According to email and internet content security firm Marshal, almost half of spam traffic is generated by Srizbi botnet.
Srizbi botnet generates 46 percent of all spam traffic
June 30th, 2008 by Kiyani
Mac under attack from two in-the-wild trojans
June 22nd, 2008 by Kiyani
Two security firms have reported that two rate but dangerous in-the-wild trojans are attacking Mac operating system.
McAfee study shows .hk and .cn domains most dangerous
June 4th, 2008 by Kiyani
According to a study by McAfee it is revealed that .hk domain of Hong Kong is the most dangerous when it comes to security threat like malware and virus e.t.c.
Second most dangerous domain is .cn of China.
China and USA are leading sources of cyber attacks
June 2nd, 2008 by Kiyani
Akamai Technologies, Inc. in its report has said that China and US are the leading sources of hacking attacks, especially against Windows systems.
Akamai provides distributed computing platform for global Internet content and application delivery.
Who do companies fear most? Employees or Hackers
May 29th, 2008 by Kiyani
Companies mostly fear hackers. Not.
Enterprise security firm Secure Computing recently conducted a survey according to which it was revealed that most companies fear their employees when it comes to security.
Phishers exploiting legit sites to launch attack
May 21st, 2008 by Kiyani
Well what do you do when you see some unknown website suspected of phishing? Simply close the browser. A similar step is taken by hosting provider as they “close” the website by taking it down.
But what do you do when the site is legit? This is exactly what is happening these days i.e. phishers have […]
Asprox botnet armed with SQL injection
May 21st, 2008 by Kiyani
The Asprox botnet, which earlier ran amok by phishing users has got a new weapon; SQL injection.
Specialises in sending out phishing spam, now it uses an SQL-injection attack tool to hack websites and add yet more hijacked PCs to its army.
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Beware of malwares that can dodge anti-virus
May 15th, 2008 by Kiyani
According to Marc Henauer, head of the cyber-crime division at the Swiss Justice and Police Department, new types of malware and virus are hitting the web that is making it difficult for anti-virus and other security softwares to detect.
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Microsoft releases four security patches; three are critical
May 14th, 2008 by Kiyani
Microsoft has released four security patches in its May update. Three patches are critical while fourth one is moderate.
These updates deal with Microsoft Jet Engine, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Publisher and Microsoft Malware Protection Engine.
Most significant malware outbreak in three years says McAfee
May 7th, 2008 by Kiyani
McAfee has warned users that they may get an ad instead of a music or video file on several file-sharing sites which is the most significant malware outbreak in three years.
