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Malware Targets EBanking Security Technology
2007-12-23 00:00:00 A new class of malicious software contains a feature specifically designed to thwart online security technology implemented by Bank of America and many other financial institutions that allow their customers to monitor and make changes to their accounts via the Internet. More About: Security , Technology , Malware
Microsoft demonstrates real online scams
2007-12-23 00:00:00 Microsoft teamed up with Prevx and Get Safe Online to demonstrate the real life, online scams that criminals use to steal from PC users. Their message was simple: secure your PC, and do it today. More About: Microsoft , Scams , Real , Demonstrate
Warning sounded over flirting robots
2007-12-23 00:00:00 Those entering online dating forums risk having more than their hearts stolen. A program that can mimic online flirtation and then extract personal information from its unsuspecting conversation partners is making the rounds in Russian chat forums, according to security software firm PC Tools. More About: Robots , Flirting , Warning
Hackers on prowl: Biggest digital threats in 2008
2007-12-23 00:00:00 Safe in cyberspace, the advent of new technologies usually presents a double edged sword. Innovative software, Web sites, and devices attract attention because they make communicating easier, accomplishing tasks faster, or being online more entertaining. But hackers generally follow to exploit the latest mass market. More About: Hackers , Digital , Threats , 2008
Killing botnets
2007-12-23 00:00:00 Panda Security is arming customers with new software Panda Security for Business Version 4.02SP1 that takes advantage of its "Collective Intelligence" strategy. The Madrid based company is bringing the Collective Intelligence approach to bear with integration between the latest version of Panda Security for Business and Malware Radar, an on demand service that provides an automated malware audit for customers. More About: Botnets , Killing
How PC Repair Shops Can Steal Personal Info
2007-12-23 00:00:00 WPBF News 25 reporter Brian Albert recently took a look into how easily computer repair shops could steal personal photos, music, financial information and more from customers' computers. Best Buy Geek Squad Supervisor Henry Roper told WPBF that personal computers carry a large risk of exposure when individuals keep all their private information on them. More About: Personal , Info , Steal , Shops , Repair
How to remove AntiSpy Pro or AntiSpyPro (AntiSpy Pro or AntiSpyPro Removal
2007-12-23 00:00:00 A computer becomes infected with the AntiSpy Pro, or AntiSpyPro, infection when a user installs a Trojan that is masquerading as a video codec required to watch a movie found on a web page. When the Trojan is installed, it will add a Browser Helper Object into Internet Explorer that hijacks searches you make on both Google and Yahoo. These searches will show alerts stating that you are infected and that you should install AntiSpy Pro to remove them.
Spammers Giving Up? Google Thinks So
2007-12-23 00:00:00 Bill Gates was wildly optimistic when he said in 2004 that the problem of spam would be "solved" by 2006. The volume of junk email transmitted worldwide is still enormous. But a remarkable trend is underfoot, according to Brad Taylor, a staff software engineer at Google : The number of spam attempts that is, the number of junk messages sent out by spammers is flat, and may even be declining for the first time in years. More About: Giving , Spammers
Malware: From bedroom to boardroom
2007-12-23 00:00:00 Once the preserve of bedroom bound teenagers, malware is now big business and aimed at financial gain rather than peer group recognition. Viruses are firmly established in the public consciousness. Most people are familiar with the dangers they pose, yet millions continue to succumb to attacks that exploit unpatched holes in common platforms such as Windows or Java. No system is safe from compromise. More About: Malware , Bedroom
Cracking passwords
2007-11-09 00:00:00 When you type in a password, the computer converts whatever you type into a hash. A hash is a unique algorithmic value that is then stored on your computer (or Web server). "Computers have been designed this way for the last 20 years," said Graham, who last summer hacked someone's Gmail account before a live Black Hat audience, "so that when hackers break into your computers they can not just easily steal your passwords. All they can steal is that cryptographic information." Typically, passwords are stored in MD4 hash, says Graham. More About: Cracking , Passwords
Apple releases QuickTime Security Fix
2007-11-09 00:00:00 Apple has released an update to its QuickTime media player, fixing a number of critical security bugs in the software. The QuickTime 7.3 update, released Monday, fixes seven bugs in the software. Six of the flaws could allow an attacker to run unauthorized software on a victim's PC. More About: Security , Apple , Quicktime
Google's Advanced Search Operators Abused by Spammers
2007-11-09 00:00:00 Imagine Google's search engine being exploited for sending spam URLs. Unbelievable? Believe it!...It appears that spammers have found a way to exploit this facility to direct the end user to a URL advertising their products or services, using Google’s advanced search operators. More About: Search , Operators , Abused , Spammers , Vance
Graffiti as password: secure and memorable
2007-11-09 00:00:00 One of the largest security challenges many organizations face come from the most basic aspect of security: user passwords. Humans simply have a limited capacity to remember otherwise insignificant streams of letters and digits; as a result, they often choose passwords that are easier to remember. More About: Graffiti , Password , Secure
Deconstructing the Fake FTC Email Virus Attack
2007-11-09 00:00:00 A targeted email virus disguised as an identity theft inquiry from the Federal Trade Commission appears to have successfully compromised more than 500 PCs, including victims at banks, real estate brokerages, law firms and marketing companies. More About: Virus , Email , Fake , Attack , Atta
The Decline of the CAPTCHA
