mdash | DataProtectionCenter.com

Microsoft Update and The Nightmare Scenario

05

Jun

2012

About 900 million Windows computers get their updates from Microsoft Update. In addition to the DNS root servers, this update system has always been considered one of the weak points of the net. Antivirus people have nightmares about a variant of malware spoofing the update mechanism and replicating via it. Turns out, it looks like […]

Category General Written by F-Secure Antivirus Research Weblog 0 Comments

Trojan.Tatanarg.B Careful!

02

Jun

2012

There was a recent report on the Opera forums that users were encountering strange certificate behavior when visiting particular services over secured network connections, specifically HTTPS. This occurred while using online banking, webmail services, and social networking sites. Upon further investigation, we discovered a Trojan was intercepting the HTTPS connections, namely Trojan.Tatanarg.B. Trojan.Tatanarg.B works by […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

Flamer: A Recipe for Bluetoothache

01

Jun

2012

W32.Flamer is possibly the only Windows based threat we have encountered which uses Bluetooth. It is yet another indicator that W32.Flamer is not only exceptional, but that it is a comprehensive information gathering and espionage tool. The CrySyS laboratory has previously documented the technical details of Bluetooth in W32.Flamer. But, what does this actually mean […]

Category General Written by Symantec Security Response Blog 0 Comments

The Latest in IT Security

Posts Tagged ‘mdash’

Microsoft Update and The Nightmare Scenario

Flamer: A Recipe for Bluetoothache

Categories

Featured

Archives

Latest Comments

About Us

Contact Us