New Waledac Campaign: SMS ‘Snooping’ Software

After attempting to shock us with dire news of terrorist bombings, Waledac now attempts to entice us with offers of spying somebody else’s (notably a lover’s) SMS messages.

The links in the spammed messages shown above lead to a malicious website, which offers a 30-day trial for a SMS (Short Messaging Service) Spying software. [...]

Online Casino, Geocities, and Waledac

Deviating from Conficker/Downad update and jigsaw puzzle menace, Waledac updated its spam emails and is now spamming online casino advertisements.

The spammed email contains a URL link to a Yahoo! Geocities web page which is shown in Figure 4, and when the link “Play now” is clicked, it shows a casino related image ad [...]

April 2009 Patch Tuesday Release

Microsoft released a total of 8 patches last April 14, comprising of 5 critical, 2 moderate, and 1 important update for the Windows OS. More information on the said patches are given below: • (MS09-009) Vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office Excel Could Cause Remote Code Execution (968557) • (MS09-010} Vulnerabilities in WordPad and Office Text [...]