Privacy is not in the Cards
By Randy Abrams at 3 September, 2010, 1:26 pm
I decided to download the card game Solitaire (by ZenTech Labs) on my Android based phone. Being a free app it is paid for by advertising. When you play the game there is always a banner ad at the bottom of the screen. One of the ads caught my eye. It said “Leslie2088 is .7 … Read More.
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Loading ...Earthquake in New Zealand likely to bring cybershocks
By Aryeh Goretsky at 3 September, 2010, 2:00 am
[UPDATE #1 at 12:15PM: Added more information about location of earthquake and prior scams. AG]
We have just heard about the early September 4 (Saturday morning) earthquake near Christchurch, New Zealand, currently estimated at a Richter magnitude of 7.4. Our New Zealand distributor in Auckland is unaffected, but communications with the area are difficult.
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(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...How Do You Find 200,000 Unique Samples a Day?
By Randy Abrams at 1 September, 2010, 10:22 am
I recently received a couple of questions about signatures from a reader.
1- You said that ESET receives around 200000 unique malware samples daily, so does ESET detect most of them or detect only the malwares that their signatures are listed here: http://www.eset.com/threat-center/threatsense-updates ?
2- Nowadays why signatures are written? Are they written to detect malwares initially, … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...How Much Does My Identity Cost? (the Sequel)
By Francois Paget at 1 September, 2010, 5:48 am
Two weeks ago, I posted a blog entry talking about the counterfeiting of legal documents. I have received many comments and requests for further data from various Eastern Europe countries, France, and even the United States, related to this type of fraud. Aside from journalists, for whom it is their job, many people have contacted [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Email Scam Resource
By David Harley at 1 September, 2010, 5:12 am
Yesterday I came across a nice governmental resource at On Guard Online, listing some common email scams. Security gurus might not learn a lot from it, but as @SecurityGarden has pointed out, it's a good place to steer your less knowledgeable friends and family.
The same site has a number of other useful-looking pages, though I … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Zeus Botnet Attacks via FedEx Scam
By BuenoWosotowsky at 31 August, 2010, 6:18 pm
Yesterday we discovered a new Zeus campaign.
Most of the messages associated with the new spam campaign are linked to the Asprox botnet. This time, the focus is on FedEx. Most of the attachments start with either FedExDoc[randomnumbers].exe or FedExInvoice[randomnumbers].exe. Those attachments are recognized as the Bredolab Trojan, which will download the Zeus component.
This Zeus variant [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...MotoSpeak and Sing and Run Random Apps?
By Randy Abrams at 31 August, 2010, 12:32 pm
In addition to recently getting a Droid 2, I purchased a Motorola H17txt Bluetooth headset. When used with a Blackberry or an Android based phone you can download and install an application called MotoSpeak that will read text messages and emails through the H17TXT. Before you go looking for such a headset be warned, there … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...Labs Releases Whitepaper on Cooperative Anti-Malware on Endpoint and Gateway
By David Marcus at 31 August, 2010, 10:27 am
The Anti-Malware engine is a critical and core piece of the McAfee anti-malware solutions. As with any core technology, the engine must be rock-solid stable, fast, and functionally rich.
A new McAfee Labs whitepaper outlines these engine technologies and values, covering both endpoint and gateway uses. Beyond introductions to malware detection methodologies–ranging from exact detection to [...]
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...You Have to be a Real Cool Cat!!!
By Randy Abrams at 30 August, 2010, 5:38 pm
You have to be a real cool cat to get into the Cambridge Who’s Who registry. A few months ago I received a spam message from whoswhopublication@gmail.com. A legitimate Who’s Who organization is very unlikely to be using a Gmail address and they wouldn’t have sent the email to AskESET. Here’s the email:
You were … Read More.
(No Ratings Yet) Loading ...iPhone OS – Safe again?
By Mike Price at 30 August, 2010, 5:23 am
Three weeks ago a ‘mysterious’ new jailbreak technique was posted to jailbreakme.com. Research to date indicates that this technique leverages two distinct vulnerabilities to gain access to devices. The first issue exploited is a FreeType CFF font handling issue, exploitable via MobileSafari. The second issue exploited is an IOSurface framework issue that allows for privilege [...]
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