The Storm worm proved to be the number one malware threat of 2007, topping BitDefender's list of the 10 most prevalent offenders of the year. Also known as 'Peed bot' and 'Nuwar', Storm clocked up 33.94 per cent of total detections over the past 12...
Secunia's patch-detection utility finds that more than 20 percent of all apps on users' PCs have known security flaws. One in five applications installed on Windows PCs are missing security patches, a Copenhagen-based vulnerability tracker has...
Wednesday January 10, 2007 10:19
Microsoft on Tuesday released fixes for vulnerabilities in its Windows and Office software, but left several known Word zero-day flaws without a patch. As part of its monthly patch cycle, Microsoft published four security bulletins with fixes for 10...
Wednesday January 10, 2007 10:15
Symantec is thinking up ways to take the pain out of a security feature in Windows Vista. The Cupertino, Calif., company has plans to create a technology that makes security decisions for Vista owners dealing with User Account Control. This feature in...
Microsoft has posted a second beta version of Windows Defender, its free spyware-removal tool. The program is in a name-change transition: Windows Defender initially was called Windows AntiSpyware. The new version can be downloaded...
Thursday January 26, 2006 15:30
Posted by BSchwarz as Security
It is about time Microsoft added this functionailty to Windows Firewall. This cut down on outbund connections that trojans and worms use to steal your information. After just over a month of testing by users of Microsoft's Community Technology...
Thursday January 5, 2006 15:40
Posted by BSchwarz as Security
Microsoft is releasing a patch for the wmf exploit sooner than they planned. The wmf exploit patch is now available at Windows Update. cNet has the story. The company is breaking with its monthly patch cycle because it completed testing of the...
This is serious. There is an exploit that many are saying is a very high threat that exploits a flaw in handling WMF files with Internet Explorer and Windows Explorer. Seen this at SunBelt BLOG We saw a new nasty exploit yesterday around 5:00...
Wednesday December 28, 2005 17:09
Posted by BSchwarz as Security
Found this on cNet. The virus, which F-Secure calls Virkel.F, comes as a file called BETA8WEBINSTALL.EXE that can be downloaded from a Web site. Running the program installs not a new MSN Messenger beta, but rather a virus that sends download links...
Thursday December 8, 2005 20:51
Posted by BSchwarz as Security
An exploit complete with code for Firefox was released today. The exploit code takes advantage of a bug in the recently released Firefox 1.5, running on Windows XP with Service Pack 2. Firefox, which initially debuted over a year ago, has moved...
Wednesday December 7, 2005 11:09
Posted by BSchwarz as Security
I've seen it all now. An interactive worm, one that will talk to you before it infects you. These worms and virus are getting more and more sophisticated. A new worm that targets users of America Online's AOL Instant Messenger is believed to be...
There are reports of a proof of concept virus that targets Monad, the command shell replacement which is not part of Windows Vista, being discussed at various security sites. There is an article at ZDNet about it. While this is the new shell for future...