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Scareware mongers hitch free ride on Microsoft.com and others

December 23, 2008 23:01

Attack of the open redirects

Miscreants are exploiting weaknesses in more than one million webpages operated by the federal government, media companies, and even Microsoft to trick unwitting visitors into installing harmful software that takes over their computers.?

Link: http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co....

All news for March 11, 2010

01:23	The Register: Zeus botnets suffer mighty blow after ISP taken offline
01:22	ZDNet: IE zero-day flaw leaks out; Exploit code published
01:17	ArsTechnica: Bad employee! 12% knowingly violate company IT policies
00:03	HNS: 13m users worldwide affected by Mariposa botnet

All news for March 10, 2010

23:52	ZDNet: Freshly patched Adobe PDF flaw under 'active attack'
23:21	ZDNet: Hackers can locate and exploit the Energizer USB charger backdoor
21:52	HNS: Most malicious websites are hosted in the US
21:37	ArsTechnica: LifeLock fined $12 million over lack of life-locking ability
21:20	The Register: Google boss says something will happen in China 'soon'
21:08	HNS: Basic security measures do wonders
18:48	ZDNet: Adobe Reader and targeted malware attacks
18:10	The Register: Cryptome: PayPal a 'liar, cheat and a thug'
17:36	HNS: Twitter tackles phishing problem
17:30	ArsTechnica: etc: Cheapy cable outlet Monoprice may have been hacked. Monoprice says some customers (including some of us at Ars) have reported fraudulent charges, so check your statements!
16:59	HNS: Online banking rip-offs go up, card fraud goes down
15:21	The Register: UK plastic fraud losses fall for first time in 3 years
14:46	The Register: Twitter adds filter to cut phishing lines
14:19	HNS: 9 million ZeuS attacks blocked in the last 6 months
13:37	HNS: Human exploit attacks surpass the software flaw approach
11:45	HNS: And the winner is… FakeAV!
11:29	The Register: Max Clifford takes £1m to drop hack probe
09:02	The Register: Suburban woman accused of using net to recruit terrorists
02:27	Dark Reading: Voluntary Breach Disclosure Rare But Valuable
01:17	The Register: Fraud-prevention service ponies up $12m for 'false' ads
00:00	SecurityFocus: News: Change in Focus

All news for March 9, 2010

23:54	HNS: Eight vulnerabilities fixed, one IE 0-day warning for Patch Tuesday
23:08	HNS: UK threatens to retaliate over cyber attacks
22:58	ZDNet: Microsoft plugs dangerous Excel security holes
22:33	The Register: It's official: Adobe Reader is world's most-exploited app
22:21	HNS: Log review checklist for security incidents
22:02	ArsTechnica: etc: Drudge Report is reportedly serving up malware in addition to its conservative take on the news. Drudge denies it.
21:19	ZDNet: New Microsoft IE zero-day flaw under attack
21:08	The Register: New Internet Explorer code-execution attacks go wild
20:12	Dark Reading: Botnets Serving Project Aurora Likely Built By "Amateurs," Researcher Says
19:54	HNS: An introduction to virtualization security
19:30	ArsTechnica: etc: Opera acknowledges arbitrary code execution security flaw in 10.50. A fix will be available "soon".
18:59	HNS: Email security trends
18:50	HNS: Remote access app for iPhone and iPod touch
18:20	The Register: FA launches security probe after England team bugged
17:57	HNS: Mariposa bot distributed by Vodafone's infected phone
17:37	The Register: Smartphone app botnet experiment blows up a storm
16:30	HNS: Setting up a mobile botnet is alarmingly easy to do
15:12	HNS: "Highly critical" Opera vulnerability discovered
14:56	ZDNet: Vodafone HTC Magic shipped with Conficker, Mariposa malware
12:56	The Register: Vodafone ships Mariposa-infected HTC Magic
01:34	The Register: Thailand approves extradition of credit card hack suspect
00:37	ArsTechnica: etc: Opera has a critical flaw allowing arbitrary code execution in 10.50 (and maybe other versions). No fix is available at present.
00:18	Dark Reading: Ford Motor Rolls Out New Security Features To Prevent Car-Hacking

All news for March 8, 2010

23:40	HNS: Serious Apache vulnerability disclosed
23:39	ZDNet: Researchers build 8,000-strong smartphone botnet
22:28	Dark Reading: Product Watch: Gemalto Rolls Out Secure Online Banking On A Stick
22:12	ZDNet: 'Highly critical' flaw found in Opera browser
20:10	The Register: 'Crazy' man cuffed for plotting cyber extortion scheme
18:15	HNS: There is a social engineering scheme for everyone
17:06	The Register: Ubisoft undone by anti-DRM DDoS storm
16:34	The Register: Paypal freezes Cryptome
16:25	The Register: Botnet takedowns 'don't hurt crooks enough'
15:50	HNS: Spear phishing aimed at high-value targets increases
15:22	HNS: USB battery charger installs Trojan
15:16	ZDNet: Energizer battery charger contains backdoor
14:30	Viruslist: Monthly Malware Statistics: February 2010
14:28	HNS: Zuckerberg hacked into journalists' email?
13:33	The Register: Energizer Duo software suffers backdoor Trojan bother
13:18	HNS: Fake drug peddlers hijack academic websites
07:01	HNS: Week in review: Aurora prevention, RSA Conference, and Mariposa botnet takedown

All news for March 7, 2010

10:02

The Register: Patchy Windows patching leaves users insecure

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