Malware Spreading via USB Flash Drives Causing Panic in IT
Alarm bells are ringing in IT departments all over the US as there has been a dramatic increase in malicious applications that are using USB Flash Drives to propagate, reports US-CERT.
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Juvenile Botneter pleads guilty, to serve 11-months in prison
A well known hacker named “Dshocker” has pled guilty Tuesday in U.S. District Court to computer intrusion, interstate threats, and wire fraud, stemming from hacking, botnet and “swatting” activities. In accordance with federal law, the juvenile was not publicly named.
Nov 20, 2008 | 2 comments | View Post
Bots exploiting Microsoft’s latest RPC flaw
It’s now clear why Microsoft rushed out to release that emergency patch last month, it has the potential to be exploited by a fast spreading worm, reports CNET. Three malware packages already appear to be using it.
Nov 14, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Adobe Reader Exploit Circulating
If you’re using Adobe Reader 8 or lower, you may be vulnerable to an exploit that is actively being used and reportedly cannot be detected by common antivirus applications. You should upgrade to Adobe Reader 9 immediately.
Nov 11, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Emergency Critical Security Update for Microsoft Windows released today
A critical security update has been released out of schedule today by Microsoft and all version of Microsoft Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows Vista, and Windows Server 2008 should be patched today.
Oct 23, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Phishing Scams in Plain English
Common Craft has posted this great video which explains Phishing simply so even your grandmother can understand it.
Oct 23, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Botnets targeting cellphones?
Will spam and botnets target cellphones? A new report from Georgia Tech Information Security Center claims that spam and botnet based attacks will be targeting mobile phones, reports PCWorld.
Oct 22, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Beware of spam using FBI officials names
A spam e-mail claiming to be from FBI Deputy Director John S. Pistole is currently being circulated. This is not the first time spam emails have circulated that appear to be from FBI agents or officials.
Oct 21, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Adobe Recommends Flash 10 update to prevent clickjacking
In a security bulletin posted to the Adobe.com web site, Adobe recommends all users of flash upgrade to the latest version of Flash in order to prevent clickjacking.
Oct 20, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
Fast-flux Botnets research paper released
Thorsten Holz and Jose Nazario have published a paper describing what they observed from fast-flux botnets. The two discovered a lot of new and interesting tactics that bot herders are now using to avoid detection and shut down.
Oct 11, 2008 | 0 comments | View Post
