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Zango has a Secret Crush on you! - McAfee Avert Labs Blog

Zango has a Secret Crush on you! Monday January 7, 2008 at 12:27 pm CST Posted by Allysa Myers Trackback Well, Zango is at it again, making news with distasteful distribution tactics. They were one of the first groups to get into distributing themselves surreptitiously on MySpace , now they’ve caught...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-11-2008
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks, Spam\Phishing
Symantec Security Response Weblog: "Referer" Field Used in the Battle Against Online Fraud

"Referer" Field Used in the Battle Against Online Fraud The "referer" [sic] header is generally used to track back-links in order to understand how a certain Web site is being reached by its visitors (hyperlinks on other Web sites, search engines, etc.) According to the RFC2616 ,...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-11-2008
Filed under: Internet Hacks, Spam\Phishing, Security
MySpace, Excite, and Blick Serve Up Malicious Banner Ads | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

MySpace, Excite, and Blick Serve Up Malicious Banner Ads January 6th, 2008 by Jake Soriano Here’s another case to illustrate the importance of installing security updates, installing them in a timely manner, and installing not just OS updates, but those for third-party software applications as well....

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-10-2008
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks, Spam\Phishing
Text or Call to Bring Your System Back | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

Text or Call to Bring Your System Back January 4th, 2008 by Mayee Corpin A new Trojan locks up machines completely and makes unwitting victims fork over an amount to be able to access their systems again, Sunbelt first reported . Trend Micro detects the said ransomware Trojan as TROJ_RANSOM.B . TrendLabs...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-10-2008
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks, Spam\Phishing
Secret Crush on Facebook Reveals Its True Self | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

Secret Crush on Facebook Reveals Its True Self January 4th, 2008 by Jercyl Lerin Facebook users, take heed: Some secrets are best left undisclosed, no matter how juicy and intriguing. Those who have encountered the application within Facebook called “Secret Crush” are bound to get a surprise because...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-10-2008
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks, Spam\Phishing
Symantec Security Response Weblog: I’ve Got a Crush on You.

I’ve Got a Crush on You. Social networking sites are currently the hottest spots to hang out on the Internet. Grandma has a MySpace page and your little sister is on Facebook. People in nightclubs no longer give out phone numbers, they tell you to find them on Friendster. Even cell phones are in on it...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-10-2008
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks
A Spear in My Heart: Jets Fan Sites Compromised | TrendLabs | Malware Blog - by Trend Micro

A Spear in My Heart: Jets Fan Sites Compromised January 4th, 2008 by Paul Ferguson Whoa is my Jets, but not only the team, but one of their fansites, and several other unrelated websites, too. It leads to a redirect in Estonia, which in turn leads to an exploit server in New York.Go figure. Here is yet...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-10-2008
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks
SANS Internet Storm Center - Mass exploits with SQL Injection

Mass exploits with SQL Injection Published: 2008-01-09, Last Updated: 2008-01-09 09:05:44 UTC by Bojan Zdrnja (Version: 1) Couple of days ago fellow handler Scott wrote a diary about sites hosting exploits for various Realplayer vulnerabilities. One of the malicious sites mentioned in the article, uc8010...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 01-10-2008
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks
SANS Internet Storm Center - Anticipated Storm-Bot Attack Begins

Anticipated Storm-Bot Attack Begins Published: 2007-12-24, Last Updated: 2007-12-24 13:11:38 UTC by Kevin Liston (Version: 3) Overview and Blocking Information Shortly after 0000 GMT 24-DEC-2007 reports came in indicating that the Storm Botnet was sending out another wave of attempts to enlist new members...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 12-24-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks, Spam\Phishing
Pinch Malware Authors Busted - F-Secure Weblog : News from the Lab

Pinch Malware Authors Busted Posted by Alexey @ 16:30 GMT | Nikolay Patrushev, head of the Russian FSB (Federal Security Agency), recently announced that over 1.4 million hacker attacks against federal sites were repelled in just 2007. Patrushev also stated that the authors of the famous Pinch trojan...

Posted to Chris Mosby at myITforum.com (Weblog) by cmosby on 12-21-2007
Filed under: Security and Anti-Virus, Internet Hacks

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