Old cellphone hoax finds new believers
Monday May 31, 2004
Further proof that old hoaxes never die, the cellphone hoax is once again
alive and well thanks to new groups of gullible users willing to pass it along.
Cleaning up cyberspace, one crook at a time
Friday May 28, 2004
It's been a bad week for cyber criminals - making it a great week for the rest of us. Wang An-ping, a 30-year-old computer programmer from Taiwan has been arrested ... Read More
Mac OS X flaws
Monday May 24, 2004
According to Apple, Mac OS X Panther "offers breakthroughs in innovation, ease of use and reliability". Apparently, these breakthroughs are also providing fertile ground for malware.
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Spammer using fake websites in fraud gets 46 months in prison
Tuesday May 18, 2004
A 20-year-old man, Zachary Keith Hill, was sentenced in Houston, TX to 46 months in prison for a rash of phishing expeditions designed to con folks out of credit card ... Read More
Was Cisco source code stolen?
Monday May 17, 2004
Robert Lemos of CNet reports that Cisco is investigated rumors that 800Mb of the networking giant's source code was compromised. Cisco provides hardware, software, and services designed for Internet communications ... Read More
Bitmap trojan results from source code leak
Friday May 14, 2004
Last February's disclosure of leaked Windows source code immediately led to the publishing of an exploit involving bitmap image files (.BMP). Now, antivirus vendors report a Trojan has been discovered ... Read More
750,000+ infected by Phatbot
Friday May 14, 2004
A report in Heise Online reveals at least 750,000 Phatbot infected systems giving attackers remote control of impacted systems. According to Lurhq, the Phatbot trojan is a direct descendant of ... Read More
Trio of worms could be at end
Monday May 10, 2004
German authorities have reportedly arrested two persons accused of writing and releasing malicious code. The two are alleged to be the authors of three of the most prolific worms circulating ... Read More
Suspected Sasser worm author caught; could trigger more arrests, says Sophos
Saturday May 8, 2004
An 18-year old man has been arrested in Rotenburg, North Germany, in connection with writing and distributing the infamous Sasser internet worm, which is estimated to have attacked tens of ... Read More
SpyHunter ad campaign an enigma
Wednesday May 5, 2004
Enigma Software Group, owners of the SpyHunter brand, make the claim: "Our suites are built to address the need of privacy protection and computer security. We empower internet users to ... Read More
Sasser update
Monday May 3, 2004
Sasser.A, Sasser.B, Sasser.C, and now Sasser.D continue to actively spread via the Internet, infecting unpatched Microsoft systems vulnerable to the LSASS exploit. McAfee AVERT has updated their free Stinger utility ... Read More
Sasser Internet worm on the loose
Saturday May 1, 2004
As predicted, the Sasser Internet worm was discovered spreading early on the morning of
May 01. Sasser is the first in-the-wild exploit of the MS04-011
vulnerability (CAN-2003-0907)]
For patch details, see:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-011.mspx
The worm impacts ... Read More