Security Trends of 2008 Part 4: The Dreaded Storm and MPack

Picking up from the last time after my two-month long hiatus, I bring you now the greatest security threats of 2008: Storm and MPack.

Loki on July 14, 2008 | Filed Under Security | Leave a Comment

Media Defender Attacks Revision3 with a DDOS

One of the best things about the internet is free media. Whether it’s a podcast, vlog, or even a Creative Commons ebook, I love being able to access other people’s works on any device or platform. One of the most awesome free media companies out there is Revision3. These guys make shows like Diggnation, Tekzilla, and The Totally Rad Show and put them up in tons of formats for absolutely no charge. Sure they have ads and sponsors, but not six minute blocks like broadcast television.

Jeremy on June 5, 2008 | Filed Under Security | 1 Comment

Security Update: May 28

Phishing Scam Themed On China Earthquake

These are times when the malware in your inbox can give you some idea of what’s happening in the world. Register points out that e-mail with infected word attachments are making the rounds.

Arun on May 28, 2008 | Filed Under Security | Leave a Comment

Security Friday: May 9 2008

New Spam Record

Figure this, 50% of spam comes from a single source, a 3,00,000 zombie computers strong botnet called Srizbi.

An excerpt from Infoworld:

Arun on May 9, 2008 | Filed Under Security | Leave a Comment

Security Friday : Web Attacks Galore

Scrapkut worm spread via code injection

A new breed of malware targets the scrap book feature on Google’s Social Networking site Orkut and spreads by active code injection as scrap book entries to all the contacts of the user.

An excerpt from Register:

People who click on the link are redirected to an external site hosting malware that’s disguised as a Flash upgrade. Users duped into installing the software get malicious Javascript code injected into their next active Orkut web session. This malicious scrapbook entry is then sent to all the victims’ friends, recommencing the infection cycle.

Arun on March 21, 2008 | Filed Under Security | Leave a Comment

Security Friday: Anatomy of a PC Virus

The common cold infects a person’s respiratory system, manifested by sore throat, runny nose, sneezing, and cough. It spreads through the air when an infected person coughs and sneezes, and through contact with an infected person’s saliva or nasal emissions. The common cold virus breaks into cells within the lining inside our noses and settles there, using the cells’ ability to multiply for it to spread and infect its host. Worse comes to worst, common cold can lead to sinusitis, pneumonia, or even bronchitis, if not properly treated. That’s how human viruses work.

Computer viruses, on the other hand, are so named because they live up to their organic ancestors’ name and culture: invade, inhabit, infect. However, a computer is far complicated a host than a human. Let’s see how a virus penetrates the complex innards of a computer and promotes damage.

Loki on March 7, 2008 | Filed Under Security | 2 Comments

Security Friday: February 29

Disable ActiveX altogether, advises US-CERT

The U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) has advised users to completely disable ActiveX from their internet browsers owing to vectors that were spotted in many recent web applications including social networking sites Facebook and MySpace.

ActiveX seems to enjoy the status of melting pot of vulnerabilities in the security community. The wide spread adoption of Microsoft’s product adds a lot more to the problems. Its just in the scheme of things that the popular software gets targeted most.

Arun on February 29, 2008 | Filed Under Security | 1 Comment

Security Trends of 2008 Part 3: The Spam Experimentation

Picking up from where we left last time, there are two other important spam formats worthy of notice. These two are special because they are proof that spammers not only wanted to sneak their spam into your inboxes, but they are also in the constant quest of finding which one is the more effective. Spammers have taken on the advertisement challenge in a more scientific, step-by-step procedure: the spam experimentation.

Loki on February 19, 2008 | Filed Under Security | 2 Comments

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