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- Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kit
- Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kitAre hackers just a little evil or---do they use bazookas too---RE: Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kitHow about telling us WHICH 6 of the 37 AVs could identify this junk? And the "product marketing materials" indicate that they can exploit even...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Chrismas, Christmas-themed web malware exploitation kit, Christmas-themed, exploitation kit, web malware exploitation kit, cybercriminal, computer
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Cybercriminals release Christmas themed web malware exploitation kit
- "Committing cybercrime around the Christmas tree" has always been a tradition for malicious attackers introducing new ways to scam the millions of online shoppers during the holidays. This Christmas isn't going to be an exception, but what has changed compared last couple of years is the tone of the Xmas...
- Tags: Web, Infection, Malware, Exploit, Christmas, Web Malware Exploitation Kit, Exploitation Kit, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- The Neosploit cybercrime group abandons its web malware exploitation kit
- The Neosploit cybercrime group abandons its web malware exploitation kitDishonor amonst thieves.It is ironic that even the cyber-criminals want to "license" their wares. Hey, criminals still need to make money.However like any object, one can use this to learn any vulnerabilities you have in your system and fix those problems...
- Tags: exploitation kit, cybercrime group, NeoSploit
- Discussion threads 2008-07-30
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- Secunia: Average insecure program per PC rate remains high
- With the time frame for an exploit to become an inseparable part of a web malware exploitation kit shrinking, and with the average Internet user's over-confidence in an antivirus scanner's ability to detect and block exploits (Secunia: popular security suites failing to block exploits) it shouldn't come as a surprise...
- Tags: PC, Secunia, Desktops, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Remote code execution exploit for Green Dam in the wild
- The recently exposed as vulnerable to trivial remotely exploitable flaws Chinese censorware Green Dam, has silently patched the security flaws (China confirms security flaws in Green Dam, rushes to release a patch) outlined in the original analysis detailing the vulnerabilities. However, not only is the latest Green...
- Tags: Web, Flaw, Buffer, Web Site, Channel Management, Web Site Development, Security, Viruses And Worms, Marketing, Internet, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- Microsoft study debunks profitability of the underground economy
- Cybercrime, what cybercrime and millions of dollars in profits?! A newly released paper presented by Cormac Herley and Dinei Florencio at this year's Workshop on the Economics of Information Security 2009 entitled "Nobody Sells Gold for the Price of Silver: Dishonesty, Uncertainty and the Underground Economy" debunks...
- Tags: Web, Credit Card, Seller, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Cybercriminal, Economy, Cybercrime-as-a-Service, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Sales Channel, Viruses And Worms, Financial Services, Security, Sales, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- Death to Windows AutoRun!
- Death to Windows AutoRun!autorun was invented for the masses...it's enough tho to follow the linux lead and just put an icon on the desktop representing the cd or dvd. that way you don't have to guess at which drive you put the disk into. linux also does this...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Windows AutoRun, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-30
- Paul McCartney's official site serving malware
- All you (don't) need is malware on Paul McCartney's official web site. According to Mary Landesman at ScanSafe, the official web site of Paul McCartney (paulmccartney.com) has been compromised, and is serving live exploits to its visitors. Landesman points out that the compromise might have occurred through...
- Tags: Web, Malware, SQL, Web Site, FTP, Paul McCartney, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Viruses And Worms, Security, Databases, Internet, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-08
- Inside BBC's Chimera botnet
- Earlier this month, the controversial BBC purchase of a botnet and modifying the infected hosts in the name of "public interest" sparked a lot of debate on the pros and cons of their action. Condemned by certain security vendors, and naturally, at least from guerrilla PR perspective, applauded and encouraged...
- Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Malware, Chimera Botnet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accounts
- A recently released report by BeyondTrust entitled "Reducing the Threat from Microsoft Vulnerabilities" indicates that that according to the company's analysis of all the security bulletins Microsoft published in 2008, 92% of the critical vulnerabilities could have been mitigated by the principle of the least privilege. Despite...
