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Spammers evade detection with temporary Web sites

Cybercriminals are evading detection by anti-virus and anti-malware vendors by putting up malicious sites that are live for just one day or less. AVG Research found that in the last quarter of 2008, about 60 percent of new sites linked to malware were up for less than...

Tags: Web, Spammer, Codec, Malware, Web Site, Site, Attack, Malware Author, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-27

Malware author greets Microsoft's Windows Defender team

Malware author greets Microsoft's Windows Defender teamMalware not an option its a FEATURE with Windows!Welcome to Windows, my kingdom for viruses/malware/spyware/trojans a daily life in hum drum Windows land.Punk'd in RussiaThey got them too.I'll stick with MintLinuxI left Windows b/c of random problems like these 6 years ago. Won't go...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Operating systems, SECURITY, malware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Defender team, Malware author, Microsoft Windows Defender, Linux, Microsoft Corp., team

Discussion threads 2009-01-14

Malware author greets Microsoft's Windows Defender team

A Russian malware author with involvement in the Zlob malware family, one of the most prolific malware families in 2008 thanks to its successful mimicking of video codecs, has left a message for the Windows Defender team inside a sample analyzed by French researchers. The message is a follow-up to...

Tags: Team, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Malware Author, Malware Family, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-01-14

Skype patches security policy bypassing vulnerability

In a security bulletin issued two days ago, Skype's latest version fixes a File URI Security Bypass Code Execution Vulnerability originally reported by Ismael Briones : Remote exploitation of a security policy bypass in Skype could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code in the context of the...

Tags: Vulnerability, Patch Management, Malware, Skype Technologies S.A., Security Warning, Extension, Malware Author, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2008-06-06

Russinovich: Malware will thrive, even with Vista's UAC

Despite all the anti-malware roadblocks built into Windows Vista, a senior Microsoft official is lowering the security expectations, warning that viruses, password-stealing Trojans and rootkits will continue to thrive as malware authors adapt to the new operating system.Mark Russinovich right, technical fellow in Microsofts Platform and Services Division, used the...

Tags: Digital rights management, Data theft, Browsers, Viruses and Worms, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Privacy, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Microsoft, Metasploit, Hackers, Exploit code, Zero-day attacks, Windows Vista, Vulnerability research, Botnets

Blog posts 2007-04-23

Additional Resources

Major online ad site hacked, serving up exploit cocktail

One more reason to use FirefoxUse Firefox with AdBlock Plus and a simple filter of *media-servers.net* and the problem is solved.I am not sure that they are "major" as I did not have a filter for them.AgreedYet, I bet the web hosts will STILL complain about it. RE: Major online...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, Confession, online advertising, Microsoft Windows, Ryan

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Revisiting the topic of Office versus OpenOffice.Org

re-visit the revisitingif you actually TRIED to use OpenOffice and TRIED to dig in deeper into it's possibilities, you would find zero compatibility issues except for base/access part. and macros, that no one even with the small brain doesn't use.but you didn't. what you did is to buy office 2008...

Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OpenOffice, Workforce management, OpenOffice.org, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., compatibility issue

Discussion threads 2009-10-28

Here's why Apple is doing so well -- it's the top half, stupid

Heh... this is going to be fun to watch...ntWhat???This sounds like a lot of BS.. Apple is overpriced and the mac lovers will pay whatever Apple charges. There is the summary of this article.There is a difference in purchasingthe best product, verses the "perceived" best product.I hear many of the...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Notebooks, Engineering, Blogging, Cyberthreats, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

Time to ditch Windows for online banking and shopping

Instead of a live CDWould I be able to install Linux in Windows and do the same?Amen! Happened today to a gov't computerhttp://www.pennlive.com/midstate/index.ssf/2009/10/computer_hacker_steals_479000.htmlYet another infected computer stealing OUR money.Absolutely ridiculous and irresponsible article!Show me an instance where a flaw in Vista/7 has led to a user being compromised? ...

