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For your convenience, our Virus and Spyware Alerts are constantly updated from the most reliable sources. Additionally, from time to time, in this section we insert Alerts, Warnings and notifications from our own observation of the Internet.
US-CERT Current Activity
The US-CERT Current Activity web page is a regularly updated summary of the most frequent, high-impact types of security incidents currently being reported to the US-CERT.
Microsoft Releases March Security Bulletin Microsoft has released an update to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Office as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the bulletin ...
9 Mar 2010 at 2:44pm
Energizer DUO USB Battery Charger Software Allows Remote System Access US-CERT is aware of a backdoor in the software for the Energizer DUO USB battery charger. This backdoor may allow a remote attacker to list directories, send and receive files, and execute programs on an affected system. The software, which has been discontinued, was available for both Windows a ...
8 Mar 2010 at 11:26am
Cisco Releases Multiple Security Advisories Cisco has released three security advisories to address vulnerabilities.
Security advisory cisco-sa-20100303-cucm, addresses multiple vulnerabilities in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager which affect the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP), and the Comp ...
4 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for March Security Bulletin Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification, indicating that its March release cycle will contain two bulletins. These bulletins will have a severity rating of Important and will be for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Release of these bulletins is scheduled for Tuesday, ...
4 Mar 2010 at 2:57pm
U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Census Campaign Warning US-CERT asks users to be vigilant during the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 Census campaign and to watch for potential census scams.
According to the U.S. Census 2010 website, they began delivery of the printed census forms to every resident in the United States on March 1, 2010. The only way to compl ...
3 Mar 2010 at 12:21pm
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Cutting edge security research as it happens.......
Targeted Internet Explorer 0day Attack Announced (CVE-2010-0806) Earlier today, Microsoft released Security Advisory (981374). This advisory covers CVE-2010-0806, an unpatched vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7. This attack appears to be rather targeted at the moment, but as with other unpatched vulnerabilities in the past, this has ...
9 Mar 2010 at 9:30pm
Apple Announces iPad Availability: Watch Out for Scams! Last week Apple formally announced the launch date for the Wi-Fi version of its much anticipated new tablet computer, the iPad. As with most events that generate a lot of media and consumer interest, this one also generated curiosity from the spammer community. They wonder how they can leverage ...
8 Mar 2010 at 9:00pm
Wiseguys Botnet First in Line for Concert, Sports Tickets We frequently read stories about spammers who can circumvent CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) authentication. Using bot-infected machines, they can create a vast number of random e-mail accounts for spamming purposes. This week, a federal judge ...
5 Mar 2010 at 3:01pm
On Olympics, St. Patrick’s Day, Screensavers, and Wallpaper The combination of search engine optimization with sporting and holiday news continues to fascinate me. Oh, and did I mention malware and malicious websites? They always make for interesting bedfellows. The Olympics have been getting massive coverage, of course, and St. Patrick’s Day is just aro ...
23 Feb 2010 at 3:30pm
Valentine’s Day Searches Lead to Malware 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…malware! It’s like clockwork, ain’t it? A popular holiday–such as Valentine’s Day–approaches and malware authors and cybercriminals ready for it. I have done some Valentine’s Day searches for poisoned terms and found some nasty ones very quickly. Screensavers and ecards are alway ...
10 Feb 2010 at 1:11pm
Beware Teeth Whitening Scams! - Sponsored Link Ad - Discover A Mom's Secret Trick That Gave Her A Celebrity Smile For $3.18!
9 Mar 2010 at 4:25pm
Microsoft Internet Explorer Code Execution Vulnerability (981374) Extract not available.
9 Mar 2010 at 4:25pm
Trojan.FakeAV!gen21 By: Piotr Krysiuk Search Threats Search by nameExample: W32. Beagle. AG@mm 1995 - 2010 Symantec Corporation utilityListText '';utilityListText ' ';utilityListText ' ';utilityListText ' Sales';utilityListText
9 Mar 2010 at 12:36pm
Bloodhound.PDF.22 is a heuristic detection for potentially malicious files, which may exploit vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader in order to perform further malicious actions. Protection Initial Rapid Release version March 9, 2010 revision 003 Latest Rapid
9 Mar 2010 at 12:36pm
VirusProtector is a misleading application that may give exaggerated reports of threats on the computer. Protection Initial Rapid Release version March 8, 2010 revision 016 Latest Rapid Release version March 8, 2010 revision 016 Initial Daily Certified version March
8 Mar 2010 at 6:32pm
Packed.Generic.293 is a heuristic detection for files that may have been obfuscated or encrypted in order to conceal themselves from Antivirus software. Protection Initial Rapid Release version March 5, 2010 revision 048 Latest Rapid Release version March 5, 2010 revision
8 Mar 2010 at 6:31pm
Sophos Email Security Appliance Earns VBSpam Award - IT security and data protect firm Sophos announced today that the , a managed appliance offering protection against spam, malware and data loss, has been awarded a VBSpam certification for the detection and removal of malware and spam by Virus
8 Mar 2010 at 4:27pm
Packed.Generic.294 is a heuristic detection used to detect threats associated with the and families. Protection Initial Rapid Release version pending Latest Rapid Release version pending Initial Daily Certified version pending Latest Daily Certified version pending
8 Mar 2010 at 2:26am
For your convenience, our Virus and Spyware Alerts are constantly updated from the most reliable sources. Additionally, from time to time, in this section we insert Alerts, Warnings and notifications from our own observation of the Internet.
