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Welcome back, Linux kernel!

04

Oct

2011

Just under a month ago, the official distribution site for the Linux kernel was taken offline following an embarrasing malware incident. The brains behind the Linux kernel discovered malware on the PC of at least one kernel maintainer, as well as on some of the kernel.org servers themselves. (Yes, Linux malware. Not only in the […]

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A Look at the MySQL.com Hack-attack

28

Sep

2011

The big story yesterday (9/26/2011) was mysql.com getting hacked, and serving up malicious JavaScript in its pages. The JavaScript created an invisible iFrame that linked to a drive-by-download attack hosted on malicious servers — an attack with a poorly detected payload. In related news, there were also reports that “root” access to mysql.com had been […]

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“We are going to sue you” scare tactic used in malicious Emails

21

Sep

2011

“What do I do if my email account has been spamming to the outside? I just got an email warning me that I will be sued!”Don’t worry just yet. When spam cannot lure you, then they will try to scare you! Here is a spam social engineered to trick to you into launching malware. WebsenseR ThreatSeekerR Network has […]

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