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Dissecting Phish in SIRv10

13

May

2011

One of the most striking statistics in our recent Security Intelligence Report (SIRv10) is the change in social network phishing (attacks focused on impersonating a social networking site in an attempt to steal and exploit your credentials). This change was briefly mentioned in Vinny’s blog post that announced the release of the SIR. I want to […]

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Presenting… the Microsoft Safety Scanner

13

May

2011

We have just released a new tool called Microsoft Safety Scanner to help you diagnose if your computer is infected and clean it if possible. It is available from www.microsoft.com/security/scanner. The old online safety scanner from safety.live.com also now points to www.microsoft.com/security/scannerSo what is Microsoft Safety Scanner? It is a standalone, easy-to-use scanner, packaged with […]

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Little Red Ramnit: My, what big eyes you have, Grandma!

11

May

2011

This month’s addition to MSRT is Win32/Ramnit. Having been discovered in April 2010, the family is relatively new, however, the authors of Ramnit seem to have a preference for using an older generation of malicious techniques. Whilst there are still a number of parasitic file infectors in the wild, the total number of malware families […]

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