Patch Tuesday Continues.. Now With IE Vulnerability!

This patch Tuesday had been quiet, perhaps too quiet. It turns out there is also a new advisory for Internet Explorer. For a more complete list, please see[...]


March 9th, 2010

With a name like this…

Some people have a sense of humor, or maybe they’re just taunting us. Check it for yourself: [...]


March 9th, 2010

Antivirus 7

If your computer has been infected by the “Antivirus 7″ virus, you may be interested in reading this AV7 post on how to remove Antivirus 7 virus. This post will give you details removing Antivirus 7 virus for free. Is Antivirus 7[...]


March 9th, 2010

March Patch Tuesday …. pay attention Mac users

This patch Tuesday has been relatively quiet with Microsoft only issuing two patches, of which, both bulletins they rate as only important. Privately disclosed vulnerabilities in [...]


March 9th, 2010

PDF Based Targeted Attacks are Increasing

Microsoft schedules its security updates on the second Tuesday of the month. Adobe recently began following this schedule as well, and while there are no Adobe upd[...]


March 9th, 2010

Darkmarket Avatars

As "JiLsi" — one of the online criminals from Darkmarket — was sentenced last week to almost f[...]


March 9th, 2010

Desperate Phishing Attempt

Somebody is trying to pose as us. If you see an email like the one below, please ignore it:     From: security@f-secure.com     Reply-To: securitysupp[...]


March 9th, 2010

The Morphing PDF

Just when we thought SEO using Flash was as interesting as SEO poisoning can get, it seems it's getting even sneakier…Imagine a PDF file posted by someone [...]


March 9th, 2010

SEO Poisoning Sites Use Flash for Redirection

Another day, another news, and well… another SEO poisoning stint.Using PDF files in SEO po[...]


March 9th, 2010

Another Bot Bites the Dust?

Remember Microsoft's action against 277 Waledac domains last week? Well, that's one way of going after a botnet…Another way of shutting down a botnet? Arre[...]


March 9th, 2010

I’m Feeling Lucky?

Criminals like to attack the biggest target because BIGGER generally provides a better Return On Investment (ROI). Windows is a good example. Mac is indeed safer than Windows but it isn't necessarily because Mac is more secure. Windows has a [...]


March 9th, 2010

Pwn2Own Interview with Charlie Miller

Charlie Miller, the Pwn2Own contest winner for two years in a row, gives his take on Internet security. Guess what — your Mac OS is no less vulnerable than its Microsoft Windows counterpart.Windows 7 or [...]


March 9th, 2010

RSA Conference 2010

Moscone Center, San Francisco, USA is the site of this week's RSA Conference 2010. It's the world's largest information security industry conference with well over 10,000 attendees. For som[...]


March 9th, 2010

Analyzing PDF Files

We've been seeing a gradual shift in malicious PDF file coding (no surprise there, we know malware authors can and do adapt their techniques).For a long time, we saw malicious PDF files that were simple enough to allow us to readi[...]


March 9th, 2010

R.I.P. Waledac?

Microsoft took a stab at Waledac bots last April when they added detection to their [...]


March 9th, 2010

This you?? What’s the point of phishing a Twitter account?

We've received some questions regarding recent phishing attacks conducted against Twitter.com.Tweets and Direct Messages ([...]


March 9th, 2010

60+ Compromised Sites with SEO Poisoning

More than 60 websites have been found to be hotbeds for SEO poisoning. Each of these domains host hundreds of possible matches for search keys.Also, the topics in one domain overlap with that of the other domain, thus making it po[...]


March 9th, 2010

SC Magazine’s Five to Follow

SC Magazine (US) is hosting security blog awards next week at RSA Conference 2010 and our own Mikko Hypponen is among the nominees in the Five to Follow on Twitter category.[...]


March 9th, 2010

Antivirus 7

Antivirus 7 is a rogue anti-virus program that reports false threats and displays fake security alerts to convince you into thinking that your computer is infected with computer worms, trojan viruses and other malware. It pretends to be legitimate se[...]


March 9th, 2010

Antivirus 7

Antivirus 7 is a typical rogue security tool. It’s a clone of Block Protector. Both of these programs are frauds as they don’t function as security tools. Antivirus 7 infects computer secretly with help of trojans and deceptive online advertiseme[...]


March 9th, 2010