Sunday, December 21st, 2008 DNS Changer 2.0 (Trojan.Flush.M) is the next –in the wild- variant of this famous malware. Now the strategy has been changed, no need to modify the DNS settings on ADSL routers. Instead it will install a network driver (NDISProt.sys) which allows the malware to send/receive raw Ethernet packets. Such approach ...
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Saturday, November 29th, 2008 We've seen some speculation recently about a purported security vulnerability in Gmail and the theft of several website owners' domains by unauthorized third parties. At Google we're committed to providing secure products, and we mounted an immediate investigation. Our results indicate no evidence of a Gmail vulnerability.With help from affected ...
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Thursday, November 13th, 2008 A new threat that comes under the guise of a genuine antivirus program has become increasingly prevalent over the past year. Offering to locate and remove malware from your PC, this rogue will actually install a Trojan on your unsuspecting system. The process is usually initiated when you click a ...
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Saturday, October 11th, 2008 Google's Gmail service suffers from security flaws that make it trivial for attackers to create authentic-looking spoof pages that steal users' login credentials, a security expert has demonstrated. Google Calendar and other sensitive Google services are susceptible to similar tampering.A proof-of-concept (PoC) attack, published by Adrian Pastor of the GNUCitizen ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008 Online banks use cryptographic protocols to secure the exchange of information on the Web, and hackers do not hesitate to adapt to this technology too. A new case of fake SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificates appeared again, following phishing threats we’ve seen last April and May.This time, the website of ...
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