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- Zafi worm purports to be Christmas greeting
- Zafi worm purports to be Christmas greetingONCE AGAIN WITH FEELING, PEOPLE!And yet, after all the warnings and precautions the IT people take, some goober STILL clicks on the bleedin' attachment/link!If you aren't sure, don't click the ^$#^%$ thing! That's one of the first things I teach new users on my...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Linux! Time, Mac! Time, Windows!, e-mail, Zafi worm
- Discussion threads 2004-12-14
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- Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list
- Microsoft today announced plans to ship four security bulletins next Tuesday (September 9, 2008) to cover worm holes affecting Windows users. All four bulletins in September's Patch Tuesday will be rated "critical," Microsoft's highest severity rating. A "critical" rating is used to rate a vulnerability that can...
- Tags: Windows Media, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- NASA confirms infection, 'not the first time'
- As I noted a few days ago, the International Space Station has a virus, which NASA now confirms. From eFlux, a spokesperson explained: "This is not the first time we have had a worm or a virus," said NASA spokesman Kelly Humphries during a press...
- Tags: Infection, NASA, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Codename of the day: Nitrogen
- Codename of the day: NitrogenCodeword - "Infection"Can't think why ZDnet aren't trumpeting Microsoft's latest embarassing achievement -Wonder if the US army's robots will be running 'Hasta La Vista'?http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7583805.stmNasa has confirmed that laptops carried to the ISS in July were infected with a Windows virus known as Gammima.AG.The worm was...
- Tags: Games, Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Nitrogen
- Discussion threads 2008-08-28
- Malware detected at the International Space Station
- Malware detected at the International Space StationBetter use Linux next timeI'm amazed that anything M$ is allowed into space. It's totally insane. What next - avionics powered by Windows? That's one flight I won't be going on :DRE: Malware detected at the International Space StationNorton Anti-virus updates on a daily...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Linux, Operating systems, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Microsoft Windows, malware, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, worm
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Malware detected at the International Space Station
- Malware is reaching new heights, and going into Space through a removable media carrying the W32.Gammima.AG password stealing malware to the International Space Station. According to SpaceRef.com : "W32.Gammima.AG worm is a level 0 gaming virus intended to gather personal information. Virus was never a threat to any of...
- Tags: Software, Space Station, NASA, Antivirus, Malware, Laptop Computer, Virus, Cyberthreats, Notebooks, Viruses And Worms, Security, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-26
- Facebook refuses to fix obvious security flaw
- [ UPDATE: Facebook has reversed itself and fixed this vulnerability ] The Register's Dan Goodin has the scoop on an obvious security vulnerability that's being ignored by the powers at Facebook. The issue, as demonstrated by this proof-of-concept, shows...
- Tags: Facebook, Social Networking, Security, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Hundreds of Dutch web sites hacked by Islamic hackers
- In what appears to be a mass defacement, where several hundred domains take advantage of a shared hosting provider, starting as of this Friday, an Islamic hacker known as nEt^DeViL -- this is not the NetDevilz team that hijacked the DNS records of the ICANN and Photobucket in June --...
- Tags: Web, Web Site, Hacker, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Hacking, Security, Internet, Marketing, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-25
- Hey, you--the unindicted federal felon
- Hey, you--the unindicted federal felonFederal felonsThis is soooo true! Computers are the governments worm into our homes & lives where they DON'T belong! I can't believe so many people can't or won't see this, thinking they are just being protected. My goodness, can't everyone see the evil that letting the...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, felon
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Nokia and Sun confirm S40, Java ME vulnerabilities
- According to published reports, Nokia and Sun have both confirmed the existence of serious security problems in the Series 40 and Java Platform Micro Edition Java ME , giving instant credibility to the claims by Polish hacker Adam Gowdiak. Gowdiak left, one of the four LSD researchers...
- Tags: Nokia Corp., J2ME, Sun Microsystems Inc., Vulnerability, Java, Security, Programming Languages, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Facebook and MySpace: Walking the security-social networking line
- Security--actually insecurity--is a very social thing. Get a cute malware infested email and forward it along to your contact list. See a site that's interesting--but is really just a phishing expedition--and you get hit with a virus/worm/rootkit. Social engineering makes the security world go around. So what do you do...
