Flash-based rogue AV targets users
In a recently discovered spam e-mail campaign promoting fake AV, the links in the messages take users to one of more than 300 compromised domains. Once users lands on the page, a JavaScript message warning about a “critical process activity”…
Hackers Turn Credit Report Websites Against Consumers.
The most important tool consumers have to fight against ID theft has been turned against them by hackers, msnbc.com has learned. Websites that offer consumers a chance to see their credit reports are being brazenly used by hackers to steal…
Microsoft closes critical RDP hole in Windows.
Microsoft released six security bulletins to close seven holes. It said one of the bulletins (MS12-020), rated as critical, addresses two privately reported vulnerabilities in its implementation of the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). The first is a “critical-class” issue in…
Malicious proxies may become standard fare
A number of security-as-a-service applications — from Postini to OpenDNS to Zscaler — reroute domain-name system (DNS) requests through centralized servers or proxies to detect security threats and sanitize traffic before it reaches the client network. Yet proxies are not…
Cisco recalls suicidal UCS blade servers
The week of January 30, Cisco Systems put out a field notice to customers using its Unified Computing System B440 server blades, stating the failure of a MOSFET power transistor on the blade can “cause the component to overheat and…