Of late, one of the most talked about gadgets is iPad. It is estimated that over a million iPads are already sold till date. With such a huge customer base in short span coupled with ever increasing craze for the gadget, malware writers couldn’t have asked for better targets. Malware writers are sending emails claiming […]
Hackers are up at it again and blackhat Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is again being employed to exploit the breaking news. This time hackers are exploiting an issue with McAfee’s anti-virus product that has caused thousands of computers around the world to reboot repeatedly. If you search McAfee issue, cybercriminals have managed to get poisoned […]
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS10-025 has been updated as it has undergone a major revision increment. This bulletin was a part of Microsoft’s security bulletin summary for April 2010. The original security update is no longer available due to quality issues. Microsoft will issue an update for this software once the testing is complete to ensure […]
Microsoft is working on a fix to get rid of Internet Explorer 8 vulnerability that can enable serious security attacks against websites that are otherwise safe. Ironically, the flaw resides in XSS (Cross-site scripting) filter, a protection feature in Internet Explorer 8 that’s designed to prevent XSS attacks against sites. XSS exploits allow attackers to […]
Last week I had written a blog (see “Disguised PDF attack possible”) about possible attack using simple technique in Adobe Reader. It is being observed now that malware writers of Zeus malware are using the “/launch” command line parameter in Adobe Reader to launch a malicious code without exploiting an vulnerability in the software. The […]
Today I received a SMS message with following text: CONGRATS-YOU-WON-700,000-GBP- IN 2010-UK-TOYOTA WORLDWIDE- INT’L-MMOBILE-DRAWS-WINNING -#1,TO-CLAIM-YOUR PRIZE CONTACT MR.BEN VIA EMAIL:xxxxxxxx2010@hotmail.com Its not something new, malware writers/ cyber criminals are attempting to fool mobile phone users with such bogus text messages. Mobile user are increasing day by day so is the SMS (Short Message Service). The […]
A design flaw in Adobe’s popular PDF format which was published by Didier Stevens in first week of April can be used by hackers to install malwares on users’s computers. Its a policy flaw and not a security vulnerablity in Adobe Reader that could cause this. Researcher demonstrated this attack using the PDF specification’s “/Launch” […]
Microsoft has released its security bulletin summary for April 2010. This month Microsoft has released 11 bulletins which comprises of 18 vulnerabilities that have been addressed. Out of the 11 bulletins five bulletins have been rated “Critical”, five bulletins have been rated “Important” and one bulletin has been rated “Moderate”. Eight bulletins are related to […]
Shadows in the Cloud report (link to PDF) which was recently published by researchers in Canada shows India most vulnerable and most infected nation amongst all. This report documents a complex ecosystem of cyber espionage that systematically compromised government, business, academic and other computer networks in India and other several nations. Detailed analysis of report […]
Social networking sites are often targeted by Cyber criminals in the rising Web 2.0 Internet world. Recently with the completion of its 6th anniversary Facebook has reached mark of 400 million users. No doubt it is becoming soft target as it is easier to get huge online users community. Some Facebook applications use different innovative […]