- Tags: Web, Administrator, Vulnerability, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-10
- Vint Cerf's Twitter account hacked, suspended for spam
- (UPDATE: Cerf denies that this was his Twitter profile) It appears that Vint Cerf, the father of Internet who needs no introduction, has had his Twitter account compromised, with a multitude of spam messages posted on his behalf during the last 24 hours, all of which are redirecting to auction...
- Tags: Vint Cerf, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-12-09
- News to know: Ubuntu; New Macbook; BlackBerry Storm; Google layoffs
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Christopher Dawson: Are you sure you don't just want to use Ubuntu? Netbooks + Ubuntu: OS solid but... Robin...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Google Inc., Layoff, Apple MacBook, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, David Grober
- Blog posts 2008-11-25
- Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thriving
- One would assume that popular sources for zero day vulnerabilities+Poc's such as Full-Disclosure, Bugtraq or Milw0rm are the primary sources for obtaining responsibly or irresponsibly released flaws. They'd be wrong. The black market for zero day vulnerabilities and the concept of over-the-counter OTC trade of zero day flaws, has been...
- Tags: Web, Vulnerability, Web Application, SQL Injection, Exploit, Day Vulnerability, E-shop, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-11-02
- Today's assignment : Coding an undetectable malware
- Today's dynamic Internet threatscape is changing so rapidly, that the innovations and creativity applied by malware authors can easily render an information security course's curricular on malware outdated pretty fast, or worse, provide the students with a false feeling of situational awareness about today's malware that's driving the entire cybercrime...
- Tags: Malware, Antivirus Software, Virus, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Phishers increasingly scamming other phishers
- A new study conducted by Marco Cova, Christopher Kruegel, and Giovanni Vigna, provides factual evidence of a well known practice by experienced phishers, namely, backdooring phishing pages that they would later on distribute for free across the IT underground, in order to build a covert network where other phishers would...
- Tags: Kit, Cybercriminal, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- News to know: Microsoft Midori; Sub $600 PCs; Dell; Neosploit; SOA
- Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: More tech details emerge on Microsoft's 'Midori' What if Apple had conducted the 'Mojave Experiment'? Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Microsoft, In Search Of Itself Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: The 'Mojave Experiment' - Just an exercise in guided clicking or does it...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Malware, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, BIOS, Mergers & Acquisitions, Web Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Components, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- The Neosploit cybercrime group abandons its web malware exploitation kit
- The end of the Neosploit web malware exploitation kit? RSA's FraudAction Research Labs recent monitoring of ongoing communications between Neosploit team members and their potential customers indicates so. The Neosploit malware kit has been around since the middle of 2007, with prices varying between $1000 and $3000, whose main differentiation...
- Tags: Web, Malware, Neosploit, Neosploit Malware Kit, Malware Kit, Neosploit Team, Web Malware Exploitation Kit, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-07-29
- Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase
- Symantec has reported that the Neosploit toolkit has been updated to include attack vectors for the recent Microsoft Access ActiveX vulnerability. Neosploit is a toolkit for sale on the market (price estimates fall between $1500-$3000) that seeks to automate and extend the capability of browser exploits. Symantec...
- Tags: Web, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Access, Vulnerability, Trusted Site, ActiveX Control, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Site, Site, Zone, Intranet, Attack, Neosploit, Internet, ActiveX/COM/COM+/DCOM, Web Browsers, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-14
- HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks
- What would the perfect phishing attack from a social engineering perspective? The one that compared to using typosquatted domains impersonating the bank's web application directory structure is in fact using the bank's legitimate domain names as redirectors due to XSS flaws within. It's even more interesting to measure the average...
- Tags: Bank, Vulnerability, XSS, Flaw, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Financial Services, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- Botnets committing click fraud observed
- What's the current state of click fraud, and what tools and tactics do the people behind click fraud campaigns have in their arsenal? A recently analyzed affiliate based network for using botnets to commit click fraud provides a timely assessment of the situation, and provides evidential facts on the internal...
- Tags: Click Fraud, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-28
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