80 posts
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TDL4 Infection Update Win32/Olmasco MAXSS Pihar
TDSS/TDL4 has been a resilient and common rootkit used to infect computers, installing botkits, fake antivirus, and browser redirects. Just as it appeared development of the rootkit had stalled, some new variants have been appearing. Many antivirus programs are not detecting…
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2011: Malware Targets Your Friends, Your Pocket, and Your Apple
McAfee recently released it’s threat predictions for 2011 (PDF). Among the forecast for 2011: Social Media including Facebook, Twitter and instant messaging will distribute more malware than email. Related are short URL service abuses, and personalized attacks that appear to…
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Dawn of the 64-bit Rootkit Era
A recent Prevx blogpost details information on the new TDL3 rootkit, which they have deemed, “the first x64 compatible kernel mode rootkit infection in the wild.” Followed with more information in a post today. While much of the information presented by Prevx is highly…
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Hello passphrase, goodbye password
Chances are you know the rules for creating a secure password. Don’t use a dictionary word. Use upper and lowercase letters. Use at least one special character. Unfortunately, most people don’t follow even these basic rules. Recently, advances in computational power have made…
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Why would Intel buy McAfee?
Today Intel announced plans to buy McAfee for $7.7 billion dollars. Most people are asking, “Why?”. Why would a chip maker acquire a security company? The answer may lie within Moore’s Law. Simply stated Moore’s Law states that the number of transistors on a chip will double…
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Windows Patch Day – Bring on the BSOD!
Windows XP users are not very happy campers this week. Microsoft is busy investigating a multitude of reports that claim MS10-015, which was rolled out on Tuesday, is causing XP installations to blue-screen. Microsoft has acknowledged that this particular patch appears to be at…
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Google CEO Claims You Shouldn’t be Worried about Privacy
Google CEO Eric Schmidt has set the Internet on fire with his latest speech. During his talk, he touched on privacy concerns of everyday users. Apparently, Google has grown so big that they have forgotten exactly what it was they set out to DO in the first place. Mr. Schmidt…
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Windows 7 Security
It seems as though the entire world is abuzz with talk of Windows 7 being released today. Everywhere you look online, someone is discussing it. They talk about how fast it is, how cool some of the features are. However, you only really read about the security side of the new…
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Computer Security, Defense-in-Depth
The most popular forum in our message boards is Virus, Spyware and Trojan Removal. After we’ve helped someone remove one or more infection from their system, the most popular question is, “How can I keep it from happening again”? One of our experts has authored a post,…
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How To Make Your Wireless Network More Secure
With wireless internet taking over our lives to power platforms ranging from remote workstations and a new online casino to streaming media, internet cables have become a rare sight. Today, what has been a breakthrough, cutting edge discovery just several years ago, is being…