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Microsoft Security Advisory (981374)

Microsoft Security Advisory (981374) Vulnerability in Internet Explorer Could Allow Remote Code Execution Published: March 09, 2010 Microsoft is investigating new, public reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7. Our investigation has shown that the latest version of the browser, Internet Explorer 8, is not affected. The main impact of the vulnerability is remote code execution. This advisory contains information about which versions of Internet Explorer are ...

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Cybercrimes expand to global brands

While financial institutions still top the phishing radar, cybercriminals are now moving beyond to top brands, with one of the recent victims being a hardware manufacturer, according to the latest Anti-Phishing Work Group report. Released on Sunday, the Anti-Phishing Work Group (APWG) Phishing Activity Trends Report for the fourth quarter of 2009 revealed that 356 brands were hijacked in October, an increase of 4.4 percent over the previous high of 341 recorded last August. The study was com...

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PayPal tells users to download anti-phishing software

PayPal is asking UK customers to download software from Iconix to help identify genuine e-mails sent by the eBay unit and weed out phishing messages. PayPal, which has long been a favourite target for phishers, says Iconix eMail ID can help protect customers by visually identifying genuine messages. After a customer installs the software, they'll see an icon (a gold lock with a tick) next to a PayPal logo whenever they receive authentic e-mails from the firm. The free program works wit...

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Panda Security discovers malware on HTC Magic smartphone

Phone had three different types of malicious software programs on its internal memory A Panda Security employee discovered three malware programs on a recently purchased HTC Magic phone when it was plugged it into a Windows computer. Upon further investigation, Panda found that the employee's phone contained three malware programs: a client for the now-defunct Mariposa botnet, the Conficker worm as well as a password stealer for the Lineage game, said Pedro Bustamante, Panda's senio...

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Researchers crack RSA encryption algorithm

In December of 2009 we learned that the encryption algorithm used to protect GMS voice calls had been cracked. The cracking of the encryption meant that some voice calls might be vulnerable to eavesdropping. Researchers at the University of Michigan have announced that they have found a major weakness in the popular RSA encryption algorithm. RSA is used to protect a wide range of data from information on laptops and smartphone to banking information. The researchers found that they could def...

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McAfee cuts two percent of workforce

Security company McAfee has cut just under two percent of its global workforce. ZDNet UK understands that about 100 people have been made redundant from various parts of the company. Before the cuts, McAfee employed about 6,100 staff. Most of the redundancies involved engineering employees. McAfee has over 350 researchers globally. McAfee played down the cuts in an email statement sent to ZDNet UK on Friday. zdnet

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Don't Blame Your Community: Ad Blocking Is Not Killing Any Sites

Every so often we hear about a random blog or website that freaks out and claims that ad blockers are "stealing" or somehow damaging websites. But it's quite a surprise to see a similar argument from a site like Ars Technica -- one of the top techie sites out there, which is now owned by Conde Nast. Over the weekend, Ars wrote an odd post claiming that [url="http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/03/why-ad-blocking-is-devastating-to-the-sites-you-love.ars%5Dad blocking ...

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Confusion about Opera vulnerability

From Secunia Blog: There has lately been some confusion about a vulnerability reported in the Opera browser and rightly so based on the different statements having been issued. The vulnerability was reported as an integer overflow when processing the "Content-Length" header and accompanied by a PoC that always crashed when copying memory due to an overly large size. Based on the provided PoC and report, it immediately seemed like the crash would always occur and executing code would ...

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Google Defends Chrome's Security

Google's Chrome OS Netbook will feature a host of built-in security technologies designed to protect users from malware and other threats, a Google engineer said at the RSA Conference last week. Will Drewry, a Google software security engineer, said the fact that the company's Chrome OS is an open source project allows for constant feedback from developers regarding security design. This, he said, should reassure those acquiring a Google Netbook about the product's security. Goo...

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Hackers exploit Oscars to spread scareware attack, Sophos reports

Movie-lovers at risk of infection from fake anti-virus traps IT security and control firm Sophos is warning that hackers are exploiting interest in last night's Oscar film awards ceremony to infect the computers of unsuspecting computer users. Movie-loving internet users are searching the web for information and gossip about the Academy Award winners, making phrases like "Oscars Winners" one of the most commonly searched for phrases on the internet. However, using SEO (search e...

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