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  • New Phishing/Storm Worm Variant Spreading

    US-CERT has received reports of new phishing activity, some of which has been linked to Storm Worm. The latest activity is centered around messages related to the recent earthquake in China and the upcoming Olympic Games. This Trojan is spread via an unsolicited email message that contains a link to...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits (Weblog) by Don on 06-20-2008
    Filed under: Alerts
  • Apple Releases Security Updates

    Apple has released Mac OS X v10.5.3 and Security Update 2008-003 to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities affect a number of applications, libraries and the kernel. Exploitation of these vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, access the system with escalated...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits (Weblog) by Don on 05-29-2008
    Filed under: Alerts
  • Fraudulent sales of avast! products

    In a preventive measure designed to protect customers, ALWIL Sotware would like to draw attention to the fraudulent selling of their products via several web sites, many advertising via the Google Ad Words program. The web sites are mostly offering keys to our free Home Edition product, but not in all...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits (Weblog) by Don on 05-24-2008
    Filed under: Alerts
  • Natural Disasters and Phishing Scams

    In the past, US-CERT has received reports of an increased number of phishing scams that take advantage of natural disasters. Due to recent natural disasters, US-CERT would like to remind users to remain cautious when receiving unsolicited email that could be a potential phishing scam. Phishing scams...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits (Weblog) by Don on 05-20-2008
    Filed under: Alerts
  • IRS Rebate Phishing Scam

    US-CERT is aware of a public report indicating that a phishing scam is circulating. This scam is related to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service economic stimulus rebate and arrives via email messages that appear to be from the IRS. The messages include text that attempts to convince users to follow a link...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits (Weblog) by Don on 04-25-2008
    Filed under: Alerts
  • Apple QuickTime Vulnerability

    US-CERT is aware of public reports of a vulnerability in Apple QuickTime. By convincing a user to open a specially crafted QuickTime file, an attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code. This vulnerability may have several attack vectors, such as visiting a malicious or compromised website. US-CERT...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits (Weblog) by Don on 04-23-2008
    Filed under: Alerts
  • Adobe Products BMP Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

    Description : A vulnerability has been reported in multiple Adobe products, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when handling BMP files. This can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a BMP...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits (Weblog) by Don on 04-22-2008
    Filed under: Alerts
  • Federal Subpoena Spear-Phishing Attack

    US-CERT is aware of public reports of a spear-phishing attack circulating via email messages that claim to be federal subpoenas. These messages appear to be legitimate because they can contain very specific information about the message recipient. The message requests that the user follow a link to download...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits (Weblog) by Don on 04-16-2008
    Filed under: Alerts
  • ClamAV PE Scanning Vulnerability

    US-CERT is aware of a report of a buffer overflow vulnerability affecting ClamAV. This heap-based buffer overflow vulnerablity may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code on an affected system. US-CERT recommends that users do not scan PE files from untrusted sources. http://www.us-cert.gov/current...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits (Weblog) by Don on 04-14-2008
    Filed under: Alerts
  • Email Attack Targeting Microsoft's April Security Bulletin Release Cycle

    US-CERT has seen reports of an email attack targeting Microsoft's April Security Bulletin release cycle. This attack arrives via email messages with the subject line "Critical Patch Released: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-64738." These email messages contain a link to a fraudulent Microsoft...
    Posted to DP's Security Bits (Weblog) by Don on 04-08-2008
    Filed under: Alerts
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