US-CERT Current Activity
The US-CERT Current Activity web page is a regularly updated summary of the most frequent, high-impact types of security incidents currently being reported to the US-CERT.
Microsoft Releases March Security Bulletin Microsoft has released an update to address vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows and Office as part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2010. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code.
US-CERT encourages users and administrators to review the bulletin ...
9 Mar 2010 at 2:44pm
Energizer DUO USB Battery Charger Software Allows Remote System Access US-CERT is aware of a backdoor in the software for the Energizer DUO USB battery charger. This backdoor may allow a remote attacker to list directories, send and receive files, and execute programs on an affected system. The software, which has been discontinued, was available for both Windows a ...
8 Mar 2010 at 11:26am
Cisco Releases Multiple Security Advisories Cisco has released three security advisories to address vulnerabilities.
Security advisory cisco-sa-20100303-cucm, addresses multiple vulnerabilities in the Cisco Unified Communications Manager which affect the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Skinny Client Control Protocol (SCCP), and the Comp ...
4 Mar 2010 at 7:00pm
Microsoft Releases Advance Notification for March Security Bulletin Microsoft has issued a Security Bulletin Advance Notification, indicating that its March release cycle will contain two bulletins. These bulletins will have a severity rating of Important and will be for Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office. Release of these bulletins is scheduled for Tuesday, ...
4 Mar 2010 at 2:57pm
U.S. Census Bureau 2010 Census Campaign Warning US-CERT asks users to be vigilant during the U.S. Census Bureau's 2010 Census campaign and to watch for potential census scams.
According to the U.S. Census 2010 website, they began delivery of the printed census forms to every resident in the United States on March 1, 2010. The only way to compl ...
3 Mar 2010 at 12:21pm
McAfee Avert Labs
Cutting edge security research as it happens.......
Targeted Internet Explorer 0day Attack Announced (CVE-2010-0806) Earlier today, Microsoft released Security Advisory (981374). This advisory covers CVE-2010-0806, an unpatched vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer versions 6 and 7. This attack appears to be rather targeted at the moment, but as with other unpatched vulnerabilities in the past, this has ...
9 Mar 2010 at 9:30pm
Apple Announces iPad Availability: Watch Out for Scams! Last week Apple formally announced the launch date for the Wi-Fi version of its much anticipated new tablet computer, the iPad. As with most events that generate a lot of media and consumer interest, this one also generated curiosity from the spammer community. They wonder how they can leverage ...
8 Mar 2010 at 9:00pm
Wiseguys Botnet First in Line for Concert, Sports Tickets We frequently read stories about spammers who can circumvent CAPTCHA (Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart) authentication. Using bot-infected machines, they can create a vast number of random e-mail accounts for spamming purposes. This week, a federal judge ...
5 Mar 2010 at 3:01pm
On Olympics, St. Patrick’s Day, Screensavers, and Wallpaper The combination of search engine optimization with sporting and holiday news continues to fascinate me. Oh, and did I mention malware and malicious websites? They always make for interesting bedfellows. The Olympics have been getting massive coverage, of course, and St. Patrick’s Day is just aro ...
23 Feb 2010 at 3:30pm
Valentine’s Day Searches Lead to Malware 5, 4, 3, 2, 1…malware! It’s like clockwork, ain’t it? A popular holiday–such as Valentine’s Day–approaches and malware authors and cybercriminals ready for it. I have done some Valentine’s Day searches for poisoned terms and found some nasty ones very quickly. Screensavers and ecards are alway ...
10 Feb 2010 at 1:11pm
Beware Teeth Whitening Scams! - Sponsored Link Ad - Discover A Mom's Secret Trick That Gave Her A Celebrity Smile For $3.18!
9 Mar 2010 at 4:25pm
Microsoft Internet Explorer Code Execution Vulnerability (981374) Extract not available.
9 Mar 2010 at 4:25pm
Trojan.FakeAV!gen21 By: Piotr Krysiuk Search Threats Search by nameExample: W32. Beagle. AG@mm 1995 - 2010 Symantec Corporation utilityListText '';utilityListText ' ';utilityListText ' ';utilityListText ' Sales';utilityListText
9 Mar 2010 at 12:36pm
Bloodhound.PDF.22 is a heuristic detection for potentially malicious files, which may exploit vulnerabilities in Adobe Acrobat or Adobe Reader in order to perform further malicious actions. Protection Initial Rapid Release version March 9, 2010 revision 003 Latest Rapid
9 Mar 2010 at 12:36pm
VirusProtector is a misleading application that may give exaggerated reports of threats on the computer. Protection Initial Rapid Release version March 8, 2010 revision 016 Latest Rapid Release version March 8, 2010 revision 016 Initial Daily Certified version March
8 Mar 2010 at 6:32pm
Packed.Generic.293 is a heuristic detection for files that may have been obfuscated or encrypted in order to conceal themselves from Antivirus software. Protection Initial Rapid Release version March 5, 2010 revision 048 Latest Rapid Release version March 5, 2010 revision
8 Mar 2010 at 6:31pm
Sophos Email Security Appliance Earns VBSpam Award - IT security and data protect firm Sophos announced today that the , a managed appliance offering protection against spam, malware and data loss, has been awarded a VBSpam certification for the detection and removal of malware and spam by Virus
8 Mar 2010 at 4:27pm
Packed.Generic.294 is a heuristic detection used to detect threats associated with the and families. Protection Initial Rapid Release version pending Latest Rapid Release version pending Initial Daily Certified version pending Latest Daily Certified version pending
8 Mar 2010 at 2:26am