Chrome Pop-Up Warns Windows Users of Browser Hijacking

A rising number of online scams involve the modification of browser settings where a hacker spikes a free download or website with malware. The end result is generally a click-fraud scheme of some kind where the new browser settings might include spiked search engine pages or a new home page...

Stolen Opera Code-Signing Certificate Used to Sign Malware

Opera Software said it was able to contain the impact of a security breach that resulted in the theft of an expired code-signing certificate used to sign malware distributed to Windows users during a 36-minute stretch on June 19. Opera developer Sigbjorn Vik said the browser maker was victimized ...

Malware threat to Opera users, Trojan signed with a stolen certificate

On June 19, Browser maker Opera admitted that, it discovered an attack on its internal network infrastructure and windows users may have been tricked into installing a Trojan signed with a stolen Opera certificate. "On June 19th we uncovered, halted and contained a targeted attack on our internal...

Safari information disclosure vulnerability

Overview Safari contains an information disclosure vulnerability caused the by the improper handling of XML files. Takayoshi Isayama from Mitsui Bussan Secure Directions, Inc. reported this vulnerability to IPA. JPCERT/CC coordinated with the developer under Information Security Early Warning...

Anonymous ransomware spotted in the wild, campaign to Infamous Activists group

Folks from abuse.ch spotted an interesting piece of ransomware malware currently circulating in the wild. Current release is infecting Windows users. It seems that Cybercrooks are taking advantage of Anonymous Banner, for conducting such malware campaigns and supposed to be another game by opposi...

Billions of Windows Users Affects with Java Vulnerability

Researchers at Security Explorations disclosed a new vulnerability in Java that could provide an attacker with control of a victim's computer. The researchers have confirmed that Java SE 5 – Update 22, Java SE 6 – Update 35, and Java SE 7 Update 7 running on fully patched Windows 7 32-bit operati...

Flame Malware Spread Via Rogue Microsoft Security Certificates

Flame Malware Spread Via Rogue Microsoft Security Certificates Microsoft released an emergency Windows update on Sunday after revealing that one of its trusted digital signatures was being abused to certify the validity of the Flame malware that has infected computers in Iran and other Middle...

Shocker: Scammers Exploit Death of Former Libyan Ruler

In one of the least surprising computer security news events of 2011, the death of longtime Libyan leader, and self-proclaimed “African King of Kings” Colonel Muammar Qaddafi spawned a slew of online scams. Within hours of Qaddafi’s capture and death at the hands of Libyan rebels, security firms...

Число новых компьютерных вирусов в 2010 году приближается к 2 миллионам

12:30 17.09.2010 По данным Nielsen Online, 51 % европейцев пользуются социальными сетями, такими как Facebook или Xing. Популярность социальных сетей привлекает кибер-преступников, которые используют их с целью нападения на пользователей. Преступники создают компьютерные вирусы для получения...

WebKit Security Flaws Haunt Apple iTunes

Apple has shipped a critical security patch for its iTunes media player to fix several gaping security holes that expose Windows users to hacker attacks. The vulnerabilities could be exploited to launch remote code execution attacks if a user simply opens an image file or surfs to a rigged Web...

Secunia Flags 'Highly Critical' Safari Zero Day Flaw

A zero-day vulnerability in Apple’s Safari browser could expose millions of Windows users to drive-by download malware attacks. The flaw is currently unpatched. According to an alert from Secunia, the issue is rated “highly critical” because of the risk of remote code execution attacks that can...

MS Warns of Rogue Antivirus 'Security Essentials'

Microsoft has warned Windows users to be on their guard against a piece of rogue antivirus software passing itself off as Microsoft Security Essentials. Security Essentials 2010 is a piece of software Microsoft said installs a fake virus scanner on your machine andmonitors and blocks processes it...

Inside The Opachki Link Hijacker Trojan

Opachki is one of many software tools developed by criminals to hijack and monetize Windows users’ search traffic using affilate-based search engines that are ultimately advertiser-sponsored, sometimes by well-known and respected firms. Instead of only hijacking search result links, Opachki...

SMB2 Exploit Fitted into Metasploit; Attacks Likely

Fully functional exploit code for the still unpatched Windows SMB v2 vulnerability has been released to the public domain via the freely available Metasploit point-and-click attack tool, raising the likelihood for remote in-the-wild code execution attacks. The exploit, created and released by...

Attackers Pounce on Microsoft FTP in IIS Vulnerability

Less than a week after the publication of exploit code for a gaping hole in the FTP Service in Microsoft Internet Information Services IIS, attackers are launching what is described as “limited attacks” against Windows users. Microsoft has updated its security advisory to warn of the new attacks...

55,000 Hacked Sites Serving Malware Cocktail

Security researchers are raising an alarm for a potent malware cocktail — backdoor Trojans and password stealers — being pushed to Windows users from about 55,000 hacked Web sites. According to Mary Landesman, a researcher in ScanSafe’s security threat alert team, the cybercriminals have embedded...

55,000 Hacked Sites Serving Malware Cocktail

Security researchers are raising an alarm for a potent malware cocktail — backdoor Trojans and password stealers — being pushed to Windows users from about 55,000 hacked Web sites. According to Mary Landesman, a researcher in ScanSafe’s security threat alert team, the cybercriminals have embedded...

Microsoft plugs gaping holes in IE, Excel, Windows

Microsoft today released its April batch of security patches: 8 bulletins with patches for at least 20 documented holes in popular software products. The most serious of the flaws could lead to remote code execution attacks that give a malicious hacker complete ownership of a vulnerable machine...

Opera plugs code-execution vulnerabilities

Opera Software has shipped a high-priority security patch for its flagship Web browser to plug at least three vulnerabilities that expose Windows users to code execution and cross-domain scripting attacks. The Opera 9.64 upgrade also adds support for DEP Data Execution Prevention and ASLR Address...

[SECURITY] Winbind's rfc2307 & SFU nss_info plugin in Samba 3.0.25[a-c] assigns users a primary gid of 0 by default

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 ========================================================== == == Subject: Incorrect primary group assignment for == domain users using the rfc2307 or sfu == winbind nss info plugin. == == CVE ID: CVE-2007-4138 == == Versions: Samba 3.0.25 - 3.0.25c...