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  • Conficker botnet remains dormant - for now

    Conficker changed the way parts of the botnet communicated overnight, but little else of note has happened so far. The malware is far from an April Fool's joke, but it's obviously a long way from the Skynet botnet, as depicted in Terminator 3, that some of the more fevered imaginings of the media...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by siljaline on Wed, Apr 1 2009
    Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, virus, News, world, The Register, Browsers, Vulnerabilities, Scammers

  • China rejects computer spy claims

    China's government on Tuesday dismissed a research report outlining an extensive spy network based mostly in China as "lies" designed to hurt the country's image abroad. Speaking to reporters, Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said the conclusions of the report by Canadian researchers...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by siljaline on Tue, Mar 31 2009
    Filed under: security, spyware, privacy, malware, legal, News, china, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities, Scammers

  • As Conficker activation looms, scammers seek to profit off fear

    Online scammers are trying to profit from fear of the latest big name in internet viruses by creating and promoting links to fake security software, according to security firms. The scams are hoping to capitalize on consumer fear over the Conficker worm, a version of which is set to activate on April...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by siljaline on Tue, Mar 31 2009
    Filed under: security, spyware, virus, News, world, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities

  • Reported internet spy network just tip of iceberg: researcher

    An internet spy network that targeted hundreds of "high value" computers belonging to government departments and other organizations in 103 countries is likely just one of many, says one of the Canadian researchers who uncovered it. "We happened to discover and publicize this particular...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by siljaline on Tue, Mar 31 2009
    Filed under: security, spyware, legal, News, world, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities

  • Facebook users warned about dangers of being app happy

    Facebook users are being urged to be wary about what Facebook applications they accept and what links they click as cyber criminals increasingly target the popular social networking site. In the past week, several new variants of the Koobface worm, which targets Facebook users, and a number of "rogue...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by siljaline on Thu, Mar 5 2009
    Filed under: security, social networking, Facebook, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities

  • Windows virus spreading quickly, but may be a dud

    A computer virus that may leave Microsoft Windows users vulnerable to digital hijacking is spreading through companies in the U.S., Europe and Asia, already infecting close to nine million machines, according to a private online security firm. http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2009/01/19/windows-virus...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by siljaline on Mon, Jan 19 2009
    Filed under: security, Microsoft, virus, News, CBC Canada, Vulnerabilities

  • ALERT: Two malvertizements seen at Spaces (not skydrive) and Hotmail...

    Edit: BTW, it is Spaces and Hotmail - I haven't seen the malvert at Skydrive yet. Kimberley saw the first one, a malvertizement featuring perfectmatch.com: I have discovered another malvertizement featuring IMIN - we have seen this advert several times in recent days in different places: Details...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on Wed, Nov 19 2008
    Filed under: Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits

  • Microsoft Security Intelligence Report: January through June 2008

    The Microsoft Security Intelligence Report for the period covering January through June 2008 has been released. Executive Summary Full report Key findings summary The full report is a hefty 150 pages long. I have only had time to take the briefest of glances at it, and even then I have focused only on...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on Sat, Nov 1 2008
    Filed under: Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits

  • SWF for malware deployment

    Mea culpa: Marian is apparently male, not female. Marian Radu of the Microsoft Malware Protection Center has written about SWF being used for malware . She He states: " What I found out is that, excluding flash exploits, SWFs are mainly used as redirectors " Yep, we know this ... that is why...
    Posted to Spyware Sucks (Weblog) by sandi on Fri, Oct 31 2008
    Filed under: Vulnerabilities, Security, safety and privacy on the Internet, viruses and exploits

  • Comcast files FCC impotence suit

    'We will comply without complying' As expected, Comcast has appealed the landmark FCC order that sanctioned the American ISP for secretly blocking BitTorrents and other peer-to-peer traffic. But the meatpuppetting cable outfit says it will comply with the order while its appeal plays out in federal...
    Posted to Siljaline's Blog (Weblog) by siljaline on Thu, Sep 4 2008
    Filed under: security, privacy, legal, News, FCC, The Register, Vulnerabilities
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