Rogue software details: InternetSecurity2010
InternetSecurity2010 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 …
The future of spam: 2010 and beyond
The economics behind spam dictate that 2010 will be another active year for spammers. The distribution of spam emails is set to continue as long as distribution channels …
U.S. and Russia discuss cyberwarfare
The United States and Russia have made the first tentative steps towards an agreement regarding the hardening of Internet security and restricting the use of cyberspace for …
Interactive packet manipulation tool
Scapy is a powerful interactive packet manipulation program. It is able to forge or decode packets of a wide number of protocols, send them on the wire, capture them, match …
Threat alert: Fake Flash greeting card
Cisco Security Intelligence Operations has detected serious activity related to spam e-mail messages that claim to contain a greeting card. The text in the spam message …
Malware in rich media and content
Cybercriminals most commonly used PDF and Shockwave Flash rich-media formats during the first half of 2009. In their State of the Internet 2009 report, CA discusses how …
Office 2003 bug blocks access to files
On Friday, a bug in the Office 2003 products (Word, Excel, Outlook and Powerpoint) caused users to be unable to open or save files that were protected by the Active Directory …
Facebook privacy and security guide
This is a video created by Tom Eston from SocialMediaSecurity walking you through the new Facebook privacy settings. It also covers notifications, Facebook Ads and hiding your …
A closer look at Trend Micro HouseCall 7.1
HouseCall is a on-demand scanner for identifying and removing viruses, Trojans, worms, unwanted browser plugins, and other malware. It is a stand-alone thin-client application …
Identify vulnerabilities with Microsoft’s CAT.NET tool
CAT.NET is a binary code analysis tool that helps identify common variants of certain prevailing vulnerabilities that can give rise to common attack vectors such as Cross-Site …
Attacks on strong authentication factors need new defenses
Fraudsters have started to raid user accounts by beating strong two-factor authentication methods. Gartner analysts said that Trojan-based, man-in-the-browser attacks are …
The 2010 threat landscape
The 2010 threat landscape In conjunction with their State of the Internet 2009 report, CA outlined their online security predictions for 2010. 1. Search engine optimization …
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