Adware classification rumpus
Controversial adware outfit Zango has withdrawn legal proceedings against anti-spyware firm PC Tools. The decision follows its failure to persuade a court to issue a temporary restraining order that would have prevented PC Tools from classifying Zango’s software as potentially malicious. Both firms hail the outcome of the case as a victory.…
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Storm worm botnet herders switch tactics (again)
Authors behind the Storm worm have switched tactics yet again.…
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Hits replay on CD debacle
A USB fingerprint authentication device from Sony contains rootkit-like technology, according to security watchers.…
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Security Fix has spilled quite a bit of digital ink warning readers about the ever changing tactics of criminals behind the the indefatigable “Storm worm.” This week’s tactic (or today’s as the case may be) involves e-mailed Web links disguised as video clips from YouTube.com Here’s one example that I received yesterday: The link in the image on the right does not take the clicker to YouTube.com, but to an Internet address of a home computer that the bad guys have compromised and are using to serve up malicious software. If you hover over the link with your computer mouse, it should reveal that the true address is a dotted IP address (e.g. 72.15.x.x), not a page at YouTube.com. After a user clicks through to one of the Storm addresses, the machine at that address will attempt to exploit a kitchen sink of known Web browser and other software […]
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The Web site for the institution charged with safeguarding the safety and integrity of the U.S. nuclear arsenal has been inadvertently hosting advertisements and blogs that link to illegal prescription drug sites hawking everything from generic painkillers to erectile dysfunction medication, Security Fix has learned. Dozens of pages belonging to the official Web site of Lawrence Livermore National Labs appear to have been seeded with the unauthorized advertisements. Beneath each of the full-page ads were a series of blog entries that featured a bizarre mixture of information, including what appears to be ill-translated gibberish interspersed with information that is actually relevant to the advertised drugs. Security Fix located the pharmacy spam pages by conducting a series of simple Google searches, such as this one. The sites are all now inactive, and it’s not entirely clear how long they were up. According to the oldest date on the time-stamped blog […]
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