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Shady sites exploit another IE flaw
News Miscreants are using an unpatched security bug in Internet Explorer to install malicious software from rigged Web sites, experts warned on Tuesday. We have confirmed multiple, previously known, WebAttacker sites that are currently exploiting this...
[September 20, 2006, 10:40]
Mac OS X targeted by Trojan and backdoor tool
News Two pieces of malicious software affecting Apple's Mac OS X appeared this week: a Trojan horse with the ability to download and install malicious code of an attacker's choice, and a hacker tool for creating backdoors, according to security vendors.
[November 21, 2008, 11:08]
Symbian threats multiply
News The pests crash phones, attempt to install other malicious software or try to wirelessly transmit personal data to other gadgets, according to Symantec. Sendtool drops a tool that can be used to send malicious programs, such as other Trojans, to...
[January 23, 2006, 9:00]
Auntie used as bait in spyware scheme
News The malicious software could capture log-in names and passwords for the sites, information criminals could sell or possibly use to plunder a victim's account. This link leads to a forged BBC Web page where the malicious software is dropped onto a...
[March 31, 2006, 9:25]
Phishing shield makes money for ISPs
News The infected subscribers are alerted and directed to remediation tools to remove the malicious software. The latest web browsers include features to fight such scams, blocking known malicious sites based on a regularly updated blacklist.
[March 28, 2007, 9:16]
Apple removes Mac antivirus recommendation
News Mogull said he doesn't recommend that the average Mac user install antivirus software because of the low level of malicious software seen for Macs at this time. The Mac is designed with built-in technologies that provide protection against...
[December 3, 2008, 7:48]
Experts: Chinese censorware carries botnet risk
News This problem would allow Green Dam's makers, or a third-party impersonating them, to execute arbitrary code and install malicious software on the user's computer, after installing a filter update. This could allow malicious sites to steal private...
[June 12, 2009, 14:56]
Security flaw found in Alcatel DSL modems
News Firewalls, a combination of hardware or software, are designed to protect a network by blocking unwanted or malicious traffic. Though only theoretical so far, the problem makes the devices potentially vulnerable to malicious hacker attacks.
[April 11, 2001, 8:55]
Flaws found in BSD, Linux software updaters
News The technique outlined by the University of Arizona researchers is not to feed malicious code directly to a target system via a package manager, but rather to cause the package manager to install an older piece of legitimate software with known...
[July 14, 2008, 17:08]
Mobile Java hit with security scare
News A Polish researcher has found two vulnerabilities in the cell phone version of Sun Microsystems' Java software that under unusual circumstances could let a malicious program read private information or render a phone unusable.
[October 25, 2004, 15:55]
IE flaw introduces new form of infection
News An attacker using the flaw could install a program on a victim's computer after convincing the person to visit a malicious Web site and click on a graphic. A revamped firewall, for example, attempts to prevent malicious applications on a PC from...
[August 23, 2004, 8:15]
Apple tells Mac users to install antivirus software
News Dave Marcus, director of security research and communications at McAfee, said Apple was reacting to the realities of the market, where Mac users are finding they are not immune to Trojans and other web-based malware that malicious hackers write to...
[December 2, 2008, 7:28]
Free Zotob removal tool offered
News The cleaning program is an updated version of Microsoft's Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool, Debby Fry Wilson, a director in Microsoft's Security Response Center, said in an interview. The Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool detects and...
[August 18, 2005, 10:05]
PDF reader flaw fixed
News An attacker could exploit the vulnerability by crafting a malicious PDF (Portable Document Format) file. A computer can be made to execute potentially malicious code by feeding in extra data that is designed to flood the buffer.
[July 13, 2006, 9:45]
Microsoft goes on a bug hunt
News The "VM File Reading Vulnerability" has a similar impact, allowing a Web server to send out malicious Java applets that can access files on an IE user's machine. According to Guninski, a malicious HTML file accessed in a browser or email client can...
[February 29, 2000, 10:44]
Bin Laden ploy spreads IM adware
News In many cases, the difference between malware [malicious software such as viruses and worms] and software is how aware you are of what the program is doing," Trilling said. BuddyLinks doesn't qualify as malicious, because it doesn't delete anything...
[February 12, 2004, 7:15]
Microsoft to users: Patch IE now!
News Since the attacker could run any program on the victim system, they can do anything a malicious program can do on a system--possibly read or destroy files (including temporary internet files and cookie files), sniff network traffic, find passwords...
[December 17, 2001, 8:41]
Latest scary virus draws skeptics
News This time, the danger is in malicious mobile code hidden on Web sites. Fears of hackers, malicious Web sites and internal saboteurs can't derail a company from taking advantage of the Internet. Robert Morris, a student at Cornell University at the...
[January 6, 1999, 10:49]
Strider HoneyMonkeys: Active, Client-Side Honeypots for Finding Malicious Websites
White Papers A serious threat is emerging on the Internet where malicious Web sites exploit browser vulnerabilities to install malicious software. Traditional honeypots are typically server-side, which passively draw attacks from malicious clients.
[July 14, 2009, 1:19]
Security Analysis of the Diebold AccuVote-TS Voting Machine
White Papers For example, an attacker who gets physical access to a machine or its removable memory card for as little as one minute could install malicious code; malicious code on a machine could steal votes undetectably, modifying all records, logs, and...
[February 2, 2009, 0:00]
