Several news outlets (including eWEEK and Washington Post) are reporting on a new piece of malware embedded into pirated copies of Microsoft’s Windows 7 for the express purpose of building a botnet. According to researchers at Damballa, the bootleg copies of the new operating system have been posted on torrent sites and was infecting [...]
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On the heels of a series of malware attacks targeting home routers, D-Link today announced the integration of a CAPTCHA system to its home and small office routers. The new CAPTCHA system will be particularly useful to thwart malicious attacks that target default passwords on routers to alter DNS records to hijack all future [...] Microsoft has slapped a massive band-aid on its PowerPoint presentation software to cover at least 14 documented security vulnerabilities. The MS09-017 update, rated “critical,” includes a fix for a known code execution flaw that was used to launch targeted exploits via rigged PowerPoint files. [ SEE: Patch Tuesday: Fix coming for PowerPoint zero-day ] [...] On the same day Microsoft shipped a bundle of patches for gaping holes in its PowerPoint software, Apple followed suit, dropping a monster Mac OS X update to correct 67 security vulnerabilities. The sudden Apple Patch Day also included a patch to cover a trio of flaws in the Safari Web browser (Mac OS X [...] Unless you’ve been off the Internet for the last seven years, you’ve probably heard of the massive security problem: botnets. These networks of infected computers commanded by criminal outfits can launch coordinated attacks, host malicious websites or send spam – lots of it. One of the biggest spamming botnets out there is Pushdo, a botnet [...] |
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