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User's opinions on malware infections revealed
2 Sep 2010 at 5:30pm
A recently concluded online survey organized by SC Magazine and Symantec has resulted is some curious and some expected results. When asked to give their opinion on which is the most likely route t...
Google Code hosting malware-spreading project
2 Sep 2010 at 3:07pm
Google Code's project hosting feature has occasionally been used by malicious individuals for storing and spreading malware. Zscaler pointed out yesterday that even though Google claims that any p...
Fake browser warnings lure victims to rogue AV solution
2 Sep 2010 at 1:12pm
Certain compromised websites are detecting which browser (Firefox, Chrome, IE) the visitor is using and present to them a fake malware/reported attack warnings that urge them to download an "upgrade"/...
Rescue of Chilean miners used as lure by banker Trojan
2 Sep 2010 at 12:42pm
PandaLabs uncovered a new malicious code, Banbra.GUC, which lures users with a video about the rescue of the trapped Chilean miners. This is a new variant of the infamous Banbra family of banker Troja...
Phishing campaign targets McDonald's fans
2 Sep 2010 at 12:38pm
A widespread spam campaign that is promising cash in return for completing a McDonald's customer satisfaction survey has been uncovered. The emails, claiming to be sent by 'McDonald's Survey Departmen...
Cyber crooks steal nearly $1 million from University of Virginia
2 Sep 2010 at 11:28am
A theft of nearly $1 million from bank accounts of the University of Virginia�s College at Wise is being investigated by the FBI. While the agency - as per their official policy - does not confi...
Nagios monitoring system 3.2.2 released
2 Sep 2010 at 10:09am
Nagios monitors your entire IT infrastructure to ensure systems, applications, services, and business processes are functioning properly. In the event of a failure, Nagios can alert technical sta...
Acunetix Web Vulnerability Scanner 7 released
2 Sep 2010 at 7:22am
Acunetix announced version 7 of its Web Vulnerability Scanner which features a new vulnerability verifying techniques, scanning engine, support for a wider variety of web applications, improved perfor...
Slovenian Mariposa suspects' identities revealed
1 Sep 2010 at 5:59pm
A month has passed since the Mariposa malware author was arrested in Slovenia, and more details about the case have surfaced in the meantime. The Slovenian police says that they have performed seve...
Customer information of drugstore chain exposed
1 Sep 2010 at 3:43pm
Personal information of 150,000 online customers of the German drugstore chain Schlecker was available online for everyone to access due to an error of the chain's service provider, reports The Local.
Malware detection with Neptune
1 Sep 2010 at 3:30pm
In this video recorded at Black Hat USA 2010, Rami Kawach, a software architect at Qualys, talks about Neptune - a project to build an automatic malware analysis engine and deliver it as a free tool. ...
(IN)SECURE Magazine issue 27 released
1 Sep 2010 at 2:30pm
(IN)SECURE Magazine is a free digital security publication discussing some of the hottest information security topics. Issue 27 has been released today. Table of contentsReview: BlockMaster Saf...
Fake TwitterDeck update infects Twitter users
1 Sep 2010 at 2:27pm
The recent announcement made by Twitter regarding the switch from basic access authentication to OAuth open protocol on the Twitter API proved to be a godsend to malware peddlers. Developers of man...
30 days of 0-days, binary analysis and PoCs
1 Sep 2010 at 1:34pm
An independent group of security researchers that goes by the name of Abysssec Security Team has announced some two weeks ago its intention of making September a month of disclosure. They plan to u...
Cloud security certification from the Cloud Security Alliance
1 Sep 2010 at 1:30pm
The Cloud Security Alliance�s Certificate of Cloud Security Knowledge (CCSK) is now open for testing. The industry�s first user certification program for secure cloud computing, the CCSK is desig...

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