3rd USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats Call for Papers
The 3rd USENIX Workshop on Large-Scale Exploits and Emergent Threats (LEET ’10) announced a Call for Papers. Important dates Submissions due: Thursday, February 25, …
Security suite PenTBox 1.0.1 beta released
PenTBox is a security suite with programs like password crackers, Denial of Service testing tools, secure password generators, honeypots and much more. Programmed in Ruby, and …
The lifecycle of Web-based malware
According to the August edition of the MessageLabs Intelligence monthly report, it can be a costly exercise for the bad guys to produce new families of malware in order to …
Rogue software: BlockDefense
Here is the latest bogus antispyware that’s trying to get your money: BlockDefense. According to Lavasoft Affiliates, the last in a long stream of similar …
DDoS botnets for rent
Gunter Ollmann at Damballa’s blog says that if you are interested in renting a botnet, you just need to know how to search the Web. As unimmaginable (or unethical) as it …
What do we know about the Conficker worm?
According to John Markoff, we know what the Conficker worm does and how it does it, but little else. Who made it? What purpose does or will the network of 5 million zombie …
Software for more secure enterprise mashups
The OpenAjax Alliance announced the approval and availability of OpenAjax Hub 2.0 as an industry standard for more secure Web 2.0 mashup applications. Advances in security in …
Skype users targeted by voice-recording Trojan
Trend Micro researches named TROJ_SPAYKE.C the new Trojan that can listen to and record calls you make using Skype (VoIP). The executable file installs DLL components that …
SAINT 7 released
SAINT offers an integration of vulnerability assessment and penetration testing tools. The SAINT product suite offers a complete solution to evaluate the threats to your …
New message processing platform from Sendmail
Sendmail introduced Sentrion Message Processing Engine 4.0 – the foundation for the company’s Message Processors, which are available in virtual appliance …
MacPorts 1.8.0 released
The MacPorts project is an open-source community initiative to design an easy-to-use system for compiling, installing, and upgrading either command-line, X11 or Aqua based …
Spam linked to DDoS attacks against social networking websites
In early August, a number of very well-known social networking websites were reported to be victims of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks. According to MessageLabs, …