by Alex Eckelberry | Feb 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Representatives of computer companies and governments meeting at the EastWest Institute security meeting in Brussels said that an industry culture of obscure jargon is preventing the world’s two billion Internet users from putting security measures in place to protect...
by Alex Eckelberry | Feb 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
Evgeny Legerov, founder of Intevydis in Moscow, has created an exploit that hits a previously unknown heap-corruption vulnerability in the Firefox browser. The code isn’t readily available though, since he’s put it in a module to the automated exploitation system he...
by Alex Eckelberry | Feb 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
First, make a note: after Adobe updates, restart your machine immediately to remove the Adobe Download Manger – it can be a vector for malcode.Now, back to our story.Aviv Raff has discovered a vulnerability with Adobe’s web site in combination with its Download...
by Alex Eckelberry | Feb 19, 2010 | Uncategorized
“Dammed thieves. Stole our logo. I suppose we should be flattered, though.”— A.E.Old rogue, new package:AntivirusProtectionCenterav2009.exe : crc6:7f3d73762762crc8:003091628c68deccmd5:d71d1e303ab963fdae76936ba52a05b7AMC.exe...
by Alex Eckelberry | Feb 18, 2010 | Uncategorized
Herndon, Va., forensics firm NetWitness has said that the Zeus botnet has breached the networks of nearly 2,500 organizations in nearly 200 countries, including 10 U.S. federal agencies. NetWitness researchers said many victims are Fortune 500 companies in energy,...
