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- 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...
- Blog posts 2009-10-19
- The Game of the Name Malware Naming, Shape Shifters and Sympathetic Magic
- Once upon a time, one infection by specific malware looked much like another infection, to an antivirus scanner if not to the naked eye. Even back then, virus naming wasn't very consistent between vendors, but at least virus encyclopaedias and third-party resources like vgrep made it generally straightforward to map...
- White papers 2009-09-14
- RFID-Integrated Technologies for Infection Control: Background and Technology Comparison on Key Adoption Considerations
- This whitepaper provides background on the issue of HAIs and the extent to which they can be addressed with RFID technologies. It evaluates the various types of RFID technologies available for infection control on the basis of reliability, flexibility, scalability and interoperability. The first part of this whitepaper will provide...
- White papers 2009-09-01
- Reseachers run one million virtual machines to help flight botnet problem
- LateYou are like 2 weeks late to the story.http://www.hpcwire.com/offthewire/Sandia-Computer-Scientists-Boot-One-Million-Linux-Kernels-as-Virtual-Machines-51891292.htmlAt the risk of starting a flame...war, shouldn't they be running Windows kernels? If they are wanting to mimic a real world botnet scenario then they would need to run Windows. Since 90% or so PC's run Windows and Windows is definitely...
- Discussion threads 2009-08-09
- 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...
- Blog posts 2009-07-02
- Is 'Universal Cloud Computing' the answer to H1N1?
- Is 'Universal Cloud Computing' the answer to H1N1?Check Out StonewareCloud computing is clearly the best way to achieve anytime, anywhere access to limitless services for both students and teachers.We're looking at implementing WebOS by Stoneware. It looks like a great, all-in-one solution that will take what we have in...
- Discussion threads 2009-05-21
- 56th variant of the Koobface worm detected
- Researchers from PandaLabs are reporting on the detection of the 56th variant of the Koobface worm (Boface.BJ.worm), spreading across Facebook, Tagged, Friendster, MySpace, MyYearBook, Fubar.com, Hi5 and Bebo since May, 2008. According to the company, the growth of Koobface related infections is as high as 1,200% since...
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- Infection Free 1.0 (Mobile)
- Your goal is to spread around as quickly as possible. Infection Free shows you how hard a virus life can get on higher levels.
- Software downloads 2009-05-03
- Infection 1.11 (Mobile)
- Your goal is to spread around as quickly as possible. Infection shows you how hard a virus life can get on higher levels. Version 1.11 includes bug fixes.
- Software downloads 2009-04-26
- 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...
- Blog posts 2009-04-23
- 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...
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- The "no bull" guide to Conficker
- I usually have a pretty good idea of how widespread a particular piece of malware is by the number of incidents of infection or reports of infection that I come across. But when it comes to the Conficker worm aka Downadup or Kido, I get the feeling that while there's...
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- How far does Conficker infection of British government go?
- How far does Conficker infection of British government go?the Government harvesting everyone?s electronic dataAlways wondered who'd be watching the watchers,the criminals will. Be afraid. Be very afraid!No one is safe, anywhere!You never know who will end up owning important data about you, gaining power over you and other unsuspecting potential...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-30
- How far does Conficker infection of British government go?
- I guess the question is whether we really expect that government IT is a highly sophisticated operation or that it's run with the same efficiency as the gasbags whom it serves. Friday, the Guardian reported that the House of Commons has been infected with Conficker, which...
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- So I followed all the prompts in AV 360
- So I followed all the prompts in AV 360And you start pissing off your customerIf you make them too scared of things. Basically, stuff like this should NOT be able to get on the computer in the first place in schools, because they should all be running on restricted user...
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- Advanced System Protector Personal Edition 2.0.323.1836 (Windows)
- Advanced System Protector is a solution to detect and remove the malicious programs intruding your computer. It offers protection against deceptive applications that affect start-up programs, cookies, Registry entries, and files and folders to hide themselves in your system. Check for infections in all vulnerable areas and safeguard your hard...
- Software downloads 2009-03-06
- How to be safe from the MRSA superbug
- As the number of antibiotic-resistant bugs increases, and these bugs get into "the wild," as they will, we'll all have to start following new guidelines in our family lives to stay safe. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-02-18
- Antibiotics before the infection?
- Antibiotics before the infection?Less antibiotics, not moreOne of the biggest failures of antibiotics -- and the medical profession's knee jerk response of prescribing them -- is that they weaken a patient's immune system, resulting in repeat infections and chronic fatigue conditions. Hack doctors.Go easy on the silver, though......cuz some...
- Discussion threads 2009-01-02
- Antibiotics before the infection?
- Overuse has resulted in antibiotic resistant strains like MRSA running riot in hospitals, threatening patients. Now hospitals are being told to administer them absent infection. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2009-01-02
- Santa left a virus under the Christmas tree
- Amazon has warned its customers that one of Samsung's digital picture frames shipped to customers infected with a virus. While Samsung has some egg on its face, malware that ships on consumer hardware is not as serious of an issue as it may seem. Earlier this...
- Blog posts 2008-12-27
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