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Microsoft Will Ship Just Five Security Updates Next Week
Jun 10, 2013Microsoft today said it will ship just five security updates next week, the fewest in any month so far this year, to patch 23 vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer (IE), Windows and Office. The update for Office will address a bug that is ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products, Office Bug
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A New Exploit Kit Called Whitehole Has Emerged on The Underground Market
Feb 17, 2013A new exploit kit called Whitehole has emerged on the underground market, providing cybercriminals with one more tool to infect computers with malware over the Web, security researchers from antivirus vendor Trend Micro reported Wednesday. ...
Tags: Whitehole, underground market, malware, antivirus software
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Internet Users Should Consider Disabling Java in Their Browsers
Jan 15, 2013Internet users should consider disabling Java in their browsers because of an exploit that can allow remote attackers to execute code on a vulnerable system, the U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) recommended late Thursday. ...
Tags: Internet user, Java, vulnerable system
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An Exploit Is Being Used by Cybercriminals to Infect Computers with Malware
Jan 14, 2013An exploit for a previously unknown and currently unpatched vulnerability in Java is being used by cybercriminals to infect computers with malware, according to security researchers. An independent malware researcher who uses the online ...
Tags: exploit, unpatched vulnerability, Java, cybercriminals
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Microsoft Patched 12 Vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and Several Server and Products
Jan 10, 2013Computerworld - Microsoft today patched 12 vulnerabilities in Windows, Office and several server and development products, but as it hinted last week, did not come up with a fix for the Internet Explorer (IE) bug that cyber criminals have ...
Tags: Microsoft, security updates, Windows, cyber criminals
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It Was Responsible for Digging up and First Using The Newest Unpatched Bug
Jan 8, 2013Computerworld - An elite hacker group credited last year with having an inexhaustible supply of zero-day vulnerabilities was responsible for digging up and first using the newest unpatched bug in Internet Explorer (IE), a Symantec manager ...
Tags: hacker group, Internet Explorer, IE, Windows PCs
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Attackers Are Exploiting a "Zero-Day" Vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer
Dec 31, 2012Attackers are exploiting a "zero-day" vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) and hijacking Windows PCs that cruise to malicious or compromised websites, security experts said Monday. Microsoft confirmed the IE bug, saying, ...
Tags: Hackers, IE, Computer Products
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An Exploit for an Unpatched Vulnerability Has Been Incorporated Into Blackhole
Dec 26, 2012An exploit for an unpatched vulnerability in the Microsoft XML Core Services (MSXML) has been incorporated into Blackhole, one of the most widely used Web attack toolkits, according to security researchers from antivirus firm Sophos. The ...
Tags: vulnerability, Microsoft, MSXML, Blackhole, Web attack toolkits
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Cybercriminals Are Using Computers Infected with a Particular Piece of Malware
Dec 26, 2012IDG News Service - Cybercriminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. ...
Tags: Cybercriminals, computer, malware, commercial proxy service
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Cyber Criminals Use Computers Infected with Malware to Power a Commercial Proxy Service
Dec 19, 2012Cyber criminals are using computers infected with a particular piece of malware to power a commercial proxy service that funnels potentially malicious traffic through them, according to security researchers from Symantec. Three months ...
Tags: Black Market, malware, Proxy, Symantec, Computers
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Attacks Targeting an Vulnerability Become Widespread After an Exploit for The New Flaw
Dec 19, 2012Attacks targeting an unpatched vulnerability in the latest versions of Java 7 have become widespread after an exploit for the new flaw was integrated into the popular Blackhole attack toolkit, according to security researchers from ...
Tags: Java 7, unpatched vulnerability, attacks, exploit for flaw
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Former Soviet Union Recruited People to Steal Millions of Dollars From Major U. S. Bank
Dec 17, 2012A cyber gang thought to be based in Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union is recruiting dozens of people to participate in a scheme to steal millions of dollars from 30 major U.S. banks, according to RSA. The organisers are thought ...
Tags: cyber crime, cyber criminals, highlightedpost, Trojan, banks
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Cyber Criminals Targeted Users of Skype,Facebook&Windows Using Multiple Blackhole Exploits
Nov 19, 2012Cyber criminals targeted users of Skype,Facebook and Windows using multiple Blackhole exploits in October,according to the latest threat report from security firm GFI Software. Researchers uncovered a large number of Blackhole exploits ...
Tags: Cyber criminals, Facebook, Windows users, chameleon of internet threats
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Malicious Keygen Software Has Increased From a Million Detected Instances to Five Million
Oct 31, 2012Unlicensed copies of popular software Keep up to date Patch applications with security updates Conficker still a threat Malicious key generation(keygen)software is one of the fastest-growing types of a malware,according to the latest ...
Tags: top cyber threats, malicious key, malicious keygen software
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UK Domain Registrar 123-Reg Is Helping Website Owners to Protect Themselves
Sep 24, 2012UK domain registrar 123-reg is helping website owners to protect themselves and their visitors with a new tool that identifies and helps remove malicious code from legitimate websites. According to the latest Anti-Phishing Working Group ...
Tags: compromised websites, legitimate websites, star Emma, Scanner software