Duqu not developed by Stuxnet author
The Dell SecureWorks Counter Threat Unit (CTU) research team has been analyzing the Duqu trojan which received a great deal of attention because it is similar to the infamous …
Cyber crooks migrate to “ce.ms” free domains
Online scammers and malware peddlers often exhibit locust-like behavior as they migrate from one type of free domains to another in order to evade detection by spam filters …
Combating Halloween malware threats
GFI Software released tips for spotting and combating malware attacks and threats in the run up to Halloween. Halloween has now become firmly established as a family event in …
Facebook spammers trick users into sharing anti-CSRF tokens
Facebook spammers have already used a number of different approaches to make users inadvertently propagate their scams, and most of them fall into the social engineering …
Endpoint Protector 4 released
CoSoSys released a new version of their flagship device control and data loss prevention solution, Endpoint Protector. Offering enhanced protection, increased effectiveness …
National-scale iris and fingerprint identification
Neurotechnology announced MegaMatcher Accelerator 4.0, the latest update of the company’s multi-biometric software and hardware solution for high-volume, high-speed …
Android malware is stealing your data
The second half of 2011 has been an active one for cyber criminals, who have been increasingly looking for chances to set up new scams in the mobile device environment. …
Microsoft drops suit against Kelihos botnet domain provider
The recent takedown of the relatively small Kelihos botnet and the subsequent civil suit raised by Microsoft was the first ever in which some of the defendants were …
Hackers attacked U.S. government satellites
Two U.S. satellites have been tampered with by hackers – possibly Chinese ones – in 2007 and 2008, claims a soon-to-be released report by the the U.S.-China …
Websense introduces URL categories and social web controls
Websense introduced URL categories and social web controls that enable IT managers to better regulate specific employee actions, reduce exposure to dangerous data-stealing …
Fake DHL delivery notification carries info-stealer Trojan
Malware peddlers have once again started a spam run that consists of emails purportedly sent by DHL. They spoofed the sender information, making it look like the email was …
Cisco WebEx Player WRF file processing vulnerabilities
Multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities exist in the Cisco WebEx Recording Format (WRF) player. In some cases, exploitation of the vulnerabilities could allow a remote …
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