[ad] Well this week there was a Yahoo! Email worm, now also follows a vindictive new worm targetting MSN called BlackAngel.B. The reports come from the anti-virus software company Panda Software. When activated the worm delivers a fateful terror message and then attempts to disable any protection software such as anti-virus, firewall or Windows system […]
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Malicious Cryptography – Cryptology & Cryptovirology
I know this maybe old news for some of you, however, I just got the chance of reading this great article on Security Focus (it’s been 2 weeks since I add it to my Favorites) This two part article discusses some good points of Cryptology, more precisely in the field of Cryptovirology. Writing a virus […]
Serious Symantec Anti-Virus Vulnerability
Apparently a gaping security flaw in the latest versions of Symantec’s anti-virus software suite has been discovered that could put millions of users at risk of a debilitating worm attack. According to eEye Digital Security, the company that discovered the flaw, the vulnerability could be exploited by remote hackers to take complete control of the […]
What Next? The Poker Rootkit of Course!
[ad] Ok so the list gets even BIGGER, after the WoW Trojan, Trojan for World Cup Fans, Ransomeware and the buy a spyware kit story… Now we proudly present, the Poker Rootkit! For online poker players, this was always going to be a losing hand. A Trojan with malicious rootkit features hidden in a legitimate […]
McAfee Seeds Mac Virus Threat FUD
[ad] What a surprise, McAfee spreading FUD to sell more copies of their bloated AV software? Apart from the fact I think the whole AV model is flawed i.e. it can only protect against things the AV companies 1) know about 2) have written a definition for and 3) have delivered the definition to you […]