July 20, 2011 - What is a spammer’s route to success? When he manages to bypass the labyrinth of spam filters to reach your inbox! But with filters becoming more advanced by the day, spammers have to continuously re-invent their attacks. The next question (continue reading...) Read more
July 18, 2011 - A quick online search would reveal a number of articles declaring any one of the last few years as being the “year of mobile malware.” Conversely, these searches also reveal claims that the same years are not going to be (continue reading...) Read more
July 18, 2011 - A quick online search would reveal a number of articles declaring any one of the last few years as being the “year of mobile malware.” Conversely, these searches also reveal claims that the same years are not going to be (continue reading...) Read more
July 18, 2011 - What is CVSS - (the Common Vulnerability Scoring System)? How can it help me manage risk - and why is it an important step forward in security research? In this short video Gavin Reid CVSS Program Chair share's his perspective (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2011 - Surveys are a great window into people’s minds, especially when they can illuminate contrasting, and even contradictory, behaviors in the same group. Results from the Symantec Online Internet Safety Survey have done just that. The most compelling finding—that respondents frequently (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2011 - Surveys are a great window into people’s minds, especially when they can illuminate contrasting, and even contradictory, behaviors in the same group. Results from the Symantec Online Internet Safety Survey have done just that. The most compelling finding—that respondents frequently (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2011 - The scam waves in Facebook continue, as expected. For example the recent “brother raped his sister” theme has been changed a bit and sent along for a new run on the social network. It’s the same content that has been used (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2011 - The scam waves in Facebook continue, as expected. For example the recent “brother raped his sister” theme has been changed a bit and sent along for a new run on the social network. It’s the same content that has been used (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2011 - The number of targeted attacks has increased dramatically in recent years. Major companies, government agencies, and political organizations alike have reported being the target of attacks. The rule of the thumb is, the more sensitive the information that an organization (continue reading...) Read more
July 15, 2011 - The number of targeted attacks has increased dramatically in recent years. Major companies, government agencies, and political organizations alike have reported being the target of attacks. The rule of the thumb is, the more sensitive the information that an organization (continue reading...) Read more
July 14, 2011 - Sometimes it is interesting to take a look at darknet data and see what you come across. If you are not familiar with the term "darknet," I am using the definition used by some in the service provider community where (continue reading...) Read more
July 13, 2011 - By Nicholas Johnston As we've covered extensively on the MessageLabs Intelligence blog, 419 or advance fee fraud scammers are skilled at using current events in their scams. In the past we've seen scams relating to earthquakes in Japan and Haiti, and (continue reading...) Read more
July 13, 2011 - By Nicholas Johnston As we've covered extensively on the MessageLabs Intelligence blog, 419 or advance fee fraud scammers are skilled at using current events in their scams. In the past we've seen scams relating to earthquakes in Japan and Haiti, and (continue reading...) Read more
July 13, 2011 - To best leverage the next phase of virtualization, in which companies begin to roll out large-scale utility computing models, we can’t simply repackage today’s security tools by wrapping them in a virtual machine (VM) or retrofitting them to chop up (continue reading...) Read more
July 13, 2011 - W32.Gammima.AG, an infostealer best known for targeting massively multiplayer online role-playing games, is now also going after a game on Facebook. This is the first time we have encountered the malware going after an app on Facebook. This particular malware (continue reading...) Read more
July 13, 2011 - W32.Gammima.AG, an infostealer best known for targeting massively multiplayer online role-playing games, is now also going after a game on Facebook. This is the first time we have encountered the malware going after an app on Facebook. This particular malware (continue reading...) Read more
July 12, 2011 - Bitcoin is an emerging technical and economic phenomenon, based upon a self-published paper by Satoshi Nakamoto. Many sites have taken notice of Bitcoin and have published some very thoughtful “what is Bitcoin,” “How-to get started” documentation. But the (continue reading...) Read more
July 12, 2011 - Hello and welcome to this month’s blog on Microsoft’s patch releases. This is an average month—the vendor is releasing four bulletins covering a total of 22 vulnerabilities. Only one of the issues is rated ‘Critical’ and it affects the Microsoft Bluetooth (continue reading...) Read more
July 12, 2011 - Hello and welcome to this month’s blog on Microsoft’s patch releases. This is an average month—the vendor is releasing four bulletins covering a total of 22 vulnerabilities. Only one of the issues is rated ‘Critical’ and it affects the Microsoft Bluetooth (continue reading...) Read more
July 12, 2011 - Data centers have been going through a lot of changes. In the past, it wasn’t unusual to see an organization with dozens or even hundreds of data centers spread out all over the world. As the physical environment of these (continue reading...) Read more