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- Critical IE 7 fix is now available
- If you're running Internet Explorer IE 7, you can go get the critical patch Microsoft released on December 17 to thwart a serious security vulnerability discovered earlier this week. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Security Update, MS08-078, Web Browsers, Security Administration, Patches, Security, Internet, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-12-17
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- Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?
- Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...
- Tags: Software Piracy, Patch Management, Malware, Malware Infection Rate, Infection Rate, Patches, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-10-14
- News to know: IDF; Skype; New neutrality; HP; Palm; Madoff
- 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. John Morris: Intel: 32nm is just the beginning Sam Diaz: Intel on laptop chips: Speed kills Mary Jo...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., Twitter Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Skype Technologies S.A., Laptop Computer, Intel Corp., Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Notebooks, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Notebooks & Tablets, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2009-09-24
- From Gimmiv to Conficker: The lucrative MS08-067 flaw
- Danger Will Robinson, Danger.[i]By December 2009, a second variant appeared with new propagation techniques ? spreading via removable and mapped drives, and network shares with weak passwords. This updated worm also started blocking access to anti-virus and security-related sites.[/i]You either have a typo or a time machine. December...
- Tags: Linux, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Patches, Common-sense, Microsoft Corp., financial danger, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-09-23
- 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
- If a flash drive infects a network, who's to blame?
- I think the answer could be both are to blame...More more data i could give a clear cut answer such as 1. was there a policy in place that addressed flash drive useage. 2. Did IT limit flash drive useage with admin tools. So who's to blame i cannot say...
- Tags: Flash memory, NETWORKING, Wtf, Network Access Control, USB flash drive, network
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- 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 patches 31 Windows, IE, Office security holes
- Microsoft's batch of patches this month is a big one: 10 bulletins covering a total of 31 documented vulnerabilities affecting the Windows OS, the Internet Explorer browser and the Microsoft Office productivity suite (Word, Works and Excel). Five of the 10 bulletins are rated "critical," Microsoft's highest...
- Tags: Microsoft Word, Microsoft Windows Server, Window, Vulnerability, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Security, Microsoft Office, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-06-09
- 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
- Conficker worm's copycat Neeris spreading over IM
- Imitation has always been a form of flattery, and that's particularly true for the cybercrime ecosystem. From the lone Chinese cybercriminals releasing DIY tools for generating malware actively exploiting the MS08-067 flaw, followed by the original Conficker worm, Microsoft's MMPC Malware Protection Center is reporting on a currently spreading Conficker...
- Tags: IM, Malware, Worm, Imitation, Conficker, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-07
- Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so far
- Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so farInteresting...... since the amount of spam I've received today is much greater than it has been in the past. Somebody has ramped up the effort on the bad guys' side.RE: Conficker tracking - all's quiet, so farHrmmm well no duh! Did you...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Linux, E-mail, Viruses and worms, Conficker, quiet, computer
- Discussion threads 2009-04-01
- Retina Network Security Scanner - Conficker Worm 1.0.0.6 (Windows)
- The Conficker worm utilizes a variety of attack vectors to transmit and receive payloads, including: software vulnerabilities (e.g. MS08-067), portable media devices (e.g. USB thumb drives and hard drives), as well as leveraging endpoint weaknesses (e.g. weak passwords on network-enabled systems). The Conficker worm will also spawn remote access backdoors...
- Tags: eEye Digital Security, Microsoft Windows, Worm, Conficker Worm, Cyberthreats, Remote Access, Viruses And Worms, Security, Telecommunications
- Software downloads 2009-04-01
- 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
- Conficker Removal Tool 1.0.0.16 (Windows)
- Safely remove the Conficker Worm, including Conficker.A and Conficker.B variants, from your system. Conficker is a computer worm that exploits Microsoft's Windows MS08-067 vulnerability, spreads through network shares, and creates an autorun.inf file that allows it to replicate itself. Computer users infected by Conficker should try our free Conficker Removal...
- Tags: Network, Computer, Conficker, Microsoft Windows, Productivity, Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking, Operating Systems, Software
- Software downloads 2009-03-28
- New Conficker variant looks same, acts differently
- The criminals behind the widespread Conficker worm have released a new version of the malware that looks almost identical to the original but operates much differently, reports PC World. The new variant, dubbed Conficker B++, was spotted three days ago by SRI International researchers, who published details...
- Tags: Variant, Worm, SRI International, Conficker B++, Cyberthreats, Productivity, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-02-20
- Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accounts
- Report: 92% of critical Microsoft vulnerabilities mitigated by Least Privilege accountsRe:using pirated windowsThere is no reason that pirated versions of windows should be more vulnerable than genuine ones, this statistic only shows the lack of knowledge and common sense that the people using pirated windows have, since they don't seem...
- Tags: Least Privilege account, standard user, Least Privilege, UAC, critical Microsoft vulnerability, Microsoft Vulnerabilities, standard User Account, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-02-10
- US-CERT warning: Windows does not disable AutoRun properly
- The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has issued a technical cyber-security alert to warn that Microsoft's guidelines for disabling AutoRun in the Windows operating system "are not fully effective" and argues that this "could be considered a vulnerability." The U.S. CERT warning comes...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., NoDriveTypeAutorun, Registry Value, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-01-21
- 3.5m hosts affected by the Conficker worm globally
- A recently conducted experiment by F-Secure estimates that approximately 3.5 million hosts have been infected with W32/Conficker.worm also known as W32.Downadup spreading through the now patched MS08-067 as of November, 2008. Basically, F-Secure's experiment took advantage of the very same domain registration algorithm that the cybercriminals were using in order...
- Tags: Worm, Host, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-01-15
- Potential 'big badass botnet' spreading fast
- Potential 'big badass botnet' spreading fastYou have to forgive himThis guy is obsessed with me. Just like he mentioned me in his post, he follows me around on other talkbacks as well, and if I don't post he always asks for me. I think he's sick in the...
- Tags: Operating systems, Patches, WINDOWS SYSTEMS, operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-01-15
- As attacks escalate, MS readies emergency IE patch
- Microsoft is planning to ship an emergency Internet Explorer update tomorrow (December 17) to counter an escalating wave of malware attacks targeting a zero-day browser vulnerability. [ SEE: Hackers exploiting unpatched IE 7 flaw to launch drive-by attacks ] The out-of-band...
- Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Attack, Microsoft Windows, Web Browsers, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Internet, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-12-16
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