Tags: Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Spyware, adware & malware, Microsoft Windows, exploit, phishing, Linux, operating system, Adrian, online banking

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Hotmail hacked: Thousands of account details published online

Facts...have never stopped Zack from sensationalizing a story into an anti-Microsoft rant before....wrong headlinewhile I punch M$ every time it deserves it, phising points to user stupidity not to some sort of hacking or intrusion.That could potentially happen to ANY online email provider...just replace the phising screen.Hacked?If people gave up...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail providers, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, phishing, MSN Hotmail, login screen, THOUSANDS

Discussion threads 2009-10-05

Google hijacks Internet Explorer with Chrome Frame

IE is already up to the speed... and the plugin enabling it is SilverLight."Hello XAML, and byebye HTML garbage." So says M$.That's sarcasm, right?If not, you know very well that Idiot Exploiter is far more obsolete than any other actively maintained browser. Just like windows.Microsoft will send out and update.Microsoft...

Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Chrome, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web browser

Discussion threads 2009-09-22

Open-source hacks - sneaky Skype trojan code released

Two problems with this blog post, Tom1. Where's the links to corroborate the story?2. This "release of malware source code" may not be open source at all. If so, then it would be licensed as such, but I would imagine the malware authors would have simply put it out in...

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware, Tom, open source, Skype Technologies S.A., trojan horse

Discussion threads 2009-08-27

55,000 Web sites hacked to serve up malware cocktail

The key words..."PC users"Another WIndows exploit?How can this possibly be happening. According to most of the Windows fan boys on ZDnet, it isn't even necessary to run antivirus with super-secure WIndows. Ahh, silly me, I forgot - these 'power users' represent about 0.0000001% of the real world's Windows user base....

Tags: Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Web site development, SECURITY, Spyware, malware, Microsoft Windows, malware cocktail, trojan horse, Apple Safari, Web site, Web

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

Microsoft: Exploits likely for 'critical' Windows vulnerabilities

Who cares if exploit code will be released in the futureAs long as it is patched before the exploits are out, the exploits no longer count. Or something like that.Cue the double standards...PS I wonder which one of these was labeled "Bulletin 3" in the pre-patch announcement? According to some...

Tags: Patches, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, exploit, patch, Microsoft Corp., LUA

Discussion threads 2009-08-11

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...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, SECURITY, Operating systems, virtual machine, infection, botnet, distributed denial of service, Microsoft Windows, computer

Discussion threads 2009-08-09

Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image files

Apple warns of Mac attack risk via image filesWow, lots of critical vulnerabilities in there!!I can't believe how many of these bugs allow for arbitrary code execution! Viewing an image file shouldn't result in arbitrary code execution.Oh well, at least they were fixed within nano seconds of the vulnerability popping...

Tags: Desktops, SECURITY, Patches, Apple Macintosh, Mac Attack, Apple Inc., vulnerability

Discussion threads 2009-08-05

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books

Amazon uses 1984 to free e-booksDangerous gambleThey'll get harmonization. But likely to the US level through ACTARE: Amazon uses 1984 to free e-books"In this case the monopoly is copyright, which extends practically to infinity in the U.S., thanks to the Walt Disney Co., but is held to a reasonable length...

Tags: Corporate communications, E-books, probation, e-book, video, Amazon.com Inc., monitor, software

Discussion threads 2009-07-19

Microsoft "Morro": explicitly explained, fact from fiction

Microsoft "Morro": explicitly explained, fact from fictionsounds.....Sounds terrible.It's a great idea, however I can see this breaking all sorts of crap (Remote access programs, SSL VPN connectivity etc.).Sounds like the solution could easily be worse than the cure. But we'll see won't we?- SamRE: Microsoft Morro ...If it's really "in...

Tags: Cyberthreats, SSL/TLS, SECURITY, Real-time Protection, Sounds like China, Microsoft Corp., Morro

Discussion threads 2009-06-15

Morro FUD ...

Morro FUD ...You should've checked your emailPeople with subscriptions that were expiring in the last couple months were getting a free 6 month extension to OneCare.Norton AV 2009 isn't bad though. It's much faster than previous versions, but the Norton toolbar that it installs is garbage. I wouldn't...

Tags: Norton 360, Morro FUD, Norton Co., OneCare, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-12

Fight Windows tax with a penguin stick

Fight Windows tax with a penguin stickWho needs LinSux?Only poor, jobless and ignorant guys who think they are pros like Linux Geek need LinSux. If that small amount of money feels like tax then you need to work harder and get a better job. By the way am about to...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, netbook, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-06-11