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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 Phishing/Storm Worm Variant Spreading

US-CERT has received reports of new phishing activity, some of which has been linked to Storm Worm. The latest activity is centered around messages related to the recent earthquake in China and the upcoming Olympic Games. This Trojan is spread via an Read More...
Posted Wednesday, June 25, 2008 10:37 AM 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

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 | 2 Comments

The evolution of CyberCrime Inc

There is no storefront or corporate headquarters for Cybercrime Inc., but savvy salesmen in a murky, borderless economy are moving merchandise by shilling credit card numbers - "two for the price one." "Sell fresh CC," promised one salesman who offered Read More...
Posted Friday, April 11, 2008 12:34 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

CIA Monitors YouTube For Intelligence

U.S. spies are looking increasingly online for intelligence and they've become major consumers of social media. In keeping with its mandate to gather intelligence, the CIA is watching YouTube. U.S. spies, now under the Director of National Intelligence Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 14, 2008 7:49 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Big trouble with teen hackers

Teenagers, including children as young as eleven and twelve years old, are increasingly becoming involved in serious cyber-criminal activity that exposes themselves and the users they target to a full range of dangerous repercussions. "Most have absolutely Read More...
Posted Thursday, February 07, 2008 8:35 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Future Phishing

Forget the Nigerian prince. Phishing scams are moving beyond the misspelled, far-fetched ruses that clog your in-box and beg for your bank codes. In the year to come, security professionals are warning of bank code-stealing exploits that are much slicker Read More...
Posted Saturday, December 29, 2007 7:13 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

Judge: Man can't be forced to divulge encryption passphrase

Interesting... also how that wouldbe handled outside of the US. A federal judge in Vermont has ruled that prosecutors can't force a criminal defendant accused of having illegal images on his hard drive to divulge his PGP (Pretty Good Privacy) passphrase. Read More...
Posted Friday, December 21, 2007 2:33 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments
 
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