President’s death used for fake AV peddling
Scammers are taking advantage of the people’s interest in the news of the tragic death of Poland’s President Lech Kaczynski to peddle their fake AV software. By …
Farm Town players targeted by malvertisements?
Players of the popular Facebook game application Farm Town are warned not to fall for the fake security warnings claiming that the user is infected by a virus that pop up …
Endpoint data leak prevention still a major headache
More than one in three (38%) of respondents are still failing to deploy any form of data leak prevention, whether that be device control, endpoint DLP or DLP appliances. …
Cash extortion scheme targets BitTorrent users
BitTorrent users are targeted by an unprecedented extortion campaign that threatens them with legal action for copyright infringement, unless the pay a $400 …
WordPress hacked, affected blogs point to malware site
A throng of blogs have been compromised and are pointing readers to a malicious website containing scripts that lead to a Trojan that drops and executes other malicious files. …
Microsoft Visual Studio 2010 and Microsoft .NET Framework 4 available
Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 have something for every developer. The new editor, now using Windows Presentation Foundation, supports concepts such as the use of …
Rogue software details: Antivirus Suite
Antivirus Suite 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 …
New books: Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Forefront Threat Management Gateway
Windows Server 2008 Administrator’s Pocket Consultant, Second Edition includes coverage of Windows Server 2008 R2 enhancements, including Hyper-V with Live Migration, …
Week in review: Phone phishing, botnet monetization, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Insufficient employee security training for the cloud Despite …
Trojan disguised as Windows Mobile game
A “trojanized” pirated version of a 3D first-person shooter game for the Windows mobile platform found its way to some Windows Mobile freeware download sites and …
The botnet economy
It is somewhat difficult for us – the potential victims – to appreciate the effectiveness of the various botnets and to aknowledge that the botnet masters have …
XBox gamers, beware!
Various fake websites that purport to be hosting a XBox Live application have been detected by Sunbelt, but are actually intent on making you download and run a password …