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- CBS 60 Minutes covers Conficker, malware epidemic
- CBS 60 Minutes covers Conficker, malware epidemicDid you teach her or did she teach you.Because Lesley Stahl spent 15 minutes of prime time television talking about a serious computer security problem an not once did she mention the manufacture of the affected operating system, Microsoft!I was waiting...for her to ask...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Conficker, CBS 60 Minutes, CBS 60, malware epidemic, CBS Corp., malware
- Discussion threads 2009-03-29
- A peek inside the bank malware epidemic
- A peek inside the bank malware epidemicMisleading articleThis isn't about attacks on financial institutions as the article repeatedly claims. It is about attacks on customers using the financial institutions. Nothing in the article or the Kaspersky discusses attacks on the banks themselves. There is really nothing new...
- Tags: Financial services, Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, malware epidemic, bank, attack, malware
- Discussion threads 2008-10-28
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- Podcast: Inside the OWA attacks, Patch Tuesday wrap-up
- In this podcast with Threatpost co-editor Dennis Fisher, I discuss the recent Outlook Web Access phishing attacks, the Microsoft/Adobe patchapalooza and the true extent of the botnet/malware epidemic. Listen here. by Ryan Naraine
- Tags: Attack, Microsoft Outlook Web Access, Microsoft Outlook, Podcasts, Phishing, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Internet, Security, Spam And Phishing, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw
- GENEVA -- The critical MS08-067 vulnerability used by the Conficker worm to build a powerful botnet continues to be a lucrative security hole for cyber criminals. During a presentation at the Virus Bulletin 2009 conference here, a trio of Microsoft researchers dissected the malware attacks linked to...
- Tags: Flaw, Malware, Conficker, MS08-067, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-09-23
- Economics of Malware: Epidemic Risks Model, Network Externalities and Incentives
- Malicious softwares or malwares for short have become a major security threat. While originating in criminal behavior, their impact is also influenced by the decisions of legitimate end users. Getting agents in the Internet, and in networks in general, to invest in and deploy security features and protocols is a...
- Tags: Incentive, Network, Malware, Externality, Networking, Security, Viruses And Worms
- White papers 2009-05-26
- Technological transmogrification: the evolution of language
- Technology is an ever-growing and developing social construction - from the Archimedes screw to the Blu-ray disk. Not only with technology, our language has evolved to a point where entirely new dialects and words have been plucked out of nowhere and thrust into everyday life; unlike Icelandic which is one...
- Tags: Word, Virus, Meat Product, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Spam, Security, Handhelds, Operating Systems, Software, Spam And Phishing, Hardware, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2009-05-23
- Swine flu email scams circulating
- Opportunistic scammers and spammers are actively exploiting the swine flu buzz across the web by spamvertising links to pharmaceutical scams, and bogus 'Swine Flu Survival Guides' using search engine optimization of typosquatted domains related to the outbreak. The event-based social engineering campaign is similar to the recent...
- Tags: Search Engine Optimization, Outbreak, Cybercriminal, SARS, Cyberthreats, Spam, Mergers & Acquisitions, E-mail, Search, Marketing Research, Security, Spam And Phishing, Investment, Finance, Online Communications, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-28
- More "scareware" - no kidding, right?
- It's a good thing we have Microsoft around to tell us that there is more scareware floating about the web. I published a post on AV360 early in March, but this is hardly the only incarnation of so-called "rogue security software." The idea behind...
- Tags: Operating System, Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Viruses And Worms, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Conficker botnet stirs, with a scareware business model
- The Conficker botnet has stirred to life, using its peer-to-peer communication system to update itself and download scareware (fake anti-virus programs) to millions of infected Windows machines. The Conficker update comes a week after a heavily-hyped April 1st activation date and provides the first sign of the...
- Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Conficker, Gostev, Waledac, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-04-09
- Eyeballing Conficker with eye-charts and maps
- As expected, the April 1st activation date for the Conficker worm passed without much noise but, as Microsoft and others are explaining, the botnet associated with the worm is very much alive -- and still potentially dangerous. "[This threat] should remain a manageable cause for concern and...
- Tags: Web, SecureWorks Inc., Malware, Web Site, Conficker, Conficker Working Group, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Site Development, Viruses And Worms, Security, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-04-02
- 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
- News to know: IBM, Open Cloud Manifesto, Web 2.0 Expo, Conficker, Microsoft ad
- 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. Larry Dignan: IBM revamps server lineup based on Intel's Nehalem Larry Dignan: Can you have an Open Cloud Manifesto...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Larry Dignan, Dell Computer Corp., Advertisement, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Strategy, Internet, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- CBS 60 Minutes covers Conficker, malware epidemic
- CBS 60 Minutes correspondent Lesley Stahl reports on computer viruses that propagate on the Internet and infect PCs, which enable their creators -- often called "cyber gangs" -- to learn the information they need to electronically rob bank accounts. Watch the episode transcript: by Ryan...
- Tags: Malware, CBS Corp., Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-29
- Should Microsoft decouple IE from Patch Tuesday?
- A security researcher wants Microsoft to follow the lead of other browser makers and start fixing Internet Explorer security problems outside of the Patch Tuesday cycle to help contain the Windows malware epidemic. [ Microsoft: ‘Consistent exploit code likely’ for IE vulnerabilities ] According...
- Tags: Patch Management, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Browser Patch, Web Browsers, Patches, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
- Mac malware will become endemic amongst high-risk groups
- Two Mac trojan outbreaks were spotted in the past week leaving several people, including myself, to wonder if the tipping point for the Mac malware epidemic has arrived. Frankly, I don't know, but I tend not to think so. I do think, however, that Mac malware will now...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Trojan Horse, Malware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adam O'Donnell
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
- New mobile malware silently transfers account credit
- Kaspersky Lab today warned users of five newly found variants of the Trojan-SMS.Python.Flocker mobile malware, targeting an Indonesian mobile provider's service allowing users to transfer money or minutes to each other's accounts. SMS Python Flocker is a known mobile malware family, whose previous versions used to automatically send SMS message...
- Tags: Mobile, Malware, Mobile Malware, SMS Python Flocker, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Advertising & Promotion, Viruses And Worms, Security, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- Secunia: Less than 2% of Windows PCs fully patched
- It's long been established that the unpatched state of the Windows monoculture is the reason we are facing a malware epidemic. Yet, the latest vulnerability patching statistics from Secunia's PSI Personal Software Inspector is a major eye-opener for everyone tracking the security of the Windows ecosystem. According...
- Tags: Program, PC, Malware, Windows PC, Secunia, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Tools & Techniques, Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Management, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?
- * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let's skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We're currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via removable devices. The U.S. army's recent...
- Tags: Floppy Disk, Malware, Microsoft Corp., USB, Virus, AutoRun, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-01
- News to know: Microsoft's cloud Azure; Android exploit; Windows 7
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft's Azure cloud platform: A guide for the perplexed Techmeme Why 'Azure'? Gallery: Microsoft takes wraps off Windows Azure Phil Wainewright:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- A peek inside the bank malware epidemic
- My colleague at Kaspersky Lab Roel Schouwenberg see disclosure has written a very interesting piece on the banker malware landscape, warning that attacks against financial institutions will get much more targeted and sophisticated. Schouwenberg's Attacks on Banks paper takes a close look at how malicious programs targeting...
- Tags: Bank, Financial, Malware, Attack, Schouwenberg, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Financial Accounting, Security, Viruses And Worms, Finance, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
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