by Alex Eckelberry | May 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
Today, we caught a very pernicious spam loaded with malware from the “Better Business Bureau”.Now, a more generic version of this spam was reported on an antispam forum recently, likely from a worm. However, this version we received today is highly personalized,...
by Alex Eckelberry | May 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
Andreas Marx of AV-Test.org has completed his latest tests on AV engines. From his notes:We tested 29 products for the detection of most recently seen verified working Win32 PE malware of the last 12 month — separated into the four categories backdoors, bots,...
by Alex Eckelberry | May 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
As you’ve probably heard already (sorry, I’ve been slow on blogging today), Google has a new security blog.And their first blog post makes an important point:Unfortunately, the scope of the problem has recently been somewhat misreported to suggest that one in 10...
by Alex Eckelberry | May 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
If you’re against the concept of the National ID card, you can sign a petition here. Alex Eckelberry
by Alex Eckelberry | May 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
Recently, I blogged about MOICE, a technology to convert older Office files into the new Metro format, and in the process, attempt to strip out any exploit code.From Microsoft:Today we are announcing the availability of the Microsoft Office Isolated Conversion...