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Scareware posing as a Firefox update has been developed by cyber criminals. This tactic marks a change in approach from the usual for this kind of scam. Typically surfers are lured to malicious sites via search engine manipulation. Fake scans … Continue reading
An unpatched shortcut handling flaw in Windows has begun to be exploited by the infamous Zeusbot. The flaw was first used by the sophisticated Stuxnet worm to target SCADA-based industrial control and power plant systems. Attacks began appearing last week, … Continue reading
The past week has seen the number of attacks on vulnerable XP machines rocket. Microsoft has warned customers to deploy counter measures until a patch is released. On Wednesday Microsoft’s security team said it has detected over 10,000 that have … Continue reading
Apple?s browser, Safari, is still vulnerable to attacks after more than 2 years. It?s vulnerability allows websites to litter a users HDD with thousands of malicious files. This vulnerability named the ?carpet bomb?, was disclosed to the public in May … Continue reading
Researchers say they have discovered a new way to bypass the built in protection of most popular AV products. the list includes BitDefender, Trend Micro, AVG and McAfee. Software security researchers at matousec.com execute the attack by exploiting the driver … Continue reading
Security boffins have reported that an application posing as an iPhone unlocking utility will actually highjack internet connections and compromise windows PCs. A victim is tricked into visiting a dirty website after receiving a spam message. The domain, iphone-iphone.info, offers … Continue reading
New research shows how a manipulated PDF file can spread infection to other PDF files on a system. NitroSecurity application security researcher, Jeremy Conway, has discovered an attack scenario that proves PDFs are ?wormable?. Viruses by definition are capable of … Continue reading
Developers at Firefox say they are close to plugging a hole that has affected every major browser for over a decade. The hole is an information leak of a browsers history. The cascading style sheets history attack enables web masters … Continue reading
An e-mail malware attack has been launched into the ether, using tournament material to trick the unsuspecting. Fake e-mails from Greenlife, an African safari organiser, have been arriving in mailboxes. They contain a PDF attachment containing a payload that uses … Continue reading
It seems that most AV suites still can’t block Aurora. Operation Aurora was used in the highly publicised attack against Google. Independent tests at NSS labs have analysed the effectiveness of?seven popular security packages against different strains of the Aurora … Continue reading
