by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
One of our rogue researchers from the seventh-floor caves brought this to my attention today. It’s an advertisement for mobile device texting spyware sold by some Russian folks we’ve known for a long time. They’re also the folks who bring you rogue anti-malware sold...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
As an update to my May post on Andreas Marx’s chart on the growth of malware, here are the latest stats from AV-Test.org. Unique samples added by month: Total number of unique samples in the AV-Test zoo: According to Marx, “if you look at the graphics, you can see...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
I often have to explain targeted attacks to people, but having examples makes the task much easier. To that end, our friends over at F-Secure have put together a collection screen shots of various “bait” files — files that when you open them,...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Bill Emerick, formerly VP of Product Management for Sophos, has joined Sunbelt, as VP of Product Management and Operations. We’re thrilled to have him on the team. Welcome aboard, Bill. Incidentally, we’re growing very fast and hiring for a broad...
by Alex Eckelberry | Jul 23, 2009 | Uncategorized
Adobe is reporting yet another “potential vulnerability” affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.2 and Flash Player 9 and 10 and is “investigating this potential issue.” (their blog post here.) Malicious Flash files can be embedded in PDF documents which can be...
