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Enterprises thrown a lifeline as Conficker worm looms

There has been a big break in the Conficker worm that threatens to activate and cause a lot of havoc on April 1: German researchers at the Honeynet Project have been able to fingerprint the malware on infected networks. Ryan Naraine has the details: Just days...

Tags: Network, Honeynet Project, Worm, Conficker, Network Scanner, Scanners, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-30

German researchers score Conficker detection breakthrough

Just days ahead of an April 1st activation date for the Conficker worm squirming through the Windows operating system, security researchers at the Honeynet Project have scored a major breakthrough, finding a way to fingerprint the malware on infected networks. Now, with the help of Dan Kaminsky...

Tags: Researcher, Network, Honeynet Project, Malware, Conficker, Conficker Malware, Scanners, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Peripherals, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2009-03-30

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German researchers score Conficker detection breakthrough

German researchers score Conficker detection breakthroughI think they meant March 30"The Honeynet Project has released proof of concept scanner and, later today (April 30th)..."Link for nmap would be appreciatedI've been looking for instructions or a plugin for nmap and haven't found anything but others looking for the same thing. A...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Patches, Cyberthreats, Conficker, detection breakthrough, Conficker detection breakthrough

Discussion threads 2009-03-30

MSN Norway serving Flash exploits through malvertising

Morten Krakvik from the Norwegian Honeynet Project is reporting that MSN Norway is among the latest victims of malvertising, a practice where a bogus advertising provider tricks leading portals into accepting advertisements from its network, which often end up redirecting to live exploit URLs. The recent wave of malvertising that...

Tags: MSN, Advertisement, Portals, Internet, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Fast-Fluxing SQL injection attacks executed from the Asprox botnet

The botnet masters behind the Asprox botnet have recently started SQL injecting fast-fluxed malicious domains in order to enjoy a decent tactical advantage in an attempt to increase the survivability of the malicious campaign. I first assessed the Asprox botnet in January, and again in April when it started scaling...

Tags: Microsoft .NET, Domain, SQL, SQL Injection, Asprox, Com, Programming Languages, Phishing, Databases, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Spam And Phishing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-05-19

Firefox or IE? Strange answer to security question

A study by the non-profit Honeynet Project has come up with a strange answer to the Firefox versus Internet Explorer security question.During the experiment, conducted in May 2007, the group compared three browsers -- Internet Explorer 6 SP2, Firefox 1.5.0 and Opera 8.0.0 -- to determine whether using an alternative...

Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, Mozilla Firefox, Opera Software ASA, Ryan Naraine, Security, Web Browser

Blog posts 2007-08-27

Firefox or IE? Strange answer to security question

Firefox or IE? Strange answer to security questionStatistics explanation[i]However, when client honeypots with these browsers surfed to a list of about 30,000 known exploit servers, [b]the URLs that resulted in a 0.5735% of successful compromises of Internet Explorer 6 SP2[/b] did not cause a single successful attack on Firefox 1.5.0...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, security, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6, IE6 SP2, Service Pack 2, Web browser

Discussion threads 2007-08-27

IE 7 reaches 100 million users

IE 7 reaches 100 million usersff uses a similar auto update feature...but yea in general IE users are less informed.It's the autoupdate, not the choosingthough it has gotten some users who were scared or fudded into ditching it to return. Firefox has offered a better browsing experience and features...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Web browsers, Desktops, Windows Malware, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, spam, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2007-01-16

DollarRevenue adware pushed through bot net for huge profits

German Honeynet Project researchers report that adware company DollarRevenue is directly linked to a bot net attack exploiting the MS06-040 server service vulnerability reported last month. Bot net trackers estimate that one malicious hacker alone earned $430 in one day by installing malware/adware programs on infected machines. 7,700 machines...

Tags: DollarRevenue

Blog posts 2006-09-08

1 mln zombie PCs on the Internet

HoneyNet Project estimates 1 mln Internet-connected computers are used as zombies to send spam, distribute viruses, launch denial-of-service attacks, manipulate click-through advertising and online games. Largest network comprised of 50,000 computers.

Tags: Games, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Internet

Blog posts 2005-03-17

1 mln zombie PCs on the Internet

HoneyNet Project estimates 1 mln Internet-connected computers are used as zombies to send spam, distribute viruses, launch denial-of-service attacks, manipulate click-through advertising and online games. Largest network comprised of 50,000 computers.

Tags: Games, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Internet

Blog posts 2005-03-17

Zombie PCs being sent to steal IDs

Zombie PCs being sent to steal IDsHAHA, those Windows Clowns are at it again!Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Baaaaaaaaaaaaa!My Win2K partition has been seeing less action thanks to Cedega..!Peace and Security to all NON-Windows users!BillG@MSTestLab:~> uname -aLinux MSTestLab 2.6.8-24.11-default #1 Fri Jan 14 13:01:26 UTC 2005 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/LinuxThe usual predictable flurry of...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Games, Microsoft Windows, virus

Discussion threads 2005-03-14

Microsoft's Longhorn may roll sevens

Microsoft's Longhorn may roll sevensLonghorn Professional Edition!!!!I'm going for Longhorn Professional Edition YAAAYYYY!!!!!!Man...Can't wait until May 2006! :) ;) :) :D :DExplain to me the differences?What would be different about SBE verses Professional? In XP Pro, you are required to belong to a domain? I don't see it,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Longhorn, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2005-01-18