A specially crafted .PDF file, detected by Trend Micro as TROJ_PIDIEF.ASP, was recently found to have infected several Indian, Thai, and New Zealand websites. The Trojan takes advantage of critical vulnerabilities in Adobe Reader 9.1.3 and Acrobat 9.1.3; Adobe Reader 8.1.6 and Acrobat 8.1.6 for Windows, Macintosh, and UNIX; and Adobe Reader 7.1.3 and [...]
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Trend Micro threat analysts were recently alerted to a phishing attempt targeting random employees of several companies. The email posed as a notification from the company’s “system administrator,” reminding the employee to update his/her system’s software due to a recent server software upgrade. The spammed email, like other phishing emails, contained a URL that [...] The solution for the vulnerability that was left unpatched during last month’s patch cycle was included in the recently released security advisory, along with a dozen other vulnerability reports. Of the 13 security vulnerabilities fixed today, 8 vulnerabilities were marked “critical” while the other 5 were marked “important.” This month’s release covered a wide [...] Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple – users relying on pirated copies of software also do [...] |
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