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Internet Explorer 8 (beta2) released

Last week Microsoft released IE8 Beta2, the faster, easier and safer successor of the existing Internet Explorer. As there are a lot of changes (new default settings, new support for standards, new features), it's definitely woth to try and test IE8. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 9:17 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 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

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

Hackers Find a New Place to Hide Rootkits

Security researchers have developed a new type of malicious rootkit software that hides itself in an obscure part of a computer's microprocessor, hidden from current antivirus products. Called a System Management Mode (SMM) rootkit, the software runs Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 28, 2008 10:13 AM by chsecblo | 2 Comments

Microsoft is winning the NAC war, expert says

Security guru Joel Snyder from Opus One recently starred as the guest of a live Network World chat where he discussed the state of network access control. Snyder says that Microsoft is emerging as one of the clear winners of NAC, but that Microsoft's Read More...
Posted Tuesday, May 27, 2008 10:32 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments

The Great Debate: Security by Obscurity

Security by obscurity is, in a nutshell, a violation of Kerckhoffs' Principle, which holds that a system should be secure because of its design, not because the design is unknown to an adversary. The basic premise of Kerckhoffs' Principle is that secrets Read More...
Posted Monday, May 26, 2008 1:44 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Critical infrastructure central to cyber threat

The United States is increasingly vulnerable to cyberattacks that could have catastrophic effects on critical physical infrastructure and severely damage the country’s economic, military, and strategic interests, cybersecurity specialists said today. Read More...
Posted Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:27 AM by chsecblo | 2 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 | 3 Comments

Shrinking patch windows hit by automated attacks

The length of time between the development of security patches and the development of exploits targeting the security holes they address has been dropping for some time. Hackers exploit this period of time - the so-called patch window - to launch attacks Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:03 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Cyber Criminals Shifting Targets To Mobiles

Mobile networks and handsets are becoming more of a target for criminals with a technical bent, security experts are warning. "There's a real transition from online in to the mobile space," said Simeon Coney, head of business development at Adaptive Mobile, Read More...
Posted Wednesday, April 30, 2008 10:01 AM by chsecblo | 0 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

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
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