Mozilla slaps band-aid on 11 Firefox flaws

Mozilla has joined this week’s patchapalooza with the release of a Firefox update to fix 11 documented security vulnerabilities. Six of the 11 issues are in advisories rated “critical” because of the risk of code execution attacks that could allow hackers to take complete control of a compromised machine. Here’s a snapshot of the [...]

The Good and the Bad of Being A New Spam Bot

It seems like a new spam bot is currently being developed. Few days ago it was posted a pretty good analysis of a relatively simple spam bot, which Trend Micro detects as TROJ_PROXY.AIF. This spam bot is quite straightforward. On execution the trojan (TROJ_PROXY.AIF) issues a DNS query to a single domain in order [...]

Will Microsoft’s Free Antivirus App be Worth the Price?

Microsoft is getting ready to offer Windows users a free antivirus product (code name Morro), something it should have built into one of its operating systems a long time ago. But, of course, Microsoft never makes things simple. So the big question is will Morro be worth the price?

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Botnet Research on WALEDAC and PUSHDO

TrendLabs researchers have recently published their research on two of the most prevalent botnets in the threat landscape to date: Infiltrating WALEDAC Botnet’s Covert Operations Spam is not a mere inbox annoyance anymore but is the first step toward executing more dangerous kinds of system infiltration. Malware are no longer discrete executables but a motley [...]

Updated FREE 1 Year PC Tools Internet Security 2009 Registration Code

Today I will be sharing with you guys a quick tip on how to obtain a 1 year PC Tools Internet Security license for free. PC Tools is an all-in-one security suite featuring their award-winning anti-spyware, anti-virus, firewall and spam protection. It is able to detect, remove and block all types of spyware, adware, viruses, [...]