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Win Update Scareware Pushes Drive-By Downloads
Cybercriminals are using a fake Windows Update installation dialogue box to sell a bogus security product called Anti-malware Defender, security researchers have warned. Read the full article. Computer Weekly...
RSA 2010: Top 15 Conference Sessions You Shouldn't Miss
The RSA security conference is known for being a vendor-heavy, corporate-speak shindig that lacks quality content. I disagree. I spent some time perusing the conference agenda this year and found 15 must-attend sessions: 1. The Seven Most Dangerous New Attack Techniques and What Is Coming Next...
Apple Malware Blocker Left For Dead?
Nearly six months after Apple added a malware blocker to Mac OS X Snow Leopard, the feature appears to be collecting cobwebs. Apple has not added any anti-malware signature updates to the XProtect.plist file that launched with antidotes for OSX.RSPlug.A and OSX.Iservice, two known Trojan horse...
Windows Users Targeted in Anti-Malware Scam
A rogue anti-malware product called DefenceLab redirects infected PCs to Microsoft’s Support portal, but modifies the HTML content as it returns so as to appear as if Microsoft is endorsing the worthless software. Read the full article. The Register...
Report: Phishing and Scareware on The Rise
According to a report by the Anti-Phishing Working Group APWG, the number of phishing incidents and rogue anti-malware programs also known as scareware are rising at an “unprecedented rate”. The APWG says that around four fifths of the phishing attack websites claim to offer payment and financial...
AV Researcher Calls for Standard Threat Level Displays
GENEVA — A veteran security researcher today challenged the anti-malware industry to work on a standard way of assigning computer/Internet threat levels to present transparent helpful information to consumers and businesses. During a presentation at the Virus Bulletin 2009 conference here, Fortin...
KingSoft Web Shield <= 1.1.0.62 XSS/Code Execution Vulnerability
No description provided by source. KingSoft Web Shield XSS and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found by inking Version = 1.1.0.62 Background: KingSoft Web Shield is a popular anti-malwebsites production of KingSoft Inc. around China. Details: When the KSWebShield detects a malwebsite, it send...
KingSoft Web Shield <= 1.1.0.62 XSS/Code Execution Vulnerability
Exploit for windows platform in category remote exploits ================================================================ KingSoft Web Shield = 1.1.0.62 XSS/Code Execution Vulnerability ================================================================ KingSoft Web Shield XSS and Remote Code...
KingSoft Web Shield XSS / Code Execution
KingSoft Web Shield XSS and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found by inking Version test Just make a website with evil javascript codes, and browse the url shows above...
KingSoft Web Shield 1.1.0.62 - Cross-Site Scripting / Code Execution
KingSoft Web Shield XSS and Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Found by inking Version test Just make a website with evil javascript codes, and browse the url shows above milw0rm.com 2009-05-19...
Researcher wants hacker groups hounded mercilessly
From ComputerWorld Gregg Keizer Criminal cybergangs must be harried, hounded and hunted computerworld.com until they’re driven out of business, a noted botnet researcher said today as he prepared to pitch a new anti-malware strategy later this week at the RSA Conference in San Francisco. “We need...
The Ryan & Roel Show Episode 5
Explaining AMTSO principles – Fri, November 21, 2008 Ryan grills Roel on the latest “principles” document coming out of the AMTSO Anti-Malware Testing Standards Organizing and the two spar over the value of such a massive effort. Download episode...
BBC botnet buy: What were they thinking?
By Roel Schouwenberg As Dancho Danchev pointed out, the BBC leased itself a botnet zdnet.com. I couldn’t quite believe it when I read it. The BBC, arguably one of the very best TV producers in the world, surely should have known better? There are so many things wrong about this that I hardly know...
Trojan exploiting Excel zero-day flaw
Reports have been circulating in the last couple of days about an unpatched vulnerability in Microsoft Excel, and the software giant has now confirmed the problem. The flaw allows attackers to run code on remote machines if they can entice a user into opening a malicious Excel file. Some security...
ROS-2-3026
2.3026 Notification on update of the Anti-Malware Protection System "RED OS" No. RU.29926343.02.01-01-24 RED SOFT LLC notifies about the completion of the testing procedure and release of the updated RED OS 7.3 distribution. In order to update your copy of RED OS to the current state, you need to...
