Anti-Spyware and PC Security News

Archive for May, 2007


08
May

Trojan impersonates Windows activation to snatch data

Beware of a new trojan in the wild, asking to reactivate your windows version and attempts to capture your credit card information.
Dubbed Kardphisher, the Trojan is nothing much technically, reported Takashi Katsuki, a Symantec researcher. But its author has “obviously taken great pains to make it appear legitimate.”
Once the Trojan’s installed, it throws up an […]


08
May

Cisco security products open to attack

Cisco announces vulnerabilities in its ASA and PIX line of security devices. It has posted fixes for these vulnerabilities.
According to Cisco’s security advisory: “The Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication bypass vulnerabilities are caused by a specific processing path followed when the device is setup to use a Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) authentication server. […]


06
May

Microsoft pencils in seven bug fixes again

Microsoft will issue seven security updates next week for Windows, Office, Exchange and BizTalk. As usual, Microsoft did not disclose details of the updates, but intelligent guesses are not difficult. One of the Windows updates, for example, will likely be a fix for the DNS zero-day bug found in all editions of Microsoft’s server line.
Again […]


04
May

How to find your security holes

It is crucial today to prevent vulnerabilities in your network (be it home network or office network) and remove these security holes in your desktops, laptops and servers. Knowing what they are, where they are on your network, and how to remove them is more important than sniffing packets and listening for burglars.
Want to see […]


03
May

Proofpoint releases dynamic reputation service

New way of preventing spam emails from coming through is available now. It is using dynamic and historic “reputation-based” logic about a sender to determine if it’s spam. Proofpoint, the company who released it, is saying that in their test, the false positives is very low, about 1 in a million. But it remains to […]


02
May

12 Ways to Be A Security Idiot - A Slideshow.

Here’s how to join the ranks of the attachment-opening, virus-downloading masses.
Although this is very simplistic slide show, it is what is necessary to be known by all. Simple and in plain language, we could understand PC security better. It covers the basic know-how in what makes a security idiot - funny way to show the […]

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