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Monthly Archives: March 2012
Critical Security Update for Adobe Flash Player
Adobe has issued a recent security update for its Flash Player software that fixes at least two critical vulnerabilities. Finally, this latest version will also include an auto-updating function which will streamline the deployment of Flash security fixes across multiple browsers. Do you feel as if every time you…
Posted in Technology Trends, Web Security
Tagged Adobe Air, Adobe Flash, Adobe Security Updates, Air, Flash
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MasterCard and Visa are warning banks about a possible breach…
MasterCard and Visa are warning banks about a possible breach at a credit card processor, according to a report from Krebsonsecurity.com. Update, 4:45 pm: Atlanta based processor Global Payments just confirmed the breach via press release. Their full statement is below: “Global Payments Inc. (NYSE: GPN),…
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Tagged Credit Card Breach, Heartland Payment Systems, MasterCard, PCSU, Visa
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Microsoft Co-founder Falls Victim To Identity Theft
Federal authorities this month charged a US Army deserter with identity theft after being caught stealing credit card information from one of the richest men on the planet, Microsoft co-founder/multi-billionaire Paul Allen. Brandon Lee Price, an AWOL soldier from Pittsburgh swiped Allen’s Citibank credit card…
Posted in Uncategorized
Tagged Brandon Lee Price, Citibank, Identity Theft, Microsoft Co-founder, Paul Allen
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How a Financial Botnet Infects Your Computer
An animation demonstrating how a financial botnet like Zeus infects a person’s computer. Zeus is a Trojan horse that steals banking information by Man-in-the-browser keystroke logging and Form Grabbing. Zeus is spread mainly through drive-by downloads and phishing schemes. Zeus is very difficult to detect…
Posted in Exploits, Vulnerabilities, Web Security
Tagged Financial Botnet, Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit, Zeus
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“RDPKill” Hack Tool
F-Secure’s blog is reporting about a tool that exploits MS12-020 vulnerabilities. Since the public release of Microsoft’s MS12-020 bulletin , there have been plenty of attempts to exploit vulnerabilities in the Remote Desktop Protocol(RDP). Recently, a new tool appeared called “RDPKill by: Mark DePalma” that was designed to…
Enter the world of hackers and cyber sleuths
The internet is touted as one of the most important inventions in the history of modern man, and like the discovery of the atom, its ability to benefit mankind is matched only by its potential to unleash massive destruction. Web Warriors is a one-hour documentary…
Posted in Exploits, Technology Trends, Vulnerabilities, Web Security
Tagged Cyber Sleuths, Hackers, Mikko Hypponen, Web Warriors
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Fake AVG Scam on Twitter
There’s been a spike of activity recently regarding AVG and its products. The tweets contain a link, hidden by a link-shortener and encourages users to go a website made-up to look exactly like the official AVG site.
Posted in Exploits, Security Products, Social Networks, Virus Outbreak Alerts, Vulnerabilities, Web Security
Tagged AVG, AVG Free, AVG Scam on Twitter, Fake AV, Twitter
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Tech Support Scammers Target Windows Users and Anti-virus Customers by Phone
Tech support scammers have started targeting Windows users and various antivirus customers according to reports from antivirus vendors Avast and ESET. In order to trick victims into believing that their computers have a problem, scammers commonly leverage the Windows Event Viewer, a legitimate Microsoft application…
Rogue AV Remains a Popular Threat Tactic
Over past few months, the news has been all about who got hacked, what software is vulnerable and should be patched, and what the latest Web threat is like, which ranges from simple spam to those deemed as advanced persistent threats (APTs). Between the “least dangerous” and the…
Latest malware trends
Top 10 threats on the Internet № Name % of all attacks Change in ranking 1 Malicious URL 91.26% 0 2 Trojan.Script.Iframer 5.81% 0 3 Trojan.Script.Generic 2.15% 0 4 Trojan-Downloader.Script.Generic 0.95% 2 5 Trojan.Win32.Generic 0.47% -2 6 Trojan-Downloader.JS.Agent.gmr 0.43% new 7 Trojan-Spy.JS.Agent.c 0.37% -2 8…
Posted in Exploits, Virus Outbreak Alerts, Vulnerabilities, Web Security
Tagged internet threats, malicious activity, Malware, virus
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