http://www.thesecurityblog.com Security Threat Research News Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:00:29 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 TheSecurityBloghttp://feedburner.google.com http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/Pa6y5NmOmmU/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/google-wallet-pins-easily-stolen-from-rooted-devices/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:14:53 +0000 Sophos http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=134268 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SxJ744rEsTSiV6JtKTLEUJG9-WE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SxJ744rEsTSiV6JtKTLEUJG9-WE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SxJ744rEsTSiV6JtKTLEUJG9-WE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/SxJ744rEsTSiV6JtKTLEUJG9-WE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>A researcher at zvelo has discovered that he can recover the PIN used to make payments with Google Wallet in just seconds on a rooted Android device.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/Pa6y5NmOmmU" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/google-wallet-pins-easily-stolen-from-rooted-devices/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/google-wallet-pins-easily-stolen-from-rooted-devices/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/_-kxvgpiHWE/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/getting-value-from-your-dlp-investment/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:55:17 +0000 McAfee Security Insights http://blogs.mcafee.com/?p=13866 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7dglEhJppBgXdpgXsjq09SINi-M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7dglEhJppBgXdpgXsjq09SINi-M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7dglEhJppBgXdpgXsjq09SINi-M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7dglEhJppBgXdpgXsjq09SINi-M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>People can sometimes feel overwhelmed when they think about deploying data loss prevention (DLP) at their organization. Some common concerns I hear from prospects are: First I want to classify my data.  How can I do that? DLP has many components.  Where do I start? I have lots of data &#8211; some sensitive, some not. <a href="http://blogs.mcafee.com/enterprise/getting-value-from-your-dlp-investment">Read more...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/_-kxvgpiHWE" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/getting-value-from-your-dlp-investment/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/getting-value-from-your-dlp-investment/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/yiVdjQIBwao/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/february-2012-patch-tuesday-preview/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:05:54 +0000 Qualys <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OeevCYV0Gn9Jf4gAJ-uAl6THrgg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OeevCYV0Gn9Jf4gAJ-uAl6THrgg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OeevCYV0Gn9Jf4gAJ-uAl6THrgg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/OeevCYV0Gn9Jf4gAJ-uAl6THrgg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Microsoft published its Patch Tuesday Preview for February of 2012 and as expected we are getting a larger batch of nine bulletins addressing a total of 21 vulnerabilities. Four bulletins are classified as "critical" and the remaining as "impo...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/yiVdjQIBwao" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/february-2012-patch-tuesday-preview/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/february-2012-patch-tuesday-preview/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/UJfNScCs3XQ/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/ans-for-february-2012-and-some-notes-on-sdl/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:03:00 +0000 MSRCTEAM <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gQ0nYuJDQlSjTj2t3RTTmwYq35I/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gQ0nYuJDQlSjTj2t3RTTmwYq35I/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gQ0nYuJDQlSjTj2t3RTTmwYq35I/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/gQ0nYuJDQlSjTj2t3RTTmwYq35I/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Hello. Today we&#8217;re releasing our advance notification for the February security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, February 14. This month&#8217;s release includes nine bulletins addressing 21 vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/UJfNScCs3XQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/ans-for-february-2012-and-some-notes-on-sdl/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/ans-for-february-2012-and-some-notes-on-sdl/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/7oXgo40djio/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/cracking-open-your-google-wallet/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:45:02 +0000 Jimmy Shah http://blogs.mcafee.com/?p=13836 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ChT_2A9ZKJp06zjzdTwYR4ll5Kc/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ChT_2A9ZKJp06zjzdTwYR4ll5Kc/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ChT_2A9ZKJp06zjzdTwYR4ll5Kc/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ChT_2A9ZKJp06zjzdTwYR4ll5Kc/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>We suggested earlier that instead of going after the Secure Element chip and the information it keeps safe, attackers would go after the weaker point of the Google Wallet app. Security researcher Joshua Rubin has now created a proof-of-concept app, Google Wallet Cracker, that can recover the Google Wallet PIN on a rooted phone. Once <a href="http://blogs.mcafee.com/enterprise/mobile/cracking-open-your-google-wallet">Read more...</a><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/7oXgo40djio" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/cracking-open-your-google-wallet/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/cracking-open-your-google-wallet/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/uuTOj5NfglY/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/epicfail-for-u-s-student-who-used-keylogger-to-increase-grades/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:52:20 +0000 Sophos http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=134158 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2wGVgKqGtZfN-qZkdcjmPLfV_bg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2wGVgKqGtZfN-qZkdcjmPLfV_bg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2wGVgKqGtZfN-qZkdcjmPLfV_bg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2wGVgKqGtZfN-qZkdcjmPLfV_bg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>31-year-old student from Warrington admits to trying to improve his grades at Temple University Ambler Campus, near Philadelphia, by hacking into the university’s computerised grading system.