Week in review: Social engineering, Facebook clickjacking and a new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine
Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news and articles: Automated social engineering PoC successful on Facebook and IRC In order to reach a …
HTML files redirect users to malicious sites, evade mail server antivirus
Facebook, Twitter and Skype are Internet behemoths, counting hundreds of millions users each, so it is not surprising that many malicious email campaigns masquerade as …
Apple updates Mac malware protection
Researchers at Sophos discovered that Apple updated the anti-malware protection built-into Mac OS X when it released a new version earlier this week. Mac OS X 10.6.4 has been …
Zbot Trojan delivery via fake Pentagon emails
Attention-piquing malicious spam emails purportedly coming from the DHS, the Pentagon or the Transportation Security Administration have recently been spotted by Sophos. With …
Microsoft fights online fraud with new program
Microsoft released a new program that will help mitigate potential losses due to online fraud and account compromise. Internet Fraud Alert offers a trusted and effective …
HTTPS Everywhere Firefox extension: Encrypt the Web
HTTPS Everywhere is a Firefox extension produced as a collaboration between The Tor Project and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It encrypts your communications with a …
Rogue software details: Defense Center
Defense Center is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files …
LiveVault 7.0: Application and server backup
Iron Mountain announced LiveVault 7.0, a fully managed, cloud-based data protection solution with proactive administration and monitoring. The latest version of LiveVault …
Juniper Networks releases Junos Pulse and AppTrack software
Juniper Networks announced Junos Pulse and AppTrack software. Junos Pulse is a dynamic, standards-based, integrated multi-service network client that allows the IT staff to …
Enterprise malware threat detection and response
HBGary and Verdasys announced an integrated enterprise security solution to detect and control malware threats. Available in July, the solution will feature HBGary’s …
Next-generation Trojan plunders East European bank accounts
Russian and Ukrainian banks have been lately trying to stop the onslaught of BlackEnergy 2, a Trojan that manages to bypass the Java application that the customers use to …
WordPress 3.0 released
WordPress 3.0, the thirteenth major release of WordPress and the culmination of half a year of work by 218 contributors, is now available for download and comes with 1,217 bug …
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