Below mail landed in my mailbox today with an attachment DHL_Tracking_NR.324-492383.zip, as curious user i went to check it ————————————————————————– Subject: DHL Tracking number #1488883 From: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Date: Tue, May 24, 2010 10:09 am To: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Good morning, We were not able to deliver postal package you sent on the 22nd May in time because […]
Microsoft has warned users of vulnerability in 64-bit Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. According to Microsoft’s Jerry Bryant they are investigating into a vulnerability in the Windows Canonical Display Driver (cdd.dll) that enables applications to use graphics and formatted text on the video display and printer. The vulnerability is due to the driver’s […]
In an earlier blog of mine, I had announced the release of Quick Heal Admin Console 4.2 along with the host of enhancements incorporated with it. In this two-part blog series related to prominent tools of Quick Heal Admin Console, I will provide you some information about the inception and features of the two prominent […]
The recently released Microsoft Security Intelligence Report Volume 8 which highlights the statistics for last year shows that Indian PCs has more than 30% infection by Trojans and Trojan Downloaders together on all the infected computers in 2nd half of 2009. The spyware infection is surprisingly very low. Below is the summary page. For more […]
Microsoft has released its security bulletin summary for May 2010. This month Microsoft has released two bulletins, addressing a total of two vulnerabilities. Both the bulletins have been rated “Critical” and both the bulletins are related to “Remote Code Execution” vulnerability. The bulletins released this month provide security updates for Microsoft Outlook Express 5.5 (SP2), […]
Like everyone, I keep on getting such stupid/funny mails. Yesterday, I received one such mail (shown above) on my Windows Live ID. The Subject is “ACCOUNT ALERT” which will make anyone to open the mail and so did I. The From field displays the name “Windows Live Team” but the email-id shown is totally irrelevant […]
I would like to announce that the PC2Mobile Scan feature in Quick Heal Total Security has expanded the list of mobile phones supported. The release of the latest patch, within two months of the earlier patch release, is a strong indication of our constant and increasing focus in ridding malwares from mobile devices and also […]
After Didier Stevens revealed about PDF “/Launch” Social Engineering Attack that could be used to launch applications from PDF files, we have received malicious PDF files which use this technique -doc.pdf, Royal_Mail_Delivery_Invoice_[].pdf. These PDF files modify Adobe’s Launch File warning which is prompted to the user before opening embedded non-pdf attachment. As Adobe has mentioned, […]
Time and again we have seen how good the email scammers are at exploiting the latest news to concoct mails intended to empty your pockets. This time they are intending to deceive the passengers stranded due to the Icelandic Eyjafjallajokull volcanic eruption. The (above) email comes from a fake Frank Adam at the Civil Aviation […]
I received this mail yesterday. Few points to note about the mail are: The From field (which is blackened out) tries to portray a genuine name. The To field suggests that the mail may not be directed to me alone which is contradictory to the mail body which proposes the deal to me. The Subject […]
