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- DIY phishing kits introducing new features
- DIY phishing kits introducing new featuresArrest them, Jail them.Make the posession of such software, with the exception of the scientific community, illegal and punishable by 5 years minimum in jail.Or send them to Gitmo. That would be my choics...Turn em loosein a room filled with people who have had...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spam, phishing kit, DIY, phishing
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Quality, quantity of phishing kits on the rise
- Quality, quantity of phishing kits on the risetechnophobe?Technophobe means one who avoids technology. Technophile is the opposite. Are you saying that these criminals don't like technology? Seems to me just the opposite - technology is their way to steal without leaving home.Simple solutionDon't be stupid enough to follow a link...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Web site development, e-mail, header, phishing, phishing kit, Web site
- Discussion threads 2006-10-16
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- 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
- Inside BBC's Chimera botnet
- Earlier this month, the controversial BBC purchase of a botnet and modifying the infected hosts in the name of "public interest" sparked a lot of debate on the pros and cons of their action. Condemned by certain security vendors, and naturally, at least from guerrilla PR perspective, applauded and encouraged...
- Tags: British Broadcasting Corp., Malware, Chimera Botnet, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-03-30
- News to know: Macworld; Windows 7; Snow Leopard; Web 2.0 security; IT strategy
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: Five things Steve Ballmer won't tell you about Windows 7 Mary Jo Foley: Macs vs. PCs: Is it still a 'tax' if users happily pay...
- Tags: Strategy, Security, Web, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Twitter, Web 2.0, Software As A Service (SaaS), Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Managed Hosting, Open Source, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-06
- Phishers increasingly scamming other phishers
- A new study conducted by Marco Cova, Christopher Kruegel, and Giovanni Vigna, provides factual evidence of a well known practice by experienced phishers, namely, backdooring phishing pages that they would later on distribute for free across the IT underground, in order to build a covert network where other phishers would...
- Tags: Kit, Cybercriminal, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- HSBC sites vulnerable to XSS flaws, could aid phishing attacks
- What would the perfect phishing attack from a social engineering perspective? The one that compared to using typosquatted domains impersonating the bank's web application directory structure is in fact using the bank's legitimate domain names as redirectors due to XSS flaws within. It's even more interesting to measure the average...
- Tags: Bank, Vulnerability, XSS, Flaw, Phishing, Cyberthreats, Financial Services, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-06-29
- News to know: Apple patches; D6 coverage; Yahoo; Google I/O
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Leopard mega-patch plugs 41 security holes Jason O'Grady: Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.3 software update Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update Google: Mac OS X 10.5.3: sync Google Contacts Psystar offering new...
- Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, I/O, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Fast-Fluxing SQL injection attacks executed from the Asprox botnet
- The botnet masters behind the Asprox botnet have recently started SQL injecting fast-fluxed malicious domains in order to enjoy a decent tactical advantage in an attempt to increase the survivability of the malicious campaign. I first assessed the Asprox botnet in January, and again in April when it started scaling...
- Tags: Microsoft .NET, Domain, SQL, SQL Injection, Asprox, Com, Programming Languages, Phishing, Databases, Security, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Spam And Phishing, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-19
- DIY phishing kits introducing new features
- What are some of the main factors for the increase of phishing attacks, and their maturity from passive emails to blended threats attempting to not just steal personal information, but also infect with malware by embedding client-side vulnerabilities at the pages? It's all a matter of perspective, which in this...
- Tags: Phishing, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- The online health revolution and your DNA: It's a trust issue
- 23andMe, a Web-based service that allows you to understand your DNA, officially launched Monday and for $999 you can order a saliva kit, send your genes to the company and then get a hosted account with all of your genetic information for analysis. 23andMe said in a statement it...
- Tags: Google Inc., DNA, Data, Health Care, Microsoft Corp., 23andMe, Microsoft HealthVault, Biotechnology, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-19
- MS Word exploit generator circulating?
- Managed security services firm MessageLabs is reporting a surge in targeted malware attacks against a known Microsoft Word code-execution vulnerability, suggesting that an exploit generator kit may be circulating online.In its monthly threat intelligence report, MessageLabs said Microsoft Word was the most common exploit vector in April 2007 with a...
- Tags: Zero-day attacks, Vulnerability research, Viruses and Worms, Symantec, Spyware and Adware, Spam and Phishing, Rootkits, Responsible disclosure, Pen testing, Patch Watch, Microsoft, Metasploit, McAfee, Hackers, Exploit code, Data theft, Browsers, Botnets
- Blog posts 2007-05-21
- Outlook 2007 upgrade blues
- Outlook 2007 upgrade bluesRE Outlook 2007 upgrade bluesThere is a known performance with outlook 2007 using a pst file as its default mailbox. the problem does not exist if outlook 2007 is connected to an exchange server. Its very fast. MS screwed up with that one, hopefully the bug will...
- Tags: Groupware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Outlook, Outlook 2007
- Discussion threads 2007-02-27
- CA Antivirus 2007
- In the past, CA antivirus products have gone under various names, such as eTrust, eTrust EZ, Vet, and InoculateIT; now, under the name CA Antivirus 2007, the company hopes to eliminate brand confusion. Whatever you call it, the CA antivirus engine is good, winning honors from several independent testing labs...
- Tags: Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Cyberthreats, Computer Associates International Inc., CA Antivirus 2007
- Product reviews 2006-11-15
- Cell phones to tell Koreans: You're indicted
- Cell phones to tell Koreans: You're indictedKind of like Larry Ellison emailing employees their pink slip.;)Something familiar...where have we heard something like this before?Bzzz, time is up. The correct answer is: "When we started using computers and printers on a massive scale."Explanation: It was thought that using computers instead of...
- Tags: Cellular phones, Phishing, Telecom & Utilities, SIM card, phone, cell phone
- Discussion threads 2005-12-26
- Does IT create risky behavior?
- A survey of corporate users in the US and Europe came up with the surprising conclusion that users are more likely at work than at home to click on suspicious links in an email or install software that might prove to have spyware or viruses. The reason? IT will...
- Tags: PC, online behavior, information technology
- Blog posts 2005-09-15
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