently active malware campaigns using fake Microsoft patch themes as a social engineering tactic to spread over email. The first one is spreading as an "Important Windows XP/Vista Security Update" and is offering a bogus Conficker...

Tags: Patch Management, Malware, Social Engineering, Microsoft Corp., Malware Campaign, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Outlook, Viruses And Worms, Security, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-06-18

Mac botnet being used in DDOS attacks

Mac botnet being used in DDOS attacksYeah he reminds me....Of an Apple fanboy. All fluff no substance. LOOK EVERYONE!!@#@!!! HE MENTIONS ME AGAIN!!@#@!This guy is starting to become my biggest fan! :) Some of you others are having some competition now.Let's wait for Loverock to postsome...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Linux, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, Mac Botnet, software, Apple Macintosh, illicit software, distributed denial of service, Mac-user, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-04-20

iPhone OS 3.0 bricking pirated iPhones

Some nefarious and impatient iPhone owners that just can't wait to get their grubby little mitts on iPhone OS 3.0 have resorted to installing a pirated version of the OS. But beware: pirates are being greeted by this screen after attempting to take the cheap way out: ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Piracy, Internet, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Security, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Marketing, Software, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2009-03-29

Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor tool

Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor toolOld newsAnd an even older Microsoft-Apologist Straw-man argument.Can I interest you in some sour grapes?...ughI love it how whenever something pops up that targets OSX, PC loyalists like to jump up and down and say "SEE! Stuff can happen to your machines...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Desktops, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, Windows User, trojan horse, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, OSX, Microsoft Windows, Apple Macintosh, malware

Discussion threads 2008-11-21

News to know: Microsoft; Psystar; Mozilla; Storm; Office 2.0

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Microsoft kills OneCare, replaces it with freebie ‘Morro’ Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft kills off Windows Live OneCare and Equipt subscription services Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Microsoft...

Tags: Jerry Yang, Mary Jo Foley, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Mozilla Corp., Office 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Handhelds, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-19

Fake Windows XP activation trojan goes 2.0

Known as Kardphisher and "in the wild" since April, 2007, last week the malware author of this trojan horse mimicking the Windows XP activation interface while collecting the credit card details the end user has submitted, has made significant changes to visual interface and usability of the trojan, consequently improving...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Credit Card, Trojan Horse, Malware, Social Engineering, Microsoft Windows, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spyware, Sales Channel, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-11-18

Apple moves 1 million iPhones in 3 days; 39 percent of buyers own PCs

Apple said that it has sold 1 million iPhones over Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Given the activation hurdles, Apple's tally statement is stunning and well ahead of what Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster--one of the more bullish Apple followers out there--predicted. Munster estimated that Apple would hit...

Tags: Apple iPhone, PC, Apple Inc., 3G, Desktops, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-14

Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCs

Survey: 39 percent of iPhone 3G buyers own PCsLooking at the data another way,there were fewer Mac owners getting iPhone 3G's than the original iPhones. Not just %, but raw number. Wonder what conclusions could be drawn from that?Good luck with the corporate TrojanYeah I don't see this being any...

Tags: Cellular phones, Desktops, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G, iPhone 3G buyer, 3G, survey, Apple Inc., PC

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

Exploitation is Still Possible as Third-Parties Neglect to Implement Vista Security Features

Exploitation is Still Possible as Third-Parties Neglect to Implement Vista Security Features"Exploitation is Still Possible...""What's really important to gather from all of this, is that while Windows has made major improvements to it's security..."itsObsessive-compuslsive or not, it's "its".--GlennRE: Exploitation is Still Possible as Third-Parties Neglect to Implement Vista Security FeaturesVista...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Third-Party Vendor, Exploitation, Problem Here, Still Possible, Third-Parties Neglect, Implement Vista Security Features, Implement Vista, security, Microsoft Corp., exploitation

Discussion threads 2008-03-03

News to know: Zimbra's big deal; Dell and Novell; Vista's hidden tool

Notable headlines:Dan Farber: Comcast goes with Zimbra for new collaboration suite. David Berlind: Zimbras Scott Dietzen Unplugged: Comcast deal puts Zimbra in the big leagues now. News story.AP: Dell Signs on With Microsoft, Novell.Dan Farber: Massive IBM U.S. Global Services layoff on the horizon? Sphere focuses search on time and...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-05-07

It was bound to happen - Trojan impersonates Windows activation

It was bound to happen - Trojan impersonates Windows activationWhen are those Dells with Ubuntu going to be available?ntAdrian thanx for this story .I'd like to hear what the boys from the Microsoft hood have to say about this one . Man/Woman these stories just keep on getting better by...

Tags: Spyware, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Operating systems, impersonation, Taskmgr, trojan horse, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2007-05-04

It was bound to happen - Trojan impersonates Windows activation

This was so bound to happen - A Trojan which impersonates the Windows activation process and asks the users to enter their credit card details.The Trojan, called Trojan.Kardphisher, has been spotted in the wild by Symantec researchers. The Trojan isnt all that clever, instead it relies on social engineering to...

Tags: Security, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-05-04

Windows adds 'maybe pirate' category

Windows adds 'maybe pirate' categoryDear Possible Criminal of IP,We at Micosoft, at the moment, can't prove that you have done anhything wrong or illegal. But since you have Microsoft Windows running on your computer - well, what 's yours is ours.Since we can't be 100 % sure of what...

Tags: Operating systems, piracy, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, operating system, software, computer

Discussion threads 2007-02-27

FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping tool

FBI taps cell phone mic as eavesdropping toolIt's about timeAs long as it falls under fedral wiretap laws where a court order is needed to do so it's about time. I don't see how it's any differnt then planting a bug in someone's house.They are talking about crooks and murderers...Power...

Tags: Federal government, Engineering, tool, FBI, phone, cell phone, mic

Discussion threads 2006-12-01

CIO Jury: Vista now? Or later?

CIO Jury: Vista now? Or later?CIO Jury: Vista now? Or later?Now! Most definitely now. Vista offers so much more benefit to its customers that they would be crazy not to upgrade as soon as possible. Improved security, DX10, active directory just to name a few. I think...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Sheep, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2006-11-28

Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008

Gartner: Ignore Vista until 2008Man, feel free to ignore Longhorn altogether. OpenOffice and Linux areLooking better all the time.Just a collection of new lock-in technology, not much exciting in Lonhorn.We will see if anybody bites. It looks like few will use the lock-in apis and protocols for web applications since...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Office, Microsoft Windows Vista, Better Management, TCO, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 2000, Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2005-11-11

Will Apple send in the clones?

Will Apple send in the clones?Will Apple send in the clones?As much as I would love to see clones of the Intel Mac I just don't think it will happen for reasons stated in the article. It will cut into Apple's revenue. If they released OS X for...

Tags: Apple Mac OS, Operating systems, Digital music, Apple Inc., hardware, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2005-11-04