Apple Releases Malware Detection Tool

Apple has released Security Update 2011-003 for Mac OS X in response to the recent Mac fake anti-virus software. This update: adds a malware definition to the File Quarantine application causes the File Quarantine application to automatically update its malware definition list daily removes...

Beware of Christmas E-Cards: Tips to Avoid Holiday Scams

Your mailbox may be filling up with Christmas cards from friends and family, and so might your email inbox. But, as the song says, 'you better watch out,' because some of those merry emails could be from an internet Grinch looking to steal your peace of mind. Christmas cards are a great way to se...

Microsoft Research Develops Zozzle JavaScript Malware Detection Tool

As browser-based exploits and specifically JavaScript malware have shouldered their way to the top of the list of threats, browser vendors have been scrambling to find effective defenses to protect users. Few have been forthcoming, but Microsoft Research has developed a new tool called Zozzle tha...

SuSE 11 Security Update : clamav (SAT Patch Number 2298)

Specially crafted CAB archives could crash clamav CVE-2010-1311 or bypass virus detection CVE-2010-0098. clamav has been updated to version 0.96 which fixes those issues. Citing freshmeat.net : This Release introduces new malware detection mechanisms and other significant improvements to the scan...

Firm Scores $29M for Anti Botnet-As-A-Service

Endgame Systems is expanding from the government sector to commercial anti botnet services with a $29 million investment. The headlines in recent months have been filled with news about busts of major botnet operations – Bredolab, Pushdo, Waldec and Mariposa among them. But botnets are still a...

SuSE 10 Security Update : clamav (ZYPP Patch Number 6990)

Specially crafted CAB archives could crash clamav CVE-2010-1311 or bypass virus detection CVE-2010-0098. clamav has been updated to version 0.96 which fixes those issues. Citing freshmeat.net : This Release introduces new malware detection mechanisms and other significant improvements to the scan...

New Firefox Plug-In Will Defeat Flash Attacks

For years now, Adobe Flash files have been a very useful attack vector for hackers and a serious security problem for end users and IT departments. Now, a German researcher is planning to unveil a new browser plug-in designed to prevent many common types of Flash attacks. The plug-in, called...

SuSE9 Security Update : clamav (YOU Patch Number 12610)

Specially crafted CAB archives could crash clamav CVE-2010-1311 or bypass virus detection CVE-2010-0098. clamav has been updated to version 0.96 which fixes those issues. Citing freshmeat.net : This Release introduces new malware detection mechanisms and other significant improvements to the scan...

openSUSE Security Update : clamav (openSUSE-SU-2010:0149-1)

clamav has been updated to version 0.96. Citing freshmeat.net : This Release introduces new malware detection mechanisms and other significant improvements to the scan engine. Key features include the bytecode interpreter, heuristic improvements, signature improvements, support for new archives,...

SuSE 10 Security Update : ClamAV (ZYPP Patch Number 6983)

Specially crafted CAB archives could crash clamav CVE-2010-1311 or bypass virus detection CVE-2010-0098. clamav has been updated to version 0.96 which fixes those issues. Citing freshmeat.net : This Release introduces new malware detection mechanisms and other significant improvements to the scan...

Design/Logic Flaw

F-Secure Internet Security 2010 and earlier; Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 9 and earlier, and for MIMEsweeper 5.61 and earlier; Internet Gatekeeper for Windows 6.61 and earlier, and for Linux 4.02 and earlier; Anti-Virus 2010 and earlier; Home Server Security 2009; Protection Service for...

CVE-2010-1425

F-Secure Internet Security 2010 and earlier; Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 9 and earlier, and for MIMEsweeper 5.61 and earlier; Internet Gatekeeper for Windows 6.61 and earlier, and for Linux 4.02 and earlier; Anti-Virus 2010 and earlier; Home Server Security 2009; Protection Service for...

CVE-2010-1425

F-Secure Internet Security 2010 and earlier; Anti-Virus for Microsoft Exchange 9 and earlier, and for MIMEsweeper 5.61 and earlier; Internet Gatekeeper for Windows 6.61 and earlier, and for Linux 4.02 and earlier; Anti-Virus 2010 and earlier; Home Server Security 2009; Protection Service for...

CVE-2010-1425

Summary: CVE-2010-1425 affects F-Secure and related antivirus products, whose scanning engines fail to detect malware in specially crafted 7Z, GZIP, CAB, and RAR archives. The issue enables remote malware delivery by archive content evasion, impacting several F-Secure offerings (including Interne...

USN-926-1: ClamAV vulnerabilities

It was discovered that ClamAV did not properly verify its input when processing CAB files. A remote attacker could send a specially crafted CAB file to evade malware detection. CVE-2010-0098 It was discovered that ClamAV did not properly verify its input when processing CAB files. A remote attack...

Mariposa Bot Found Pre-Loaded on Second Vodafone Handset

It seems that the HTC Magic phone distributed by Vodafone in Spain that security researchers discovered recently was pre-loaded with the Mariposa bot client was not an isolated incident after all, as the concerned party had claimed. An employee of another Spanish security vendor found the same...

On The Way to Better Malware Testing

Have you ever found a false positive when uploading a file to a website like VirusTotal? Sometimes it happens that not just one scanner detects the file, but several. This leads to an absurd situation where every product which doesn’t detect this file automatically looks bad to users who don’t...

FCKEDITOR latest vulnerabilities use malformed File Upload-a vulnerability warning-the black bar safety net

ASP can get to the PHP and the JSP looks like no. ! ! Successful upload.. Is changed to an underscore, so we can't use. I can access to try, and useless. Well, look at the operation. ! What also no matter, still the same file, continue transmission. The emergence of this mean, the server already...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : clamav (MDVSA-2009:327)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in clamav : Unspecified vulnerability in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to bypass detection of malware via a modified RAR archive CVE-2009-1241. libclamav/pe.c in ClamAV before 0.95 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of...

Inside the Pay-Per-Install Malware Economy

Stevens provides considerable details on the methods and tools used by cyber-criminals, the seedboxes and crypters that are used to get around anti-malware detection and the clever black hat SEO Search Engine Optimization techniques used in social engineering attacks. An example of one affiliate...