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  • Pop-Up Security Warnings Pose Threats

    The FBI warned consumers today about an ongoing threat involving pop-up security messages that appear while they are on the Internet. The messages may contain a virus that could harm your computer, cause costly repairs or, even worse, lead to identity theft. The messages contain scareware, fake or rogue...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Tue, Dec 15 2009
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  • H1N1 Malware Campaign Circulating

    US-CERT reports US-CERT is aware of public reports of a malware campaign circulating. This campaign is circulating via email messages offering information regarding the H1N1 vaccination. This email messages contain a link to a bogus Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Users who click...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Wed, Dec 2 2009
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  • Koobface Now Using Christmas Theme

    Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered that the Koobface malware campaign is now using a Christmas theme. Recent developments by Koobface have included use of Google Reader. The Koobface Web site offers a video posted by 'SantA'. The usual ruse of requiring a...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Tue, Dec 1 2009
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  • Malicious Code Circulating via Social Security Administration Phishing Messages

    US-CERT is aware of public reports of malicious code circulating via phishing email messages that appear to come from the Social Security Administration. The messages indicate that the users' annual Social Security statements may contain errors and instruct users to follow a link to review their...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Tue, Dec 1 2009
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  • Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Warns Public of Fraudulent Email

    The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has released information warning the public about fraudulent email messages purporting to come from the FDIC. These email messages provides a link to a fraudulent FDIC website. Users are then instructed to download their "personal FDIC Insurance File...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Wed, Oct 28 2009
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  • Malicious Facebook Password Spam

    Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered a new wave of malicious email attacks claiming to be a password reset confirmation from Facebook. The From: address on the messages is spoofed using support@facebook.com to make the messages believable to recipients. The messages...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Tue, Oct 27 2009
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  • Outlook Web Access Social Engineering Malware Scam

    Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered a new wave of malicious attacks claiming to be an update for Microsoft Outlook Web Access (OWA). Victims receive a message leading to a site to apply mailbox settings which were supposedly changed due to a "security upgrade...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Thu, Oct 15 2009
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  • Federal Bureau of Investigation Warns Public of Fraudulent Spam Email

    The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released information warning the public about fraudulent email messages purporting to come from the FBI or the Department of Homeland Security. These email messages contain a malicious attachment that claims to provide an intelligence report or bulletin,...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Wed, Oct 7 2009
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  • Update: Phishing scheme affecting some Hotmail customers

    Over the weekend Microsoft learned that several thousand Windows Live Hotmail customers’ credentials were exposed on a third-party site due to a likely phishing scheme. Upon learning of the issue, we immediately requested that the credentials be removed and launched an investigation to determine...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Mon, Oct 5 2009
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  • Google Wave SEO Poisoning

    Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker Network has detected that Google searches on terms related to Google Wave return results that lead to a rogue antivirus. Google Wave is the much talked-about, latest API hitting the collaboration scene today. There's a lot of hype about the launch of Google...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Wed, Sep 30 2009
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  • Microsoft Security Essentials SEO Poisoning

    Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered that search engine results for information on how to download Microsoft's recently released Security Essentials tool are returning links to Web sites that serve rogue AV. Malware authors have used Search Engine Optimization...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Wed, Sep 30 2009
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  • How do I monitor problems with replication?

    When you setup a program or application then you have equal responsibility to monitor the process/problems too. Similar to this monitoring a replication topology is an important aspect of deploying SQL Server replication. As the process is distributed...
    Posted to SQLServer-QA.net - Knowledge Sharing Network (SSQA.net) by on Thu, Sep 24 2009
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  • Fake Monopoly Game Downloader

    Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network discovered a new spam campaign that is targeting players of the Monopoly game. The Monopoly World Championships take place every four years, and Las Vegas is the host city of 2009. Because the Monopoly Regional Championships are going on...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Mon, Sep 21 2009
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  • Labor Day Sale-Related SEO Poisoning Leads to Rogue Antivirus

    Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker Network has detected that Google searches on terms related to Labor Day sales return results that lead to rogue antivirus software. Labor Day is one of the biggest holidays observed in the US each year. Retail sales events held during this weekend are some of...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Sat, Sep 5 2009
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  • The Cell Phone Forums of IT168.com Injection

    Websense® Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered that some well-known cell phone forums at IT168 in China have been injected with malicious JavaScript. The infected forum sites - including forums for Nokia, Motorola, and Sony Ericsson - are serving some exploits that target...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Tue, Aug 25 2009
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  • Rumors of Emma Watson's Death Leading to Rogue AV Sites

    Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered that a rumor claiming that the actress Emma Watson, made famous by the Harry Potter series of movies, died on the scene of a fatal car collision is spreading rogue AV sites on the Internet. The rumor itself is spreading rapidly...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Mon, Jul 27 2009
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  • Adobe Reader, Acrobat and Flash Player Vulnerability

    Adobe has released a blog post indicating that it is aware of reports of a vulnerability affecting Adobe Reader and Acrobat 9.1.2 and Flash Player 9 and 10. US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the blog post and implement the following workarounds until the vendor releases additional...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Thu, Jul 23 2009
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  • National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau of Malaysia Web site Compromised

    Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has detected that the the Web site of the National Pharmaceutical Control Bureau of Malaysia has been compromised and injected with malicious code. The Web host has been injected with an iframe that leads to a site laden with exploits. Details
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Wed, Jul 22 2009
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  • Waledac Independence Day Theme - New Campaign In The Wild

    Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has detected yet another new Waledac campaign theme in the wild. The new variant uses an Independence Day theme as a social engineering mechanism. The United States of America celebrates Independence Day on July 4 each year. The malicious emails...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Fri, Jul 3 2009
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  • Michael Jackson Death Prompts Malicious Spam

    Websense Security Labs™ ThreatSeeker™ Network has discovered spam emails offering recipients links to unpublished videos and pictures of singer Michael Jackson. According to news reports Michael Jackson's death was confirmed yesterday. The spam email appears to offer a link to a YouTube...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits by Don on Fri, Jun 26 2009
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