- Tags: facebook, network, myspace, defcon, phishing, web site development, security, viruses and worms, spam and phishing, internet, larry dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-08
- Today's assignment : Coding an undetectable malware
- Today's dynamic Internet threatscape is changing so rapidly, that the innovations and creativity applied by malware authors can easily render an information security course's curricular on malware outdated pretty fast, or worse, provide the students with a false feeling of situational awareness about today's malware that's driving the entire cybercrime...
- Tags: Malware, Antivirus Software, Virus, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Viruses And Worms, Security, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-08-06
- Security is everyone's domain
- Guest editorial by George Stathakopoulos In the first half of 2008, Microsoft Corp. released its latest Security Intelligence Report. One of the most interesting statistics involved the results from Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool MSRT. Each second Tuesday of every month, the tool...
- Tags: Industry, Domain, Malware, Microsoft Corp., Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-04
- Web worms squirm through Facebook, MySpace
- Web worms squirm through Facebook, MySpaceFacebook and Myspace Worm & VirusesWell it seems that these viruses and the associated infections are cleverly disguised as usual and of course my kids although educated in the problems with downloading flies ingnored my statements regarding this possibility and their computers have ground to...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Web Worm, virus, Facebook, MySpace, DOS, Web
- Discussion threads 2008-08-01
- News to know: Apple patch; IBM; PC upgrades; EDS; Yahoo
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Apple finally ships DNS flaw fix, patches 16 other Mac OS X holes Nate McFeters: Black Hat talk on Apple encryption flaw pulled Black Hat Sneak Preview Larry Dignan: IBM plans building spree: To build $360M...
- Tags: Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, PC, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Electronic Data Systems Corp., IBM Corp., FireWire, Sales Strategy, Desktops, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-08-01
- Web worms squirm through Facebook, MySpace
- My colleagues at Kaspersky Lab see disclosure have intercepted two new worms squirming through MySpace and Facebook, using social engineering lures to plant malware on Windows systems. The worms propagate via the comments features on the two popular social networks, using video lures and fake Flash Player...
- Tags: Web, Facebook, Kaspersky Lab, Network, Macromedia Flash Player, Social Engineering, Worm, MySpace, Victim Machine, Cyberthreats, Social Networking, Viruses And Worms, Security, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-31
- CSRF vulnerability allows Twitter 'follow' abuse
- CSRF vulnerability allows Twitter 'follow' abuseSo?Another worm, anyone? These types of social-networking sites all suffer from the same kind of problems. They allow lots of interfaces thereby exposing themselves to many attack vectors and we wonder why it happens?There are surely more than this out there, for Twitter,...
- Tags: SECURITY, Twitter, CSRF vulnerability, CSRF
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- FBI warns of new Storm worm variant
- FBI warns of new Storm worm variantMessage has been deleted.RE: FBI warns of new Storm worm variantThis is a perfect example of a target attack on a very large scale. It seems this is now the new direction for phishing attacks and links to malware. Even the tecgh-savvy would have...
- Tags: Federal government, PRODUCTIVITY, Cyberthreats, Spam, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Mike Cox, new Storm worm variant, ReceiverNet, Storm Worm variant, FBI, Storm Worm, technique
- Discussion threads 2008-07-31
- Evolution is punctuated equilibria
- Guest editorial by Dino Dai Zovi In evolutionary biology, the theory of punctuated equilibiria states that evolution is not a gradual process but instead consists of long periods of stasis interrupted by rapid, catastrophic change. This is supported by fossil evidence that shows...
- Tags: Vulnerability, Exploit, Internet Security, Internet Security Community, Internet, Security, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-07-30
- News to know: Intel; Oracle; Microhoo; iPhone; Online video
- Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: Remote code execution through Intel CPU bugs Nate McFeters: Symantec says Microsoft Access ActiveX attacks to increase Robin Harris: FTP: untrustworthy file transfer Dennis Howlett: Enterprise 2.0 looking more like 1.0? Dana Blankenhorn:...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., Online Video, Video, Microsoft Corp., Intel Corp., 3G, Corporate Communications, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
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