Worm spreads on Fotolog social networking website

Worm spreads on Fotolog social networking website


Worm spreads on Fotolog social networking website

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 08:25 AM PST

PandaLabs has reported the appearance of a new worm, FTLog.A, which spreads through the popular Fotolog social networking site. This foto-blogging portal is used by almost 30 million users around the ...

End users are the main targets of online attacks

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 07:03 AM PST

A report about the state of the Web by Zscaler indicates that cyber criminals have transferred the focus of their attacks from web and email servers to end user systems. Their goal is to compromise th...

Beware of the fake FBI fingerprint scanner

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 05:39 AM PST

According to information popping up in some online forums, an application that supposedly allows you to enter and search the FBI fingerprint database will be released in a few days. The application is...

Is 2010 the year of the cloud?

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:58 AM PST

Research by Resource on Demand claims to show the company has been receiving a record number of enquiries for salesforce and SaaS specialists during the first month of the year. According to Rolf v...

Phishing spam from "Bank of Nevada"

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:35 AM PST

What seemed like a typical phishing email was received by TrendLabs for analysis, but turned out to be just a ploy to get users to visit a malicious site with adult content. The email was supposedl...

Video: This you???? Twitter phishing attack demonstrated

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:24 AM PST

A phishing attack on Twitter asks "This you????" and links to a bogus login page. Here's a video from Sophos that shows how it works: ...

Rogue software details: TrustFighter

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:13 AM PST

TrustFighter is a rogue security application. In order to remove it, find out what files and registry entries to look for below. Known system changes: Files c:\Desktop\TrustFighter.lnk Fol...

US unable to win a cyber war

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 04:01 AM PST

The inability to deflect even a simulated cyber attack or mitigate its effects shown in the exercise that took place some six days ago at Washington's Mandarin Oriental Hotel doesn't bode well for the...

VeriSign introduces new verification service for Web sites

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 03:12 AM PST

VeriSign debuted the VeriSign Trust Seal, an extension of their recognized online trust mark, to increase confidence, traffic and transactions for sites that do not require SSL certificates. These inc...

Intel admits to being targeted in January attacks

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 02:15 AM PST

Among the 34 companies that have been targeted by "sophisticated" attacks in January was Intel. The fact was acknowledged in the company's annual report for the 2009 fiscal year, in which one of the r...

Critical vulnerability in Adobe Download Manager patched

Posted: 24 Feb 2010 12:21 AM PST

A critical vulnerability has been identified in the Adobe Download Manager. This vulnerability (CVE-2010-0189) could potentially allow an attacker to download and install unauthorized software onto a ...

Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to keynote RSA Conference 2010

Posted: 23 Feb 2010 09:00 PM PST

RSA Conference 2010 announced that Janet Napolitano, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, is scheduled to deliver a keynote on Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 3:10 PM. Secretary Napolitano will speak t...

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