Mar
31
New ’scareware’ Trojan holds users to ransom
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Mar
26
Mar
26
New Twitter flaw revealed
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Mar
12
New worm variant on the loose
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Security company Symantec has spotted a third version of the Conficker worm. The company said that the new variant gives infected machines more powerful instructions to disable anti-virus software and analysis tools, among other actions.
The new variant of Conficker, also known as Downadup, is a modular component for machines currently infected. This variant is […]
Mar
8
New SpywareBlaster update available
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A new SpywareBlaster update is available for download.
Mar
8
New Spybot updates on 2/25/09
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New Spybot updates became available today. There are 5 of them.
Feb
25
More evidence that the intertubes are fundamentally broken has been served up by Wired.com in an article laying out a technique to surreptitiously hijack huge chunks of the internet and monitor or even modify unencrypted traffic before it reaches its intended destination.
The exploit of the routing protocol known as BGP, short for Border Gateway Protocol, […]
Feb
23
New Symbian Trojan spotted
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The first malware to exploit Symbian S60 3rd Edition has been identified in the wild by security firm F-Secure. The company said that the code was a Trojan that could be used for spam among other purposes.
Trojan SymbOS/Yxe.A is still undergoing analysis, but it appears to use encryption and may be designed for […]
Feb
23
Researcher shows new SSL website hack
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A researcher has found a convincing way to hack the Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) protocol used to secure logins to a range of websites, including e-commerce and banking sites.
Using a specially-created app, �SSLstrip’, a researcher calling himself Moxie Marlinspike demonstrated to Black Hat Arlington, Va attendees, how vulnerable many SSL connections were to an involved […]
Feb
6
New Version: SpywareBlaster 4.1
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6/11/2008
[Changelog For4.1]Mozilla Firefox 3 support
Fixed problems updating in some instances
Fixed errors on load
Fixed errors when attempting to enable/disable Firefox protection
Fixed hang on some Vista machines when trying to update
Fixed improper detection of AutoUpdate enabled status on some Vista machines
Fixed occasional error with AutoUpdate on limited user […]