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- Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware
- Not much they can do.Not much they can do.Email was never designed for security, and it's HARD getting everybody on the same page with a solution that works, because basically every solution we know of pretty much requires everybody to use it. But, unfortunately, it's difficult convincing people running email...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Cyberthreats, Spam, Microsoft Corp., Conficker.B Infection Alert, spam campaign, sample message, Internet Service Provider, e-mail, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Fake 'Conficker.B Infection Alert' spam campaign drops scareware
- An ongoing spam campaign is once again attempting to impersonate Microsoft's security team -- the same campaign was first seen in April -- by mass mailing Conficker.B Infection Alerts (install.zip), which upon execution drop a sample of the Antivirus Pro 2010 scareware. Whereas the theme remains the...
- Tags: Infection, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Internet, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- Modern banker malware undermines two-factor authentication
- Once pitched as an additional layer of security for E-banking transactions, two-factor authentication is slowly becoming an easy to bypass authentication process, to which cybercriminals have successfully adapted throughout the last couple of years. Modern banker malware, also known as crimeware, is now fully capable of bypassing...
- Tags: Bank, Two-factor Authentication, Antivirus, Malware, SMS, Cybercriminal, Banker Malware, Zeus, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Security Administration, Financial Services, Viruses And Worms, Security, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Absolute Software downplays BIOS rootkit claims
- Following a flood of calls from customers, the company behind the LoJack anti-theft service which researchers from Core Security Technologies recently portrait as a security threat, issued a statement downplaying the researchers' claims. According to the statement, LoJack is neither a rootkit, nor does it behave in...
- Tags: Absolute Software, Anti-theft, Malware, LoJack, Conficker, BIOS, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Rootkits, Security, Viruses And Worms, Hardware, Components, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-08-05
- Manchester City Council pays $2.4m in Conficker clean up costs
- How severe can the impact of the Conficker worm be on a single city council that has apparently not implemented basic security solutions in place? Pretty severe according to a recently released a report entitled "Service interruption resulting from ICT disruption in February 2009" which details the...
- Tags: Infection, Patch Management, Worm, Conficker, Cyberthreats, Security, Patches, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- 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
- Email service provider: 'Hack into our CEO's email, win $10k'
- A newly launched startup called StrongWebMail is aiming to add a new layer of secure authentication for its customers - phone verification prior to logging in and alert services for potential email compromises. The company is in fact so confident in its approach that it's currently offering...
- Tags: Phone, Password, Spamming, Feature, Computer, CEO, Dancho, E-mail, Telecom & Utilities, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- 20,000 sites hit with drive-by attack code
- 20,000 sites hit with drive-by attack codeSo what are some of the sites?Somewhere there should be a list full or partial by popularity of the sites that were hit, shouldn't there? It doesn't do a whole lot of good to just read "20,000 sites hit..." without knowing what they are!...
- Tags: SECURITY, attack
- Discussion threads 2009-06-01
- News to know: Windows 7; Swine flu; Facebook; SOA
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Zack Whittaker: Tech-take on the spread of swine flu. Techmeme Ed Bott: What you need to know about the Windows 7 Release Candidate ...
- Tags: Facebook, Microsoft Windows 7, SOA, Release Candidate, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-27
- Conficker's estimated economic cost? $9.1 billion
- In a recent blog post, the Cyber Secure Institute claims that based on their previous studies into the average cost of such malware attacks, the economic loss due to the Conficker worm could be as high as $9.1 billion. Despite that their analysis also considered a much...
- Tags: Cost, Infection, Malware, Worm, Conficker, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- News to know: Apple, VMWare, Earth Day, Kaiser, MySpace
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Apple beats for Q2; Best non-holiday quarter; Netbook hardware 'junky' Jason D. O'Grady: Apple's Q209 earnings. Recession?...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Sam Diaz, MySpace, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Linux, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- Lesser of two security evils: Twitter Web or third-party clients?
- Twitter Web might not be safe anymore and users may want to consider only tweeting and surfing through third-party applications for the time being. Yes, I know, there are all kinds of issues with using a third-party anything. And while I use and love TweetDeck and many are raving about...
- Tags: Web, Worm, Twitter, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-04-12
- Fake "Conficker Infection Alert" spam campaign circulating
- Researchers at Marshal8e6's TRACElabs have intercepted a spam campaign that's issuing bogus "Conficker Infection Alerts" and redirecting users to rogue security software upon clicking on the links. The event-based social engineering campaign is also impersonating various Microsoft security departments in order to improve its truthfulness. This is...
- Tags: Infection, Domain, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Conficker wakes up, updates, drops payload
- The Conficker worm is finally active, updating via peer-to-peer between infected computers and dropping a mystery payload on infected computers, Trend Micro said on Wednesday. CNET's Elinor Mills reports that researchers are analyzing the code of the software that is being dropped onto...
- Tags: Researcher, Trend Micro Inc., Worm, Computer, Conficker Worm, Conficker/Downad P2P Communication, Productivity, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- News to know: Microsoft's reversal, Obama's policies, MySpace, Apple netbook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft lets laid-off employees keep overpayments Sam Diaz: Microsoft backpedals on severance payback ...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Citrix Systems Inc., Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., SOA, Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, Netbook, MySpace, HL7, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- eBay solutions provider Auctiva.com infected with malware
- eBay solutions provider Auctiva.com suffered a malware attack during the weekend, resulting in a "this site may harm your computer" badware warning which affected hundreds of thousands of customers and their eBay auctions. Following the complaints of users who started receiving antivirus software warnings appearing upon visiting...
- Tags: Malware, eBay Inc., Auctiva.com, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- News to know: Inauguration, IBM, Windows, Microsoft cutbacks, Intel
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Inauguration coverage: Jennifer Leggio: Inauguration pass or fail? Social network, streaming video report card  Christopher...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Barack Obama, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Asset Management, Financial Services, Sales Channel, Operating Systems, Software, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Sales
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- Google sponsored links spreading (scareware) rogue AV
- Malware hunters at Websense Security Labs have discovered legitimate Google sponsored links being used to plant scareware programs (rogue anti-virus applications) on the computers of Windows users. In a blow-by-blow description of the rogueware attack, Websense researcher Elad Sharf shows how an innocent Google search for the...
- Tags: Google Inc., WinRar, Malware, Site, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
- US-CERT: Beware of airline ticket e-mail scam
- The United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued an alert for an e-mail scam targeting holiday travelers, warning that malware authors are using clever social engineering tactics to hijack Windows computers. In the e-mail scam, users get a .zip file attached to a message about...
- Tags: Malware, Social Engineering, US-CERT, E-mail, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-12
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