2007-11-09 00:00:00 The concept of using CAPTCHA tests to defeat automated attacks is reaching the end of its useful life. This is what we get for taking Alan Turing's name in vain. The 'T' in CAPTCHA is for Turing and his famous proposition that a machine could be said to be called "sentient" when a person out of view talking to it could not tell if it were human or machine. More About: Captcha
Mozilla fixes Firefox regressions, releases Version 2.0.0.9
2007-11-03 00:00:00 Mozilla Corp. late Thursday released Firefox 2.0.0.9, an update it promised last week after it announced five bugs had been introduced by the previous version of the browser. The update, which Mozilla has begun pushing to users who have enabled automatic updates, fixes multiple regression flaws. More About: Mozilla , Version
When antivirus products (and Internet Explorer) fail you
2007-11-03 00:00:00 When Didier Stevens recently took a closer look at some Internet Explorer malware that he had found, something surprised him somewhat. He discovered that the IE targeted malware had been obfuscated with null-bytes (0x00) and when run against VirusTotal, he found that fewer than half of the products identified the sample as malware (15 of 32). More About: Products , Antivirus , Internet Explorer
Symantec: Storm worm changes course
2007-11-03 00:00:00 The Storm worm has evolved again, researchers from Symantec claim. To streamline the worm and make it more stable, the malware authors have shed key functionalities in the malicious code, said the researchers. More About: Worm , Storm Worm , Chang
Leopard's firewall a 'mess,' breaks Skype, says researcher
2007-11-03 00:00:00 Leopard's firewall is confusing, inconsistent, switched off by default and incompatible with some applications, a security researcher said Friday after analyzing the new security tool. More About: Firewall , Skype , Breaks , Mess
Most Consumers Clueless About Online Tracking
2007-11-03 00:00:00 Every single move you make online can, and often is, tracked by online marketers and advertising networks that gather and use the information for serving up targeted advertisements. More About: Online , Tracking , Consumers , Clueless
Researchers fine tune picture passwords
2007-11-03 00:00:00 Computer scientists from Newcastle University announced last week that they have developed software that lets the user draw pictures as an alternative to remembering strings of letters and numbers. More About: Picture , Tune , Fine , Passwords
Malware Warning Over Trial Software Hacks
2007-11-03 00:00:00 Those tempted to download software cracks to unlawfully activate software from a trial mode into a paid mode have been warned that they may be unknowingly installing hacking tools onto their system. More About: Software , Hacks , Malware , Trial , Warning
IBM to spend $1.5 billion to improve computer security
2007-11-03 00:00:00 IBM will spend $1.5 billion developing computer security products in 2008, a sum that could double the company's previous spending. $1.5 billion "is much more than we've ever spent," Val Rahmani, a general manager in IBM's services unit who is responsible for security programs, told The Wall Street Journal. More About: Security , Computer , Improve , Computer Security , Improv
Phishing Trojan targets Mac OS X
2007-11-03 00:00:00 Security vendor Intego claims to have uncovered a new Trojan attack that targets Apple's OS X operating system. The OSX.RSPlug.A Trojan disguises itself as a video codec that offers access to a pornographic video. More About: Phishing , MAC OS X , Roja , Rojan
Virtual stripper helps spam to spread
2007-11-03 00:00:00 Spammers have created a Windows game which shows a woman in a state of undress when people correctly type in text shown in an accompanying image. More About: Spam , Virtual , Stripper , Spread , Ripper
How to remove IE Defender (IE Defender Removal Guide)
2007-11-03 00:00:00 The IE Defender infection is a Browser Helper Object installed in your Internet Explorer browser that hijacks searches you input into the Google and Yahoo search engines. These hijacked searches will state that you are infected and that you need to install the IE Defender rogue antispyware program. You will also receive popups that state you are infected when browsing the web. The reality is that all of these messages and alerts are fake and should be ignored. More About: Guide , Guid , Fender
How to remove AntiSpyGuard (AntiSpyGuard Removal Guide)
2007-11-03 00:00:00 AntiSpyGuard is a rogue antispyware program, that when run, displays misleading and exaggerated results about infections found on your computer. In order to remove these "infections" you must pay for the commercial version of the software. These infections, though, are fake and are placed on your computer by the AntiSpyGuard installation program. More About: Guide , Guid
A dangerous conflict of interest between Firefox and Google
2007-11-03 00:00:00 The Firefox browser may not be as independent as previously thought. Mozilla essentially owns Firefox, and it proved so when it flexed its muscles last year in forcing Debian to rename its browser IceWeasel. However, the open secret in the tech sector is that at the end of the day, Google calls the shots. More About: Conflict , Interest , Dangerous
F.T.C. to Review Online Ads and Privacy
2007-11-03 00:00:00 The Federal Trade Commission will hold meetings today and tomorrow about online privacy. The questions they will entertain include how much control people need or want over the vast trove of information that corporate America routinely collects about people as they click from site to site on the Internet. More About: Review , Privacy , Online
Operation GreenDot, Following the SPAM
More articles from this author:2007-11-03 00:00:00 Do you ever wonder what is at the other end of the SPAM email that you receive in your inbox? You often see emails advertising cheap software, hot stock tips, and various pharmaceuticals. I think that we have all gotten the v1gra and Cialis emails. One day I decided I would investigate and see just where this little message would take me. So, if you are ready for an adventure, follow me on a virtual trip that will take you all the way around the world. Don’t forget your passport, you will need it. More About: Spam , Operation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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