2012
Botnet which uses Tor for masking
This novel approach brings all sorts of advantages for zombie PC herders, as G-Data explains.
Windows 8 users are vulnerable because of active exploits for Flash
Microsoft's Windows 8 is vulnerable to attack by exploits that hackers have been aiming at PCs for several weeks, Adobe confirmed Friday.
Facebook Contends With 2 Security Threats
Hackers took advantage of a security flaw to make it appear as if spam was being sent from users’ friends while other online malcontents fooled 90,00…
New Attack Uses SSL/TLS Information Leak to Hijack HTTPS Sessions
The researchers plan to present their findings at the Ekoparty conference in Argentina later this month and are not revealing exactly which feature o…
2012 Norton Cybercrime report, a worrying scenario
This article brings summary of information from Norton Cybercrime report 2012.
Be aware of fraudulent alert contains a trojan
Unknown attackers are attempting to persuade email recipients to open attachments that contain a trojan by claiming to be from The Google Accounts Te…
Video from hidden cameras that skimmer thieves placed at ATMs
It is terrifying, how many people still don't use basic security recommendation, as for example covering keyboard while entering their 4-digit code. …
FireEye Advanced Threat Report
The security firm FireEye has released an interesting report named “Advanced Threat Report” related first half of 2012 that provides an overview of…
Firefox, Opera allow crooks to hide an entire phish site in a link
The malicious web pages can be stored in data URIs - uniform resource identifiers, not to be confused with URLs - which stuff the web code into a han…
New Ransom malware infecting computers
Ransomware typically propagates like a typical computer worm, entering a system through, for example, a downloaded file or a vulnerability in a netwo…
The top Internet dangers for kids
As the Internet plays an increasingly prominent role in children’s lives, parents are getting increasingly worried about the ease with which undesira…
Critical flaw found in just-patched Java
Security Explorations - the Polish security startup that discovered the Java SE 7 vulnerabilities, which was target of recent web-based exploits, has…
AV-killing worm spreads via Facebook chat and IM clients
A rather industrious piece of malware that - among other things - paves the way for other malware by disabling AV solutions and software update modul…
Oracle's emergency Java patch blocks zero-day exploits
Oracle today issued an emergency update to patch the critical vulnerabilities hackers have been using in increasing numbers to hijack Windows PCs. Yo…
It is time to shutdown Java in browser up to corrected version release
The zero-day in Java that SecurityWeek reported on Monday has gotten worse, as it can be targeted from within the Blackhole Exploit Kit and Metasploi…
Cybercriminals impersonate popular security vendors
According to Websense, the campaign is low-volume, and is currently impersonating Symantec, F-Secure, Verisign and Sophos. The malicious payload (…
Use of popular toolbar can be risky too
Also a very popular and well-known toolbar can be a risk for security. About our experience with toolbar from Alexa you can read in actual blogpost f…
Educational video about Internet risks
Nice educational video about viruses, malware, phishing and other risks.
10 Tips for Protecting Mobile Users
Mobile employees, devices and data need protecting. Here are 10 tips to make it happen.
Enisa published report about existing and planned legislation in computer security
Report "Cyber Incident Reporting in the EU" mentioned besides other things also the role of national CSIRT teams in the course of incident handling.
NIST Issues Guidance on Certificate-Based Breaches
NIST's new "Preparing for and Responding to Certification Authority Compromise and Fraudulent Certificate Issuance" guidelines bulletin, which my com…
New Java Exploit
According to FireEye researcher Atif Mushtaq, the latest version of Java is vulnerable, and presumably earlier versions are as well.
Secure PHP Configuration
Repetition is the mother of wisdom. Several advices for secure PHP configuration.
Contemplation about malware Crisis
Resuming we have a malware that is able to infect four different environments such as Mac, Windows, virtual machines, and Windows Mobile and that rep…
New malware targeting BlackBerry Users
Those users who are targeted receive an email with the subject line “Your BlackBerry ID has been created.” The email encourages users to follow instr…
FBI warns of new internet virus holding computers hostage
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is warning computer users of a new virus that can attack computers when they visit an infected website. Unlike tr…
Crisis malware infects VMware virtual machines
Crisis is a computer Trojan program that targets Mac OS and Windows users. The malware was discovered by antivirus vendor Intego on July 24 and can r…
Microsoft warns of 'man-in-the-middle' VPN password hack
Microsoft yesterday warned Windows users of possible "man-in-the-middle" attacks able to steal passwords for some wireless networks and VPNs, or virt…
New Linux Distro for security analyst
A new GNU/Linux distribution or distro designed for helping you in every aspect of your mobile forensics, mobile malware analysis, reverse engineerin…
McAfee has a new Mobile Security software for Android
McAfee is expanding its mobile security software for Android tablets and smartphones, as it sees an increase in threats targeting Android devices, th…
Serious security flaw: iPhone bug allows SMS spoofing
It is a security bug which is present on all iPhones. Without your knowing sends SMS messages and also allows attackers to access your personal infor…
New spear-phishing attack targets energy sector
A new spear-phishing attack targeting a number of specific companies in a few industries including the energy sector has been spotted by several secu…
How to Spot Fake Antivirus Software
What a fake anti-virus looks like, and what to do if you have it installed in your PC, described us Raul R. Alvarez in his article.
Dark site of the internet
Dark site of the internet. Thats a topic of today's blogpost on our blog sites. You can read how and where criminal activity are going on.
Are you using Adobe Reader, consider change
Security analytics from Google points at the fact that Adobe still waiting with patching 46 reported bugs, and suggest change to other PDF viewer.
What Microsoft did for better security in Windows 8
Windows 8 is getting mixed reviews but there’s no doubt that Microsoft has taken significant steps to improve security. Patrick Lambert describes the…
Kaspersy Labs asking for public assistance
Kaspersky Lab appealed for help from top-notch cryptographers to help it break the encryption of a still-mysterious warhead delivered by the Gauss cy…
Why dont forget batch of patches from yesterday
Yesterday was published new batch of patches from Microsoft and Adobe companies. Many of them was marked as critical patch. More information are also…
Reveton, malware which is targeted on European users
Inside view of the malware gang which is responsible for online blackmailing.
New algorithm tracks down the origins of internet attacks
Swiss researcher Pedro Pinto and his colleagues at École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne suggest using the Sparse Interference algorithm to make t…
Malware Gauss found by Pallidi Norrow font
The Gauss malware installs a custom font called Palida Narrow. While it's not clear why this happens, security researchers are already proposing diff…
BotoPedia, emerging web-catalog of botnets
BotoPedia, a registry of Web bots, could help companies keep their sites open to good crawlers but closed to attackers and site scrapers.
FinFisher spyware found running on computers all over the world
The author claims that the one C&C Server is also in Czech Republic Corporate IT should monitor systems for signs of communication with command an…
Zitmo (mobile version of Zeus) is heading to BlackBerry
Researchers have found several samples of a new version of the mobile version of the Zeus malware, with these newest ones targeting the BlackBerry pl…
Ransomware is focusing on Europe
Rather than encrypt the entire hard drive, criminals are using fairly unsophisticated ransomware to lock a victim's PC and then demand cash for the k…
Nvidia Unix driver 304.32 have a high-risk vulnerability
Graphics chip maker Nvidia released a new version of its Unix driver on Friday in order to address a high-risk vulnerability that can be exploited by…
Phishing for Payroll with unpatched Java
Check your version of Java, because you could be another victim. The biggest problem is in path Java JRE. CVE2012-1723.
What is the TDoS
The explanation of this word and more information about this attack, can be found in the article. DDoS attacks aimed at telecom systems are on the ri…