Trojan rounds up and steals Word and Excel docs

Trojan rounds up and steals Word and Excel docs


Trojan rounds up and steals Word and Excel docs

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 08:02 AM PST

Beware of bogus FedEx emails asking you to review a shipment notification - the attached Fedex_Invoice.exe is actually a downloader Trojan that opens you computer to other pieces of malware. In thi...

Hungarian sentenced for hacking, blackmailing Marriot

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 07:02 AM PST

Attila Nemeth, a 26-year-old Hungarian national who tried to blackmail Marriot International into giving him a job by stealing the company's internal documents and threatening to publish them has been...

Update on the Kelihos botnet

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 06:21 AM PST

Reports that the Kelihos botnet is back online and that its original operators are again trying to take over its reigns have been premature, says Microsoft. "Contrary to some reports, Kaspersky ...

The state of cyberwar in the U.S.

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 06:06 AM PST

As a country that is used to being dominant in the more traditional sense, the U.S. has been working to come to grips with a new sense of supremacy as a result of cyber threats, according to DiploNews...

Quick response, quick risk?

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 06:00 AM PST

You don't have to look far these days to spot a QR code. From their humble beginnings in labeling and tracking parts used in vehicle manufacturing, these blocky little barcodes-on-steroids are being ...

Simple steps to ensure online safety

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 05:58 AM PST

Resent research into internet use by teenagers conducted for GFI Software revealed that one in three parents do not know if Internet safety tips are being taught to their children, while nearly 25% of...

Smaller DDoS attacks can be deadlier than big ones

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 04:03 AM PST

Contrary to conventional thinking that large bandwidth cyber attacks wreak the most damage on enterprises, security experts at Radware instead found that bigger problems usually come in small packages...

Windows privilege management with enterprise reporting capabilities

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 03:34 AM PST

Avecto has unveiled the latest version of its Privilege Guard technology, developed to enable organizations to give all users the privileges they need to remain productive without impacting the securi...

CRISC certification: Reacting to a radically changing IT landscape

Posted: 06 Feb 2012 03:19 AM PST

The number of IT professionals seeking the CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control) certification continues to rise rapidly. More than 16,000 professionals have earned the CRISC desig...

Viral Facebook spam campaign delivers malware

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 10:50 PM PST

If you spot a Facebook friend of yours worrying about and linking to news about the US attacking Iran and Saudi Arabia, curb your curiosity and don't follow the link if you don't want to get served wi...

Compromised DreamHost-hosted websites lead to scams

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 10:29 PM PST

Hundreds of websites hosted by DreamHost have been compromised and are used to redirect users to a Russian scam page, warns Zscaler. Whether or not this is the result of the recent compromise of on...

Week in review: Reactions to VeriSign hack, Anonymous leaks FBI conference call, and the new issue of (IN)SECURE Magazine

Posted: 05 Feb 2012 09:01 PM PST

Here's an overview of some of last week's most interesting news, podcasts, reviews and articles: The F-BOMB: A tiny $50 spying computer for DARPA As ShmooCon's visitors have witnessed on Friday ...

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