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Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for November 2009 – Issued: November 5, 2009

cmosby — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 21:21:46 GMT

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Trojan.Bredolab is Making Yet Another Comeback – Symantec Security Blogs

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:33:38 GMT

Trojan.Bredolab is Making Yet Another Comeback. Shunichi Imano October 27th, 2009 Filed under: Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus) , Malicious Code , Spam , Security , Security Response Security Response is...(read more)

Spoofed Contract Carries Malware

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:24:13 GMT

Oct 24 Spoofed Contract Carries Malware 5:58 am (UTC-7) | by Maydalene Salvador (Anti-spam Research Engineer) Trend Micro researchers found spammed messages with a .ZIP file attachment...(read more)

Organized Crime. Moving beyond garbage. – Symantec Security Blogs

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:52:03 GMT

Organized Crime. Moving beyond garbage. Linda Smith Munyan October 23rd, 2009 Filed under: Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus) , Security , Trends in Data Breaches Not so long ago, the mafia used to be more...(read more)

Time Warner Cable Modem/Router Fail – F-Secure Weblog

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:43:34 GMT

<<< Friday, October 23, 2009 >>> Time Warner Cable Modem/Router Fail Posted by Sean @ 13:45 GMT | postCount('00001799'); Comments (2) When speaking about Internet worms...(read more)

Rogue AV Uses F-Secure as Bait – F-Secure Weblog

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 14:33:46 GMT

<<< Monday, October 26, 2009 >>> Rogue AV Uses F-Secure as Bait Posted by WebSecurity @ 06:20 GMT | postCount('00001800'); Comments Lately, we've been tracking SEO...(read more)

Hunting the Airplane Can Hijack Your Machine – Symantec Security Blogs

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:48:33 GMT

Hunting the Airplane Can Hijack Your Machine Mayur Kulkarni October 23rd, 2009 Filed under: Spam , Security , Security Response People are always curious about different theories on tragedy, especially...(read more)

Fake Facebook Password Notification Leads to Malware – Trend Labs Malware Blog

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:42:11 GMT

ct 28 Fake Facebook Password Notification Leads to Malware 1:02 am (UTC-7) | by Maria Alarcon (Anti-spam Research Engineer) A new spam campaign that purports to be from Facebook...(read more)

FAKEAV Goes Open Source… Or Not? – Trend Labs Malware Blog

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:07:54 GMT

Oct 23 FAKEAV Goes Open Source… Or Not? 2:38 pm (UTC-7) | by David Sancho (Malware Researcher) In the recent FAKEAV spam campaign, I realized something was off. Once the user clicks...(read more)

MSRT October Release – Case Study - Microsoft Malware Protection Center Threat Research & Response Blog

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:03:31 GMT

MSRT October Release – Case Study Posted Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:45 AM by mmpc As of October 21st, the MSRT has removed the newly added threat, Win32/FakeScanti from 56,700 infected machines. For...(read more)

Rogue Apps – Catch Me if You Can – Symantec Security Blogs

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:57:02 GMT

Rogue Apps – Catch Me if You Can Gaurav Dixit October 22nd, 2009 Filed under: Evolution of Security , Internet Security Threat Report , Security Risks , Security , Security Response Misleading applications...(read more)

.my Websites Compromised – F-Secure Weblog

cmosby — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 12:41:46 GMT

<<< Thursday, October 22, 2009 .my Websites Compromised Posted by WebSecurity @ 02:51 GMT | postCount('00001798'); Comments (3) Users aren't the only ones that have to...(read more)

Halloween Job Spam Spooks Users – Trend Labs Malware Blog

cmosby — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 19:41:44 GMT

Oct 22 Halloween Job Spam Spooks Users 2:54 am (UTC-7) | by Gaye Ofilas (Anti-spam Research Engineer) Holidays are spammers’ favorite times of the year. After all, these give them...(read more)

Balloon Boy Spam Drifts Through Town – McAfee Labs Blog

cmosby — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 18:26:00 GMT

Balloon Boy Spam Drifts Through Town Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 10:38 am CST Posted by David Marcus No Comments Trackback It’s bad enough that we are subjected to apparently fake child-peril balloon...(read more)

ZBOT and a CapitalOne Phish – Trend Labs Malware Blog

cmosby — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:15:49 GMT

img {max-width:650px;width: expression(this.width > 650 ? 650: true);border-style:none; behavior: url(../iepngfix.htc); } Oct 22 ZBOT and a CapitalOne Phish 6:09 am (UTC-7) | ...(read more)

FAKEAV Uses Conficker Worm as Bait – Trend Labs Malware Blog

cmosby — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:13:56 GMT

Oct 21 FAKEAV Uses Conficker Worm as Bait 3:20 pm (UTC-7) | by Robby Dapiosen (Anti-spam Research Engineer) Very recently, cybercriminals have found another avenue to lure victims...(read more)

