October 19th, 2009 Posted by Dancho Danchev @ 3:01 pmCategories:Anti Virus, Botnets, Browsers, Hackers, Malware, Microsoft, Spam and PhishingTags:Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Internet, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Security, Spam, Viruses And Worms, Operating SystemsAn ongoing spam campaign is once again attempting to impersonate Microsoft’s security team — the same campaign was first seen [...]
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Security researcher Joanna Rutkowska has released a PoC (proof of concept) of a keylogger that is capable of logging TrueCrypt’s disk encryption passphrase enabling the attacker to successfully decrypt the hard drive’s content. Dubbed, the ‘evil maid’ attack due to its ‘plug-and-exploit’ functionality requiring 1-2 minutes for the infection process to the take place, [...] According to a recently published SEC cease-and-desist order, the Commission has recently fined Commonwealth Financial Network $100,000, for not mandating antivirus software on the computers of its representatives, leading to a security incident which took place in November 2008, allowing the cybercriminal behind the attack to place eighteen unauthorized purchase orders, resulting in $523,000 [...] The bogus ads are everywhere. A pop-up tells you: “Your computer may be infected” and urges you to download security software that will scan your computer for viruses, protect it from future infection or both. The problem is most of these products are scams that give you software which is useless. In some cases, the [...] |
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