Stuxnet Code Now Available to Hackers, Posing Major Threat to Infrastructure

According to a report from Sky News, the Stuxnet worm has already been traded on the black market. The report does not specify whether this refers to the source code or binary samples. British security specialists now fear that terrorists could use the worm to attack critical infrastructure. The...

Hacker Infects 2,300 Computers; Court Hears Case of Youthful Curiosity

A hacker who infected over 2,300 computers with a virus capable of stealing banking details did not have serious criminal intentions, a court has heard. Today, lawyers for Anthony Scott Harrison argued that his "youthful curiosity" led him to hack into other people's computers to steal money...

Fedora Update for clamav FEDORA-2010-13012

Check for the Version of clamav OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for clamav FEDORA-2010-13012 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

Fedora Update for clamav FEDORA-2010-15443

Check for the Version of clamav OpenVAS Vulnerability Test Fedora Update for clamav FEDORA-2010-15443 Authors: System Generated Check Copyright: Copyright c 2010 Greenbone Networks GmbH, http://www.greenbone.net This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the ter...

8) Your next wallet is a phone. Discuss.

Mobile payments have been going strong in countries like Japan and Finland for years now. In the U.S., however, its taken longer for mobile payments to get a hold on consumers. That’s all about to change. Late model mobile devices like Apple’s iPhone and Google Android-based phones now offer...

4) "S" stands for Safe(r)

Browsing a Web site for offers is one thing. Actually buying merchandise is another matter entirely. Online transactions should be carried out securely, using encryption to scramble the sensitive financial data you’re sending to the merchant’s Web site and that they’re sending to you. Before...

Be Alert : "Postcard" computer virus is Out ~~ !!

WARNINGS have been issued this weekend about a highly destructive computer virus which has been released under the guise of a postcard greeting. It is strongly advised that computer users should not open any message with an attachment entitled "Postcard" or "Postcard from Hallmark", regardless of...

[SECURITY] Fedora 13 Update: clamav-0.96.4-1300.fc13

Clam AntiVirus is an anti-virus toolkit for UNIX. The main purpose of this software is the integration with mail servers attachment scanning. The package provides a flexible and scalable multi-threaded daemon, a command line scanner, and a tool for automatic updating via Internet. The programs ar...

Most common malware detected on Macs !

Recently Sophos launched its free Mac anti-virus for home users which now has 150,000 active users and Sophos has analyzed the most commonly encountered malware that Mac users are seeing. The top 20 most commonly detected malware from just under 50,000 malware reports between November 2nd and...

TDL4 Rootkit Bypasses Windows Code-Signing Protection

In recent versions of Windows, specifically Vista and Windows 7, Microsoft has introduced a number of new security features designed to prevent malicious code from running. But attackers are continually finding new ways around those protections, and the latest example is a rootkit that can bypass...

Hackers Target Halloween Costume Searches with Fake Anti-Virus Trojans

Attackers are targeting people searching for last-minute Halloween costume ideas, reported CyberDefender on Oct. 29. The Internet security vendor, along with other firms like Blue Coat and BitDefender, warned users about the dangers of searching online for Halloween-related topics. "Popular searc...

Removable Media Security Practices

US-CERT is aware of recent reports indicating that some newly purchased removable media devices are infected with malicious code. This malicious code is a worm that attempts to propagate itself via multiple methods. If a Windows user connects an affected removable media device to a system that ha...

Spammers 'Gearing Up' Botnets for Holiday Rush

Spammers are pushing out e-mail borne malware at unprecedented rates in an apparent attempt to build up botnets in advance of the busy holiday shopping season, according to a report by Google. Writing on the company’s enterprise blog, Adrian Soghoian and Adam Hollman of the Google Postini Service...

MS10-083: Description of the security update for Windows Shell: October 12, 2010

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Security Firms Scramble For SCADA Talent After Stuxnet

Three months after the world first learned of the sophisticated Stuxnet worm, insiders say that there’s a scramble to find and hire engineers with knowledge of both security and the industrial control systems that were Stuxnet’s intended target. Anti virus companies admit their research teams wer...

Barracuda Networks Multiple Products 'view_help.cgi' Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Multiple Barracuda Networks products are prone to a directory- traversal vulnerability because it fails to sufficiently sanitize user- supplied input. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability using directory- traversal characters '../' to access files that contain sensitive information th...

В США задержаны 11 хакеров из России

Они входили в преступную группу, похитившую из американских банков 3 млн долларов Дмитрий ГОНЧАРУК, Никита КРАСНИКОВ — 05.10.2010 Еще шесть граждан России были задержаны в США по обвинению в причастности к команде мошенников, которая воровала деньги с банковских счетов. Гражданство других девяти...

Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Detection (HTTP)

Detection of Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall The script sends a connection request to the server and attempts to detect the presence of Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall and to extract its version SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2010 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced...

Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall Console Management Detection

The remote host appears to be a Barracuda Spam & Virus Firewall. It allows connections to its web console management application. Letting attackers know the type of firewall in use may help them focus their attacks against the networks it protects. C Tenable Network Security, Inc...

All Eyes On Stuxnet At Annual Virus Researcher Summit

The world will know more about the mysterious Stuxnet virus by week’s end, after top virus researchers reveal the findings of their post mortem on Stuxnet at the annual Virus Bulletin Conference. HED: All eyes on Stuxnet at annual virus researcher summit DEK: Researchers will reveal new details...