Windows 7 Beaten to the Punch by Spam – McAfee Labs Blogs

cmosby — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:11:09 GMT

Windows 7 Beaten to the Punch by Spam Wednesday October 21, 2009 at 9:09 am CST Posted by David Marcus No Comments Trackback The release of Microsoft’s next major operating system, Windows 7, is at hand...(read more)

Rogue Security Software Distribution Methods: Symantec Report on Rogue Security Software – Symantec Security Blog

cmosby — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:09:41 GMT

Rogue Security Software Distribution Methods: Symantec Report on Rogue Security Software David McKinney October 20th, 2009 Filed under: Evolution of Security , Internet Security Threat Report , Security...(read more)

Fake Agents for Russian Websites Spreading – TrendLabs Malware Blog

cmosby — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:07:08 GMT

Oct 20 Fake Agents for Russian Websites Spreading 5:16 am (UTC-7) | by Maxim Goncharov (Advanced Threats Researcher) In the past few weeks, Trend Micro researchers have become aware...(read more)

Malicious Facebook Password Spam – Websense Alerts

cmosby — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:24:56 GMT

Malicious Facebook Password Spam Date:10.26.2009 Threat Type: Malicious Web Site / Malicious Code Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered a new wave of malicious email attacks claiming...(read more)

Inside Trojan.Clampi: Enhanced Logging – Symantec Security Blogs

cmosby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:09:35 GMT

Inside Trojan.Clampi: Enhanced Logging Nicolas Falliere October 20th, 2009 Filed under: Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus) , Emerging Threats , Evolution of Security , Malicious Code , Security , Security...(read more)

Alaska Day and SEO Attacks – F-Secure Weblogs

cmosby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:07:15 GMT

<<< Wednesday, October 21, 2009 >>> Alaska Day and SEO Attacks Posted by WebSecurity @ 07:04 GMT | postCount('00001797'); Comments SEO attacks driving users to rogue AV...(read more)

Morning Roundup - October 19th – The Blog @ Homeland Security

cmosby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:05:25 GMT

Morning Roundup - October 19th From PC World , on a message from President Obama on cybersecurity: U.S. President Barack Obama has urged Americans to help guard against cyberattacks in a first-of-its-kind...(read more)

Antivirus200X: The “Spyware.Monster” fake AV scam – Symantec Security Blogs

cmosby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:04:14 GMT

Antivirus200X: The “Spyware.Monster” fake AV scam Ben Nahorney October 20th, 2009 Filed under: Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus) , Evolution of Security , Internet Security Threat Report , Security Risks...(read more)

New Banking Trojan Uses GMER – Trend Labs Malware Blog

cmosby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 21:02:52 GMT

Oct 20 New Banking Trojan Uses GMER 4:22 am (UTC-7) | by Jessa De La Torre (Threat Response Engineer) Brazilian banks are once again in the hotseat as a banking Trojan emerges with...(read more)

Fake Facebook, Fake Video, Fake CAPTCHA – F-Secure Weblog

cmosby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:22:10 GMT

<<< Tuesday, October 20, 2009 >>> Fake Facebook, Fake Video, Fake CAPTCHA Posted by WebSecurity @ 06:52 GMT | postCount('00001796'); Comments (5) Watching videos on Facebook...(read more)

Cybercrime Organizations Turn to ‘Mafia-Style’ Structure – McAfee Labs Blog

cmosby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:20:38 GMT

Cybercrime Organizations Turn to ‘Mafia-Style’ Structure Monday October 19, 2009 at 12:05 pm CST Posted by Francois Paget 1 Comment Trackback In Las Vegas during this month’s McAfee FOCUS 09 conference...(read more)

Prevalent Rogue Security Software Characteristics: Symantec Report on Rogue Security Software – Symantec Security Blogs

cmosby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:19:22 GMT

Prevalent Rogue Security Software Characteristics: Symantec Report on Rogue Security Software Téo Adams October 19th, 2009 Filed under: Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus) , Evolution of Security , Internet...(read more)

MJ’s “This Is It” Premiere Triggers Spam Attacks - Trend Labs Malware Blog

cmosby — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 16:32:12 GMT

Oct 19 MJ’s “This Is It” Premiere Triggers Spam Attacks 6:39 pm (UTC-7) | by Det Caraig (Technical Communications) A day before Michael Jackson’s new song , “ This Is It ,” was...(read more)

More Trick than Treat – Symantec Security Blogs

cmosby — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:46:53 GMT

More Trick than Treat Henry Bell October 19th, 2009 Filed under: Endpoint Protection (AntiVirus) , Security , Security Response The most stressful thing about Halloween has always been deciding on a costume...(read more)