December 31, 2009 - You might be in for a rude awakening if you're looking for a new years eve party or anything related to new years eve tonight. The cyber criminals behind the latest Blackhat SEO attack have now repositioned their campaign to Read more
December 31, 2009 - Jerome Segura, a Security Analyst at ParetoLogic of Victoria, B.C., Canada, just posted a nice piece on computer security practices with a different perspective in his “Malware Diaries” Blog.He begins his list of security tips by Read more
December 31, 2009 - Trend Micro threat analysts were alerted to the discovery of several compromised websites inserted with a JavaScript. The JavaScript is detected by Trend Micro as JS_AGENT.AOEQ. When executed, JS_AGENT.AOEQ uses a defer attribute, which enables it to delay executing Read more
December 31, 2009 - It's now the end of 2009. Ten years ago, at the end of 1999, IT professionals around the world were busy overhauling computer systems to make them 2000 compliant. This meant double-checking all legacy software and Read more
December 31, 2009 - Once again, we'd like to wish our readers Merry Christmas with a reference to the 1986 CHRISTMA EXEC worm.Here's a link to January 1987 Risks Digest, discussing Read more
December 31, 2009 - With the unemployment rate rising, websites advertising job listings have been mushrooming. Some are the real deal, and some are not. We have also seen an increase in spam e-mails regarding job offers.We came across this Read more
December 30, 2009 - Every week we pose a simple, focused question to the Lifehacker readership about a specific topic: Which is best? From netbooks and malware removal to home servers and wallpaper, here's a look back at the Read more
December 30, 2009 - With a dazzling laser show, the 26th Chaos Communication Congress (26c3) in Berlin, the last big security conference of 2009, has ended. If you haven’t been here, you might have missed fewer of the sessions than people on site, thanks Read more
December 30, 2009 - Cybercriminals love to use social engineering techniques to trick users into installing their malware. One of the latest fake-alert variants attempts to trick users into believing the software is related to or hosted by McAfee: mcafeevirusremover.com. With Read more
December 30, 2009 - Gunter Ollmann, VP of research for Damballa security firm in Atlanta, has blogged about the underground service industry that has sprung up to support botnet and malware groups. He found “botnet support” and “malware quality assurance” sites. There’s 24x7 support Read more
December 30, 2009 - Hong Kong-headquartered security firm Network Box reported that an analysis of web-based threats showed that phishing doubled in a month, probably because of the number of potential victims -- people shopping on line in December. Network Box said Read more
December 30, 2009 - Posted on behalf of Paul Wood, MessageLabs Intelligence Senior Analyst, Symantec Hosted Services Happy New Year! The uncertainty of what 2010 will bring news-wise is exactly what makes the spam landscape, well, interesting and unpredictable. Although we can predict general threat Read more
December 30, 2009 - Windows only: If you have a computer that multiple people access and you'd like to keep them from accessing a certain drive on your computer, a simple edit in the Local Group Policy Editor can Read more
December 29, 2009 - We close out the year with a somewhat irreverent show that includes sexy security professionals, discussions of security and underwear, and a special guest appearance by Jack Daniels. Zach, Martin and Rich are all present this week as we Read more
December 29, 2009 - From a site that is hacked and serving phishes:What’s mildly interesting is the types of phishes — “speciality phishes” that are not your typical banking/finance scam. Read more
December 29, 2009 - It’s the time of year to make predictions. I only have one: in 2010, governments around the world will BEGIN to increase their efforts to do something about the massive malware threat that every Internet user on the planet faces. Read more
December 29, 2009 - We’ve completed our investigation into the claims that came up over the holiday of a possible vulnerability in IIS and found that there is no vulnerability in Read more
December 29, 2009 - Here in the labs, we recently had an interesting message arrive in our systems; after viewing the message, 100% of those polled agreed on what it was. What do you think? Read more