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/uuTOj5NfglY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/epicfail-for-u-s-student-who-used-keylogger-to-increase-grades/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/epicfail-for-u-s-student-who-used-keylogger-to-increase-grades/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/e3XqFxtC4Tw/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/is-this-the-resurgence-of-blackhat-seo/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:22:37 +0000 Sophos http://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/?p=134120 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UtIo224g2QMe3iuIDcKetxTJOk4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UtIo224g2QMe3iuIDcKetxTJOk4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UtIo224g2QMe3iuIDcKetxTJOk4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UtIo224g2QMe3iuIDcKetxTJOk4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Take a dive into some recent blackhat SEO attacks in this post to explore the facts behind the recent rise in reports of this threat. Site administrators in particular may be interested in some of the findings.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/e3XqFxtC4Tw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/is-this-the-resurgence-of-blackhat-seo/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/is-this-the-resurgence-of-blackhat-seo/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/Spd5gaaKYUk/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/laptop-stickers-2012-last-call/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002312.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M0mFiW_6w3PCvsW5D4oVBgdlPmo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M0mFiW_6w3PCvsW5D4oVBgdlPmo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M0mFiW_6w3PCvsW5D4oVBgdlPmo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/M0mFiW_6w3PCvsW5D4oVBgdlPmo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>There's only one day left to vote in our laptop sticker poll.Here's a screenshot of the front runners:Given the popularity of Mikko's recent post, we thought "Seems legit" would be at the top&#8230;Almost ironic: Certificates for sale. Trust m...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/Spd5gaaKYUk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/laptop-stickers-2012-last-call/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/laptop-stickers-2012-last-call/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/gBHz4H61lbw/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/video-darkmarket/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002311.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jD31ZYdGYlohPWsKpSnKsuR1EbY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jD31ZYdGYlohPWsKpSnKsuR1EbY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jD31ZYdGYlohPWsKpSnKsuR1EbY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/jD31ZYdGYlohPWsKpSnKsuR1EbY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Author Misha Glenny was interviewed by broadcast journalist Charlie Rose recently. The majority of discussion was based on Misha's current book, DarkMarket: Cyberthieves, Cybercops and You.The interview is 20 minutes long, a provides an excelle...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/gBHz4H61lbw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/video-darkmarket/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/video-darkmarket/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/Sw7U1CvYxQY/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/how-to-explain-man-in-the-browser-attacks/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002310.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_zt_mLi4OVVCrtcaDkm8y-tczFM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_zt_mLi4OVVCrtcaDkm8y-tczFM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_zt_mLi4OVVCrtcaDkm8y-tczFM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/_zt_mLi4OVVCrtcaDkm8y-tczFM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>With a 2-minute video, BBC News program "Click" does a very decent job explaining to the laymen how banking trojans such as ZeuS attempt to avoid detection by antivirus software: Click to watch On 06/02/12 At 02:11 PM<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/Sw7U1CvYxQY" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/how-to-explain-man-in-the-browser-attacks/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/how-to-explain-man-in-the-browser-attacks/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/l6EBg1wYnPk/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/anonymous-leaks-fbi-conference-call/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002309.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0-J72u9-TLhOp1BIfJSymf7GbtI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0-J72u9-TLhOp1BIfJSymf7GbtI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0-J72u9-TLhOp1BIfJSymf7GbtI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/0-J72u9-TLhOp1BIfJSymf7GbtI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Breaking: a faction of Anonymous has released an MP3 recording of an FBI conference call which took place on January 17th.During the call, which is currently posted on YouTube, members of the USA's FBI can be heard discussing several Anonymous ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/l6EBg1wYnPk" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/anonymous-leaks-fbi-conference-call/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/anonymous-leaks-fbi-conference-call/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/_-djIVR5q2I/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/laptop-stickers-2012-vote/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002308.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2r4zHQ1uOwRCUJsSrKYD-bkgAv8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2r4zHQ1uOwRCUJsSrKYD-bkgAv8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2r4zHQ1uOwRCUJsSrKYD-bkgAv8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/2r4zHQ1uOwRCUJsSrKYD-bkgAv8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Several weeks ago, we asked members of our community forums, and our blog readers to submit ideas for a new set of F-Secure Labs Laptop Stickers. Well, we finally find some time to pick the finalists.You can see them, and vote for 10 of your fa...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/_-djIVR5q2I" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/laptop-stickers-2012-vote/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/laptop-stickers-2012-vote/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/FHX4ana826k/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/seems-legit/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002307.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BhT4v44MiK8zZsDztbvqKfZQChU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BhT4v44MiK8zZsDztbvqKfZQChU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BhT4v44MiK8zZsDztbvqKfZQChU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BhT4v44MiK8zZsDztbvqKfZQChU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Here's a clip from a US TV show called "Bones".In a recent episode, a computer virus crashes a computer. And sets it on fire. The virus got in via a fractal. Embedded on a bone of a shooting victim.Seems Legit. On 31/01/12 At 10:57 AM<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/FHX4ana826k" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/seems-legit/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/seems-legit/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/2DrZRjsAZ_w/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/trojanandroidopfake-d-still-encodes-its-config-file/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002306.