Pushdo/Cutwail – Can’t touch this (Part 3 of 5)

We’ve all been there. Your scheduled scan displays a popup with text similar to “A malicious file c:\definatelyNotAVirus_Honest.exe has been detected on your computer” On finding a malicious file some network administrators will even proactively submit suspicious files to multi-scanner online services such as “Virus Total” – which will scan the file with 40 [...]

Mediterranean Hacktivism on the Rise

The increasing number of website defacements by hackers in the Mediterranean region highlights persistent Web server security issues. A few weeks ago, Turkish hackers defaced several New Zealand websites, among them some high-profile and high-traffic sites, by modifying the pages to display messages like “Stop the war Israel (sic),” or a picture of Bill [...]