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- Twitter worm author gets a job at exqSoft Solutions
- Twitter worm author gets a job at exqSoft SolutionsMake sandboxes availibleIt would be in the best interest of social webapp sites (twitter, myspace, facebook, skype, etc.) to make a developers sandbox available by registration for whitehats to submit exploits securely. Instead of Henry Hacker only emailing them and saying,"Hey you've...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, exqSoft Solutions, worm author, sandbox, Twitter, job
- Discussion threads 2009-04-17
- Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000
- Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000This isn't like Hell's Kitchen, is it?You know, where the $250,000 prize is actually an annual salary to work in a position much lower than you were led to believe.RE: Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000Absolutely hilarious. The NBM'ers swore up...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, Microsoft Windows, Conficker worm author, Snitch, Conficker, worm author, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-02-12
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- Users should be smug, and why the Apple iPhone makes you feel smarter
- It works and it is NOT MicrosoftIt is so nice when people have the option to choose what they want than some lethargic aged NT kernel that is a virus/worm magnet.GOOD bye Windows Mobile it was as if you never existed!ha haI am happy!:)Now to get rid of Windows on...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Operating systems, computer, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., operating system
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- My First Week With DROID
- The DroidI am curious-do you feel an application is coming along that will allow you to do to email what the Blackberry is already doing? Perhaps a software upgrade by Google? Having the ability to pull all your email accounts into one app is much better than what...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, E-mail, ROI/TCO, Droid
- Discussion threads 2009-11-15
- Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holes
- So basically all of them......affecting Vista or 7 require user intervention just like all other modern operating systems these days?OK.RE: Microsoft patches gaping Windows worm holesAll of the bulletins specifically say that Win7 is not affected.Two require no user interaction whatsoever.The first two listed require user interaction only in that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), INTERNET, Patches, UAC, user interaction, OS X., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, patch management
- Discussion threads 2009-09-08
- Tored-A email worm for Mac OS X called "lame"
- Last week fellow ZDNet blogger Dancho Danchev posted a piece about a new email worm that has been discovered for Mac OS X called OSX/Tored-A. Most of the examples of Mac malware that have surfaced recently (like OSX.Trojan.iServices.A and OSX/RSPlug-F) are actually Trojan...
- Tags: E-mail Worm, Apple Macintosh, Malware, E-mail, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Jason D. O'Grady
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- New Mac OS X email worm discovered
- A newly discovered email worm dubbed OSX/Tored-A once again puts the spotlight on the potential worm-ability, and malware spreading tactics targeting Apple's OS X. The worm propagates through emails harvested from infected hosts, and has a backdoor functionality allowing its author to perform the following actions if...
- Tags: E-mail Worm, Apple Macintosh, Malware, Worm, Apple Mac OS X, E-mail, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Apple Mac OS, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-05-07
- Report: Conficker in attack mode
- Report: Conficker in attack modeI was concerned.For a moment there I thought this wasn't business as usual.How many companies went under?I wonder how many companies are put out of businessdue to the software flaws in Windows?RE: Report: Conficker in attack mode*yawn*RE: Report: Conficker in attack modeI am dissecting conficker.eIf you...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Conficker, attack mode, virus creator, virus
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Macs in the enterprise: The security conundrum
- Macs in the enterprise: The security conundrumWhat's the big deal here now?You bring in, Linux to the mix, & resolve the ISSUES.Apr 2009, Conficker infects 700 PCs in U of Utah, Macs not affected. AP:"University health sciences spokesman Chris Nelson said the outbreak of the Conficker worm, which can slow...
- Tags: Desktops, Cyberthreats, security, Apples OSX, OSX, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., virus, vulnerability
- Discussion threads 2009-04-27
- News to know: Windows 7; U.S. CTO; Quickoffice; Ubuntu
- 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. Brian Sommer: The immediacy of value: Where SaaS must go next Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 Release Candidate due date is...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Mary Jo Foley, Twitter, Microsoft Windows, Home Entertainment, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Virtualization
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Twitter worm author gets a job at exqSoft Solutions
- UPDATE: Mikeyy Mooney of Stalk Daily gets Hacked. Here's more info. Now that was so fast that even Owen Thor Walker AKILL and Michael Calce Mafiaboy should envy the short cybercrime-to-job offer cycle here. 17 years old Mikeyy Mooney, the author/spreader of StalkDaily/Mickeyy XSS worm that exploited...
- Tags: Job, Web, XSS, Web Application, Worm, Twitter, Cloud Computing, Cyberthreats, Channel Management, Security, Viruses And Worms, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-17
- New UI rumours for Windows 7; I doubt it
- New UI rumours for Windows 7; I doubt itWill Windows 7 eat your children when it comes out?How can you guys possibly feel good putting out this type of unsubstantiated FUD? Disgusting.Eh, I kind of think of Windows XPTo be honest, I'd wonder how they'd change it radically, though they...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), FUD, Microsoft Windows 7, New UI rumour, New UI, Microsoft Windows, rumour
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
- Twitter: Can it make security a priority?
- Twitter has been schooled by a 17-year-old hacker over a generic worm that has plagued the social messaging site.  The big question: Can Twitter take security seriously as it wrestles with uptime issues. Dancho Danchev has a nice dissection of Twitter's worm issues. Twitter was hit with at...
- Tags: Twitter, Dancho Danchev, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security, Viruses And Worms, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- Twitter hit by multiple variants of XSS worm
- During the weekend and early Monday, at least four separate variants of the original StalkDaily.com XSS worm hit the popular micro-blogging site Twitter, automatically hijacking accounts and advertising the author's web site by posting tweets on behalf of the account holders, by exploiting cross site scripting flaws at the site....
- Tags: Flaw, XSS, Worm, Twitter, www.StalkDaily.com, Mikeyy XSS, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2009-04-14
- 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
- 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
- 'Psyb0t' worm infects Linksys, Netgear home routers, modems
- More information has surfaced about the botnet "psyb0t," the first known to be capable of directly infecting home routers and cable/DSL modems. It was first observed infecting a Netcomm NB5 modem/router in Australia. Members of the website DroneBL, a real-time IP tracker that scans...
- Tags: Router, Worm, NetGear, Modem, Linksys Inc., DroneBL, Command & Control Channel, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-03-25
- Stealthy router-based botnet worm squirming
- Researchers at DroneBL have spotted signs of a stealthy router-based botnet worm targeting routers and DSL modems. The worm, called "psyb0t," has been circulating since at least January this year, infecting vulnerable embedded Linux devices such as the Netcomm NB5 ADSL modem above...
- Tags: Router, Worm, Cyberthreats, Routers & Switches, Viruses And Worms, Network Technology, Security, Networking, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2009-03-23
- News to know: Stimilus bill, Twitter Twestival, Microsoft stores, Netflix, Facebook value
- 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 Andrew Nusca: Broadband tax credit cut from stimulus bill Sam Diaz: Tech will see direct, indirect benefits from...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Retail, Personal Finance, Microsoft Outlook, Taxes, E-mail, Strategy, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Financial Planning, Finance, Online Communications, Management
- Blog posts 2009-02-13
- Snitch on the Conficker worm author, collect $250,000
- Happen to know who put together the Conficker worm that's making the rounds and is estimated to have infected millions of Windows-based PCs? If you do Microsoft is offering a cool $250,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of those behind the worm. Today, Microsoft...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Worm, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2009-02-12
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