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kY6USInPWGxPDQJCpOPbTJzLEwY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kY6USInPWGxPDQJCpOPbTJzLEwY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kY6USInPWGxPDQJCpOPbTJzLEwY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/kY6USInPWGxPDQJCpOPbTJzLEwY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>We've been seeing cases of malware that first debuted on other operating systems being ported over to Android. Here's another trojan that fits the bill.OpFake was first found on Symbian and Windows Mobile. In its latest incarnation on Android, ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/2DrZRjsAZ_w" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/trojanandroidopfake-d-still-encodes-its-config-file/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/trojanandroidopfake-d-still-encodes-its-config-file/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/77bAlnW14ag/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/android-malware-employs-steganography-not-quite/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002305.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z2TWjxyR5ZXl3PJgSoAbgi8hskY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z2TWjxyR5ZXl3PJgSoAbgi8hskY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z2TWjxyR5ZXl3PJgSoAbgi8hskY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/Z2TWjxyR5ZXl3PJgSoAbgi8hskY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Amidst my usual adventure with Android malware analysis, I saw this snippet of code while skimming through a particular sample's class modules.Figure 1Late last year, I was looking deeper into the Portable Network Graphics (PNG) image format, e...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/77bAlnW14ag" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/android-malware-employs-steganography-not-quite/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/android-malware-employs-steganography-not-quite/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/SIYZDoKF8Gw/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/facebook-spammers-use-amazons-cloud/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002304.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tWd7D-PF0lXplY0wQdet1D4Hv9k/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tWd7D-PF0lXplY0wQdet1D4Hv9k/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tWd7D-PF0lXplY0wQdet1D4Hv9k/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/tWd7D-PF0lXplY0wQdet1D4Hv9k/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Facebook is recently doing a decent job at keeping survey spam posts at bay (all things considered).So, what's an entrepreneurial Facebook spammer to do? Well, some have tweaked their master plan, and have expanded their use of "cloud" services...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/SIYZDoKF8Gw" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/facebook-spammers-use-amazons-cloud/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/facebook-spammers-use-amazons-cloud/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/WmDIk_T9FOQ/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/cracking-polish-passwords/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002303.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l5wBolgj3MZfVGaJ8lfQPo0eGII/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l5wBolgj3MZfVGaJ8lfQPo0eGII/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l5wBolgj3MZfVGaJ8lfQPo0eGII/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/l5wBolgj3MZfVGaJ8lfQPo0eGII/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Many of the sites that we blogged about on Monday are still offline after being targeted by DDoS attacks. Hackers have promised to continue until the 26th.According to Polskie Radio: "Over a thousand people gathered in Warsaw, Tuesday evening, ...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/WmDIk_T9FOQ" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/cracking-polish-passwords/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/cracking-polish-passwords/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/XXRje4saw10/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/pole-position-poland-attacked-by-anti-acta-hackers/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002302.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pDU3KIqnid9pyvF_VyOs6BGZyUU/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pDU3KIqnid9pyvF_VyOs6BGZyUU/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pDU3KIqnid9pyvF_VyOs6BGZyUU/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/pDU3KIqnid9pyvF_VyOs6BGZyUU/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>There's breaking news coming out of Poland. Hackers, reportedly associated with Anonymous, have been attacking Polish government websites to protest this week's scheduled signing of the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA).ACTA is an inte...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/XXRje4saw10" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/pole-position-poland-attacked-by-anti-acta-hackers/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/pole-position-poland-attacked-by-anti-acta-hackers/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/XyWVdWevVUM/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/what-the-heck-is-sopa/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002301.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eO7APY15jhSdYpaaCYJgbSAse3M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eO7APY15jhSdYpaaCYJgbSAse3M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eO7APY15jhSdYpaaCYJgbSAse3M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/eO7APY15jhSdYpaaCYJgbSAse3M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>We're sure that most of you have at least heard of SOPA. Major websites such as Wikipedia have blacked out sections of their content today to raise awareness.In some locations, Google has blacked out its logo.The concern of many speech and priv...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/XyWVdWevVUM" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/what-the-heck-is-sopa/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/what-the-heck-is-sopa/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~3/kmoEYMGLBGg/ http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/mac-malware-summary-2011-q2q3q4/#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:59:15 +0000 F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog http://www.f-secure.com/weblog/archives/00002300.html <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w-6FErLV_dM-pXmEyjmvjQjHqb0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w-6FErLV_dM-pXmEyjmvjQjHqb0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w-6FErLV_dM-pXmEyjmvjQjHqb0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/w-6FErLV_dM-pXmEyjmvjQjHqb0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p>Brod, a researcher on our Threat Research team has been tasked with tracking emerging Mac based threats. Microsoft Excel is one of the tools he uses to chart variants. From April to December 2011, there have been several dozen new Mac threats.W...<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheSecurityBlog/~4/kmoEYMGLBGg" height="1" width="1"/> http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/mac-malware-summary-2011-q2q3q4/feed/ 0 http://www.thesecurityblog.com/2012/02/mac-malware-summary-2011-q2q3q4/