October 10, 2011
Android Malware Uses Blog Posts as C&C | Simply Security
[Simply Security] From our analysis, we found that this malware has two hardcoded C&C servers to which it connects in order to receive commands and to deliver payloads. The first server is just like the usual remote site to which the malware posts information to and gets commands from.
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Posted at 04:50 PM
Malware Infects U.S. Drone Computer Systems - HotHardware
[HotHardware.com News Rss Feed] Apparently, another one of the somewhat all-too-common malware-related problems in the U.S. military has resulted in the systems used by pilots who control U.S. Air Force drones being infected by a.
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Posted at 04:49 PM
October 07, 2011
Central Asia: Who's Responsible for a Malware Blitz on Government ...
[EurasiaNet.org] “In this case the attack has been targeted at the Russian/CIS countries and the content tailored to include a subject which targets in these countries will be interested in clicking on like the Dalai Lama. Adobe is a major weakness in terms of security, as many government departments have old adobe versions which hackers can easily attack and install malware on even if there are anti-virus or operating system patches installed,” he added.
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Posted at 06:39 PM
WARNING: Facebook Malware Poses As Steve Jobs RIP
[All Facebook] Jobs is largely responsible for such natty devices such as iPods, iPhones, iPads, and iTunes, and a scam posting circulating today claimed that 50 free iPads were being made available in memory of the deceased Apple-growing hero.
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Posted at 06:39 PM
October 03, 2011
iPhone 5 emails infect Windows PCs with malware | Naked Security
[Naked Security - Sophos] Apple product announcements are always big news. And I think we have to accept that it's likely that whenever Apple is scheduled to reveal new technology that cybercriminals will try to exploit the interest.
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Posted at 04:35 PM
Microsoft “Accidentally” Tags Chrome As Malware | TechCrunch
[TechCrunch] Devin Coldewey is a Seattle-based writer and photographer. He has written for the TechCrunch network since 2007.
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Posted at 04:34 PM
September 30, 2011
Apple Updates Anti-Malware Tools to Address New Trojan Threat ...
[MacRumors: Mac News and Rumors - All Stories] The new threat consists of two parts, with the first being a trojan downloader known as "OSX/Revir.A" that serves to distract users by downloading and continually opening a PDF document containing "offensive political statements" written in Chinese. But the actual damage from OSX/Revir.A comes as it installs a backdoor known as OSX/Imuler.A to potentially allow malicious parties to access the user's machine.
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Posted at 06:37 PM
In-House Malware Analysis: Why You Need It, How To Do It - Dark ...
[Dark Reading - All Stories] While most companies have a vulnerability management program in place, there’s a strong case to be made for an in-house malware analysis initiative as well. The two programs are complementary: Malware analysis combined with vulnerability management helps enterprises evaluate which systems are vulnerable, the scope of the threat and how to determine where it has or will spread, so you can respond quickly to contain it.
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Posted at 06:36 PM
September 26, 2011
Latest Mac Malware Masks as PDF Doc
[Gev.com - Latest Technology, Entertainment and Lifestyle News] The Mac malware utilizes two-step process, made with Trojan “dropper” utility that downloads the second element and Trojan “backdoor” that connects to remote server which is controlled by attacker that is used as communication channel to send information gathered from infected Mac and receiving added instructions from hackers.
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Posted at 04:35 PM
Emsisoft Anti-Malware 6.0.0.35|software programs
[software programs] With the Anti-Malware Network feature, Emsisoft Anti-Malware makes use of the "Intelligence of the masses" and provides a recommendation based on the decisions of other users when an alert is raised: A clearly understandable graphic illustrates the percentage of users that have performed each possible action. This allows you to quickly decide whether to allow the behavior of the alerted program (other behavior types will be alerted), exclude it from monitoring (completely trusted), block it (shut down process) or place it in quarantine (shut down process and put exe file into quarantine so it can't be started anymore).
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Posted at 04:33 PM
September 23, 2011
PC Support For Malware
[Articles Digest] Though both have damaging effects, yet poor module is indeed a authorised module with reduction damaging bugs while a Malware is deceptive module with serious dangerous outcomes. Network support is compulsory for dismissal of both poor module and Malware.
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Posted at 06:38 PM
Former USSR countries hit by malware attacks | TG Daily
[TG Daily] The attackers used the 'Lurid Downloader' - aka 'Enfal' malware family. Targets received an email message encouraging them to open an attached file - which contained malicious code exploiting vulnerabilities in software programs such as Adobe Reader and Microsoft Office.
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Posted at 06:36 PM
September 19, 2011
Week in Geek: uTorrent Server Delivered Malware - How-To Geek
[the How-To Geek] This week we learned how to check if your CPU supports second level address translation (SLAT), speed up Microsoft Word 2007 and 2010, create your own Windows 8 shortcuts, understand those confusing Windows 7 file/share permissions, looked through a roundup of the best Linux home server apps, and more.
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Posted at 04:35 PM
McAfee: Android Malware Rapidly Grows 76% While iOS Is ...
[Cult of Mac] The security experts at McAfee have published details of a new study that found during the second quarter of 2011, Android-powered devices faced a staggering 76% increase in malware than that of the first quarter ”” while Apple’s iOS devices remained unaffected by malicious exploits.
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Posted at 04:34 PM
September 16, 2011
TWiT.tv – malware infects Leo Laporte's website | Naked Security
[Naked Security - Sophos] Although Sophos products intercepted the compromised TWiT.tv webpage as Mal/Iframe-V, and prevented users from having their computers compromised by the attack, users of other vendors' products may not be so lucky.
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Posted at 06:39 PM
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