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Trojan, Malware, Virus, and Application Ports List

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 07:35:55 +0000

This is an Exhaustive but by no means complete port list for Trojans, Viruses, Malware, and Applications. We will eventually update this into a port list that can be managed by the community so you can submit known ports.

Security Shield

your-email@yourdomain.com (Spyware News) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:25:00 +0000

Security Shield is a rogue anti-spyware program from the same family as System Tool and Security Tool. Once installed, it will supposedly scan your computer for spyware, adware, trojans and other malware. Of course, it will find numerous infections and then will prompt you to pay for a full version of Security Shield in order to remove...

Internet Defender

your-email@yourdomain.com (Spyware News) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:56:00 +0000

Internet Defender is a rogue anti-spyware program that uses fake scan results and false security alerts as a method to make you think you are infected with malware. It's from the same family as Security Defender. The rogue pretends to scan your computer for viruses and reports fake infections. It then prompts to pay for a full version of the...

AdwareAlert

your-email@yourdomain.com (Spyware News) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 09:01:00 +0000

AdwareAlert is a corrupt anti-spyware application that tries to use the mistyped title of the legitimate Ad Aware anti-spyware tool in order to scam its users into paying the creators another $50. It pretends to be a legitimate spyware remover, while in reality, AdwareAlert is a complete fake that uses scare tactics (pop-ups, fake system...

Security Systems Necessary for your Home’s Protection

your-email@yourdomain.com (Cristiano Ronaldo) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:25:00 +0000

Has your house ever been broken into? According to the latest statistics released by the FBI, it is believed that housebreak occurs in every 16 seconds. It is for this reason that a majority of homeowners are searching for the most effective home security systems. If you haven’t started looking for a security system for [...]...

Going Armed. Authorized to carry firearms in the line of duty

your-email@yourdomain.com (Charles C. Robey) — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:58:00 +0000

Anytime, a corporation serves the general public, by an ” open door” customer policy, the thought of employees or contacts “going armed” is subject to much discussion and debate. Especially, in the financial industry where the bank must deal every day with a combination of customer traffic and the exposure of large sums o...

How to Cope after the end of a Relationship

your-email@yourdomain.com (Cristiano Ronaldo) — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 00:16:00 +0000

While most people tend to empathize a lot with the person at the receiving end during a divorce or a separation, but even the individual instigating the breakup is equally affected. No matter the situations leading to the breakup, whenever a divorce or separation happens, it destroys the heart. The rejected person normally bears most [...]...

Collecting Threat Intelligence (Part 1)

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 00:00:00 +0000

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Introduction

Those defending the network are at a significant disadvantage when attempting to secure a network against potential attackers. Attackers have days, weeks, months, or even years to perform research on their target. They can perform web-based reconnaissance, participate in social engineering efforts, and...

Infected flash drive blamed for US military breach

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:34:00 +0000

The most significant computer systems' breach in U.S. military history dates back to 2008, when malicious code contained in a flash drive infected a laptop of a military official posted in the Middle East, and spread further to the network of the U.S. Central Command. The code in question was put on the drive by operatives of a foreign intelligence agency, most likely Russian.

This information would have likely remain hidden to the greater public, were it not for Deputy Defense Secretary Wi...

Every week 57,000 fake Web addresses try to infect users

your-email@yourdomain.com (GSO) — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 04:30:00 +0000

Every week, hackers are creating 57,000 new Web addresses which they position and index on leading search engines in the hope that unwary users will click them by mistake.

Those who do, will see their computers infected or any data they enter on these pages fall into the hands of criminals. To do this, they use an average of 375 company brands and names of private institutions from all over the world, all of them instantly recognizable.

eBay, Western Union and Visa top the rankings of the...