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Microsoft Security Intelligence Report volume 7 (January - June 2009) released

The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report (SIR) provides an in-depth perspective on the changing threat landscape including software vulnerability disclosures and exploits, malicious software (malware), and potentially unwanted software. Using data derived Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:20 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Phishing, Worms Spike This Year, Say Microsoft and McAfee

Scammers are targeting social networks with phishing scams and relying more heavily on worms and Trojans to attack computers, according to security trend reports to be released Monday by Microsoft and McAfee. http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10387768-245.html Read More...
Posted Tuesday, November 03, 2009 10:18 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Windows 7 Security Story May Appeal to Enterprises

The Windows 7 security story has three main chapters that have received a fair amount of attention: DirectAccess, BitLocker To Go, and AppLocker. With these, as well as features such as BranchCache and enhancements to UAC (user account control), officials Read More...
Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 10:52 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Internet Phone Systems Become the Fraudster's Tool

Cyber criminals have found a new launching pad for their scams: the phone systems of small- and medium-sized businesses across the U.S. In recent weeks, they have hacked into dozens of telephone systems across the country, using them as a way to contact Read More...
Posted Monday, November 02, 2009 10:46 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Does Software Piracy Lead to Higher Malware Infection Rates?

Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report [PDF] by the Business Software Alliance (BSA) which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=4605&tag=col1;post-4605 Read More...
Posted Monday, October 19, 2009 4:06 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Cybersecurity Today: The Wild, Wild West

If you purchased a brand new computer today with all the latest security software and plug it into the Internet, how long would it be before the first hacker probed it? Answer : About four hours... http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=12100CEDYE09 Read More...
Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 7:54 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Inside the Password-Stealing Business: The Who and How of Identity Theft

With shopping and banking transactions occurring primarily online today, password stealing has become a common cyber crime. Whatever the vector of attack, in many cases some sort of password-stealing malware makes its way onto victims’ computers. McAfee Read More...
Posted Monday, September 28, 2009 7:50 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Where in the World do Viruses come from?

The U.S. continues to dominate as the main source of the world's viruses, producing 15.9 percent of all viruses. It is followed closely by Brazil, which produces 14.5 percent (similar levels to last month's 14.1 percent). You can see more about virus Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:19 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

SANS Outlines the Top Cyber Security Risks

SANS released the "Top Cyber Security Risks" report which covers March-August 2009. The report features attack data from TippingPoint intrusion prevention systems protecting 6,000 organizations, vulnerability data from 9,000,000 systems compiled by Qualys, Read More...
Posted Thursday, September 17, 2009 8:06 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Top 100 Virus-Infected Web Sites Exposed

Simply visiting one of the "Top 100 Dirtiest" Web sites - without downloading or even clicking anything - could expose your computer to infection and put your personal information into the hands of criminals, anti-virus software company Norton Symantec Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 05, 2009 5:44 PM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

The Phishing Guide: Understanding and Preventing Phishing Attacks

This paper [PDF] covers the technologies and security flaws phishers exploit to conduct their attacks, and provides detailed vendor-neutral advice on what organisations can do to prevent future attacks. Security professionals and customers can use this Read More...
Posted Saturday, September 05, 2009 9:00 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

Majority of vulnerabilities now being exploited

The number of exploits being written to target specific software vulnerabilities could be at all-time highs, new threat figures have suggested. Fortinet's Threatscape report for June, which actually covers the period between 21 May and 20 June, reveals Read More...
Posted Monday, July 13, 2009 8:52 AM by chsecblo | 0 Comments

C64 as a webserver?! ;-)

An entire Web site has been 100% developed on the Commodore 64. The little keyboard box you see there and that big huge disk drive is where the Web page is stored. So… if it takes a while for the Web site to load on your computer, especially the picture, Read More...
Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 2:48 PM by chsecblo | 3 Comments

Passwords - once again...

Popular Passwords Include ‘1234′ and ‘password’ When 28,000 log-in details stolen from a well-known Web site were posted online recently, security firms discovered that a sizable minority of Internet users are incredibly naive at setting their own password. Read More...
Posted Monday, March 02, 2009 2:46 PM by chsecblo | 1 Comments
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Top 9 Dirty Tricks Scammers Use

What the average guy might call a con is known in the security world as social engineering. Social engineering is the criminal art of scamming a person into doing something or divulging sensitive information. These days, there are thousands of ways for Read More...
Posted Wednesday, February 25, 2009 11:51 AM by chsecblo | 1 Comments
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