OSSEC 2.4 released
The OSSEC team is pleased to announce the general availability of OSSEC version 2.4. There are lots of new features and bug fixes, but these are the main changes: Added daily …
Trojans are the most constant infectious vector
The generic mechanism that spreads using removable devices – Trojan.AutorunInf.Gen – is the top e-threat for March with 13.40 percent of the total amount of global …
Silent auto-patching for Flash plug-in within Chrome
The exhausting, continuous patching of software will, hopefully, some day come to an end. I seriously doubt it will be because of flawless code, but the possibility of having …
1,800 Office bugs discovered by Microsoft’s “fuzzing botnet”
Distributed Fuzzing Framework is what they call it at Microsoft, and it’s the realization of an idea that originated with one of the software designer engineers of its …
Stalker jailed for planting child porn on a computer
An elaborate scheme to get the husband of a co-worker he was obsessed with locked up in jail, backfired on Ilkka Karttunen, a 48-year from Essex. His plan was to get the …
Games on social networks increase spam and phishing by 50%
In order to reach high scores, social entertainment applications require users to gather a considerable number of friends and supporters to play the same game, leading to …
Wireshark 1.2.7 released
Wireshark is a popular network protocol analyzer. It is used for troubleshooting, analysis, development, and education. The following bugs have been fixed: SNMPv3 Engine ID …
Evolving malware attack strategies exploit online user behavior
The popularity of social networking services and changes in online user behavior are driving broader attack strategies, including complex blended threats, faster malware …
Rogue software details: BraveSentry
BraveSentry is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …
Swiss privacy: Myth or reality?
How is privacy impacting Swiss banks? It’s time for a change according to Dr. David Costa, Professor at Robert Kennedy College who comments on Bloomberg TV.
Hacked Yahoo email accounts in China and Taiwan
Yahoo email accounts of several journalists and human activists have been hacked and their contents likely downloaded in what seems like an organized attack concentrated on …
QuickTime 7.6.6 fixes security issues
Here is the security content related to QuickTime 7.6.6, available for download here. Playing maliciously crafted audio content may lead to an unexpected application …