Dishonour among thieves
Phishing exploitation kits can be picked up for free on the internet but these packages are regularly backdoored, according to a new study.…
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In a bid to help the security industry stay a step ahead of cyber crooks, Microsoft will release additional details behind the vulnerabilities it patches each month to anti-virus companies and other large vendors of Windows security software. While Microsoft already provides a brief fact sheet of which components of Windows will be fixed prior to its regular patch releases on the second Tuesday of each month, known as “Patch Tuesday,” security vendors say additional details will help them more swiftly update their software to detect the latest attacks. In particular, software companies rarely have enough time to develop attack “signatures,” snippets of code or Internet traffic, that when found on a network or PC could indicate an attacker is trying to leverage the flaws. Under a new program starting with October’s Patch Tuesday cycle, Microsoft will begin releasing technical details that should allow security vendors to very quickly […]
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Peeping Tom goes down
A middle-aged Cypriot has been jailed for four years after he was convicted of hacking into internet webcams in order to spy on teenage girls.…
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Crash test dummies
Fabricated news of a supposed car accident involving Formula One star Fernando Alonso is being used to distribute a new banking Trojan.…
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Chameleon malware from business-minded VXers
Cybercrooks have released a custom-built Trojan, dubbed Limbo 2, “guaranteed” by its shady creators to continually evade the top ten anti-virus products on the market.…
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