Internet attackers looking for ways to compromise a growing number of computers have brought back SQL Injection. Researchers are noticing a growing number of websites that have been compromised by a mass SQL Injection that take advantage of weak website apps and then use those sites as a launch pad to infect their website visitors [...]
The Abobe Flash Player has a zero day defect that is currently being targeted by attackers across the world who have set up over 200,000 webpages for exploitation of the defect. The vulnerability could be exploited to cause a denial of service ( DOS ) situation. It is reported that Adobe Flash Player 9.0.115.0 and [...]
Security experts are warning computer users to beware of malware attacks timed to coincide with April Fool’s Day, noting that the keepers of the Storm Trojan have already launched such attacks.
Source: SearchSecurity.com | Information Security Magazine
Researchers at Helsinki-based F-Secure Corp. said in the company blog that a new wave of April Fool’s Day-related Storm mails [...]
How to determine if I have the Storm Worm?
How to determine if my email is infected with the Storm Worm?
The Storm Worm ( a botnet of infected computers that feeds off unprotected users to strengthen its network ) may arrive in an email with one of the common subject lines listed below: ( see below that [...]
Nugache is a worm that has actually been around longer than Storm. The Storm Worm is one of the worst botnets on the net but Nugache could take its place. Researchers report that Nugache has been revised and updated to make it more powerful…perhaps even more powerful than Storm.
Both Nugache and Storm are botnets. That [...]
The Stration Worm, found mostly in SPAM, could pose a real threat given the potential its creators could unleash.
Security vendors are rating the Stration Worm ( also known as Warezov, Stration and Stratio ) as a low risk infection but admit that the worm is difficult to work with.
The malware is a virus spread via [...]
Finjan Inc. reports that attackers infected at least 10,000 trusted web sites with malware last month using the Random.JS Trojan toolkit. Random.JS is an exceptionally sneaky Trojan that infects the targeted machine and sends data from the machine back to the attackers controlling it via the Internet. The information that is stolen includes documents, passwords, [...]