Archive for January, 2008

2007: How was it for security?

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

2007: How was it for security?
ZDNet Australia - It’s exactly the same way millions of Windows-based users become infected with malware on a regular basis, so the fact that Apple customers are doing this voluntarily seems less than intelligent. As the year begun, Microsoft was again being

Hollywood Undercover
Wired - Upcoming presentations include Malware Mitigation in Criminal Investigations and DoD Incident Handling Policy. But for now they re getting a break. Johnny Long, a security researcher at Computer Sciences Corporation and author of Google

Cyber criminals on the prowl
Business Standard - MessageLabs Intelligence report predicts that video file formats will be the next on the cyber-criminals list of scams, and spammers will follow the example of malware writers with PowerPoint attachments. Rohas Nagpal, president, Asian School

Brief: Fake codecs continue to plague searches

Tuesday, January 1st, 2008

Brief: Fake codecs continue to plague searches
Fake codecs continue to plague searches

Shorter URLs help phishers hook more victims
Cybercriminals are shrinking host names of malicious sites to lend them an air of legitimacy, according to security researchers.

Apple QuickTime exploit in the wild
An active exploit has been seen by Symantec for a vulnerability that affects the latest versions of Apple QuickTime.

Bugtraq: [ GLSA 200712-24 ] AMD64 x86 emulation GTK+ library: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
[ GLSA 200712-24 ] AMD64 x86 emulation GTK+ library: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code