Published in April 30th, 2008
A new contest running at the DefCon hacker conference this year (held in Las Vegas in August) is already stirring up controversy. It will challenge hackers to design malware that can’t be detected by anti-virus programs such as ones offered by Symantec and McAfee.
Awards will be given for “Most elegant obfuscation,” “Dirtiest hack of an [...]
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Published in April 29th, 2008
The United Nations and United Kingdom government Web sites have fallen victim to a widespread malware attack that have infected hundreds of thousands of legitimate sites worldwide.
The exact number of sites that have been compromised is unknown, said Hubbard, vice president of security research at Websense Inc. He estimated that it’s similar to the March [...]
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Published in April 24th, 2008
What is Windows Defender:
It is a free Microsoft program that protects your computer against spyware, adware, pop-ups and all the usual web nasties. It offers scanning for harmful items as well as real-time protection. The real-time monitoring alerts against threats and recommends actions.
Is Windows Defender Any Good?
Overall we think its a pretty good product. Our [...]
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Published in April 22nd, 2008
PayPal has denied claims it plans to lock Safari users out of its online payments service as it reinforces its protections against online credit fraud.
Although PayPal didn’t officially say that it would be banning transactions on Apple’s Safari browser, many assumed that the online payment service provider included Safari on its list of unsafe browsers [...]
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Published in April 19th, 2008
We have just been testing out a new anti-virus product and so far it looks really good. It is called Anti-Virus PLUS and was developed by ParetoLogic. These guys have tons of experience in developing security products and have been doing this for many years now.
This product provides all of your typical virus scanning and [...]
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Published in April 18th, 2008
A Los Angeles man Wednesday pleaded guilty to using spyware that turned thousands of computers across the United States into “zombies” so he could steal their owners’ identities
John Schiefer, who worked as a computer security expert, “admitted that he gained access without authorization to hundreds of thousands of computers in the United States and that [...]
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Published in April 17th, 2008
The SANS Internet Storm Center on Monday warned that CEOs of some companies are being targeted with a phishing attack involving fake federal subpoenas sent via e-mail.
This type of targeted e-mail attack, called “spear-phishing,” is a variation on the more common “phishing” attack. Both attacks use fake e-mail messages to try to lure victims to [...]
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Published in April 16th, 2008
Most people around the world at the moment when they think of the olympics might talk about the turmoil that is surrounding the torch relay around the world, but there is another potentially damaging event taking place.
Malware writers are attempting to cash in on the ‘Pro Tibet’ movement by making a video called ‘Race for [...]
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Published in April 15th, 2008
PayPal is stepping up its battle against phishing with new technology and by collaborating with others in the industry.
Michael Barrett, Chief Information Security Officer at PayPal, says phishing is not an unsolvable problem. He and colleague Dan Levy have written a white paper called “A Practical Approach to Managing Phishing” that was published on Thursday [...]
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Published in April 4th, 2008
Amazing statistics revealed by ESET says that around a tenth of all malware released is designed to be spread by portable storage device such as a flash stick or usb drive. The malware is activated and runs as soon as the flash drive is inserted into your computer creating headaches for any user.
This INF/Autorun malware, [...]
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