Do a Cloud Scan for Malware and Try for a Prize

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Is your PC infected with malware? Panda Security says it is, and they're putting their money where their mouth is. Submit to their free online scan and be found totally malware-free, and your company could bring in a cool $7,500. Or, if you're a consumer and you clear the scan, ...

CEOs targetted by sneaky phishing scam

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

Panos Anastassiadis didn't click on the fake subpoena that popped into his inbox on Monday morning, but he runs a computer security company. Others were not so lucky. In fact, security researchers say that thousands have fallen victim to an email scam in which senior managers such as Anastassiadis are told ...

Crafted EXE files can inject code in ClamAV

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Security service provider Secunia has discovered a vulnerability in the ClamAV open source virus scanner. Attackers can foist code on the appliction using manipulated EXE files. According a Secunia advisory, a boundary error in the cli_scanpe() function in libclamav/pe.c can cause a heap-based buffer overflow. Manipulated PE executables (Windows .exe files) ...

Disinfecting a virus-laden PC

Monday, April 14th, 2008

The first thing is to isolate the computer (no more trading floppies until you're done) and then begin to disinfect it. One of my favorite tools is Knoppix. The great thing about this Linux distribution is that you don't have to know anything about Linux in order to be able to ...

Hackers Increasingly Target Browsers

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Threats against browsers are getting more sophisticated and branching out into such exotic areas as gaming, experts told attendees at the recent RSA Conference 2008. New attacks from games and virtual-world Web sites can deliver bot-like control of browsers to attackers, said Ed Skoudis, a security consultant with Intelguardians, speaking at ...