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Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078 – Critical avaiable now!

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-078 – Critical is now avaiable, patches are there and ready for download: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS08-078.mspx . Please install, update as soon as possible! Urs Read More...
Posted Wednesday, December 17, 2008 7:49 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Security Advisory 961051 - More information

Microsoft revised the Workarounds section of Security Advisory 961051. The Security Vulnerability Research & Defense team wanted to share more detail about the vulnerability and explains the additional workarounds here to help you protect your computers: Read More...
Posted Tuesday, December 16, 2008 3:58 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

IT security guide: Understanding cyber-risks means knowing what questions to ask

A good place for senior executives to start in trying to understand their companies' financial exposure to cyberthreats is by getting an overall assessment — not just from IT, but also from business units and corporate operations such as the human resources, Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 23, 2008 10:35 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Microsoft Malware Removal Tool: Two million password stealers fingered

Microsoft's Malicious Software Removal Tool - a program that removes malware from Windows machines - detected password-stealing software from more than 2 million PCs in the first week after it was updated. One password stealer, called Taterf, alone was Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:40 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

New Zlob variant reconfigures routers

A variant of the Zlob virus has emerged that can tweak DNS entries on standard commercial routers from an infected Windows PC. It uses a built-in list of standard router usernames and passwords. Successful attacks have already been observed on Linksys Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:32 AM by chsecblo | 2 Comments

Microsoft Malware Removal Starter Kit (2008-06)

Many small- and medium-sized organizations use antivirus software, and yet new viruses, worms, and other forms of malicious software (malware) continue to infect large numbers of computers in these Organizations. Malware proliferates at alarming speed Read More...
Posted Monday, June 23, 2008 9:26 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Covert channel vulnerabilities in anonymity systems

Excerpt: The spread of wide-scale Internet surveillance has spurred interest in anonymity systems that protect users’ privacy by restricting unauthorized access to their identity. This requirement can be considered as a flow control policy in the well Read More...
Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 11:42 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

OECD: Malicious Software (Malware): A Security Threat to the Internet Economy

Excerpt: This report, developed in collaboration with experts, aims to inform policy makers about malware impacts, growth and evolution, and countermeasures to combat malware. It seeks to analyze some of the main issues associated with malware and to Read More...
Posted Friday, June 13, 2008 11:40 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Microsoft Botnet-hunting Tool Helps Bust Hackers

Botnet fighters have another tool in their arsenal, thanks to Microsoft. Microsoft is giving law enforcers access to a special tool that keeps tabs on botnets, using data compiled from the 450 million computer users who have installed the Malicious Software Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:12 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Web 2.0, meet Internet attack 2.0

The glitzy, interactive abilities of Web 2.0 have led to a profusion of new applications, but the technology also is bringing a new era of security vulnerabilities, a security researcher warned Wednesday. "Security was a challenge to begin with, but if Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:47 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

To defeat a malicious botnet, build a friendly one

Beating the "botnets"–armies of infected computers used to attack websites–requires borrowing tactics from the bad guys, say computer security researchers. A team at the University of Washington, US, wants to marshal swarms of good computers to neutralize Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:45 AM by chsecblo | 9 Comments

Microsoft: We took out Storm botnet

Microsoft Corp. today took credit for crushing the Storm botnet, saying that the malware search-and-destroy tool it distributes to Windows users disinfected so many bots that the hackers threw in the towel. "They realized they were in our gun sights," Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:28 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Beta release of Microsoft Windows Live OneCare 2.5

A beta release of Windows Live OneCare 2.5, Microsoft's automated security suite for home users and small businesses, is available for testing from the Microsoft Connect Web site. Microsoft stated through its blog that there is little apparent difference Read More...
Posted Monday, April 28, 2008 11:01 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Microsoft calls for talks on Internet trust, safety

Microsoft today called for broad discussions about the safety of the Internet in an initiative it dubbed "End to End Trust" in a white paper released during the RSA Conference that opened today in San Francisco. In a keynote address at the security conference, Read More...
Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 12:16 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

IC3's 2007 Internet Crime Report

The USA's Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) is a partnership between the FBI and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). Last week, the IC3 released its annual report for 2007. You can download a copy from here . From F-Secure: Malicious software Read More...
Posted Thursday, April 10, 2008 10:57 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments
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