Enterprise Security Update

Security Researcher Uncovers Massive eCrime Attack

Christopher — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 05:53:06 +0000

Neosploit, a crimeware kit thought by some security experts to have been retired, has reared its ugly head again, and may have been used in one of the biggest organized crimeware attacks in history. ...

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Top Malware for September 2008

Christopher — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:39:28 +0000

Here is September’s most widespread malware according to Kaspersky Security Network. The most interesting thing the previous leader Trojan.Win32.DNSChanger.ech is nowhere to be...

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Google Chrome logs keystrokes

Christopher — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:33:59 +0000

Long considered to be malware and a threat to privacy and security, keylogging software has been found on Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 and Google Chrome. However, these keyloggers were not placed...

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Malware Statistics for August 2008

Christopher — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:58:10 +0000

In its second month of compiling data, the new Kaspersky Security Network (KSN) technology revealed some significant changes amongst the most widespread malicious programs. The first table is based...

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DNS Exploit at Black Hat

Christopher — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:36:45 +0000

As Dan Kaminsky recently demonstrated at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, the DNS security flaw presents a serious vulnerability. In case there was previously any doubt, he showed just how...

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Full Disk Encryption - A Security Measure Necessity

Christopher — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 02:05:27 +0000

In February, Pfizer, the world’s leader in biomedical and pharmaceutical research, reported stolen a laptop computer which carried classified information for 800 contractors as well as current...

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Beware of fake Adobe Flash installs

Christopher — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 14:54:22 +0000

Adobe is reporting an unusually high number of social networking sites hosting fake Adobe Flash installations. These installations are installing malicious software on to your computer. Like all...

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Malware Statistics July 2008

Christopher — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 02:05:21 +0000

Throughout July the majority (76%) of all malware identified fell into the Trojan category. Of the 20,704 unique malware findings in July, 20,000 of them were found in the...

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In the wild: DNS Cache Poisoning

Christopher — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 14:51:31 +0000

Three publicly available DNS exploits are available that exploit the recent DNS vulnerabilities brought to light by Dan Kaminsky. These exploits have been downloaded over 15,000 times, although we...

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Your DNS is Vulnerable!

Christopher — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 16:01:17 +0000

There are currently known vulnerabilities with DNS servers across all implementations. These vulnerabilities are not vendor specific, in fact all DNS distributions are vulnerable. I recommend all...

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