by Alex Eckelberry | Dec 31, 2009 | Uncategorized
Jerome Segura, a Security Analyst at ParetoLogic of Victoria, B.C., Canada, just posted a nice piece on computer security practices with a different perspective in his “Malware Diaries” Blog.He begins his list of security tips by considering four classes of...
by Alex Eckelberry | Dec 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Gunter Ollmann, VP of research for Damballa security firm in Atlanta, has blogged about the underground service industry that has sprung up to support botnet and malware groups. He found “botnet support” and “malware quality assurance” sites. There’s 24×7 support...
by Alex Eckelberry | Dec 30, 2009 | Uncategorized
Hong Kong-headquartered security firm Network Box reported that an analysis of web-based threats showed that phishing doubled in a month, probably because of the number of potential victims — people shopping on line in December. Network Box said that its...
by Alex Eckelberry | Dec 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
From a site that is hacked and serving phishes:What’s mildly interesting is the types of phishes — “speciality phishes” that are not your typical banking/finance scam. These are phishes that are highly targeted, in this case at email systems of tiny Hamiltom College...
by Alex Eckelberry | Dec 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
It’s the time of year to make predictions. I only have one: in 2010, governments around the world will BEGIN to increase their efforts to do something about the massive malware threat that every Internet user on the planet faces.It’s going to be controversial and...
