HITBSecConf, Asia’s largest and most popular network security conference, returns for its eighth consecutive year in Malaysia. Taking place from Oct 11 to 14 at the Crowne Plaza Mutiara, this year’s event features an expanded programme with a new quadruple track lineup, and keynotes from two of the biggest names in IT security. Also, for [...]
Despite the consistent media exposure that FAKEAV malware receives, it has always been business-as-usual for the FAKEAV proponents. To find out why the notorious malware persists, Trend Micro researchers looked into three important aspects. These include: 1) social engineering techniques; 2) FAKEAV technology; and 3) the FAKEAV business itself. Social Engineering Social engineering is a [...]
Gary McGraw was kind enough to interview me for his Silver Bullet Podcast. Gary is a real pro; he does his homework. After describing the interview process to my wife, she thought Gary’s approach sounded like James Lipton and Inside the Actor’s Studio! We talked about a lot of subjects and Gary tailored his questions [...]
Oracle Press Release Oracle CEO Larry Ellison to Join Oracle Executive Vice President Thomas Kurian in JavaOne Keynote to Discuss the Future of Java Redwood Shores, Calif. – August 23, 2010 News Facts Oracle announced today that the JavaOne 2010 opening keynote will feature Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and Oracle Executive Vice President Thomas Kurian, [...]
Once upon a time on a campsite far far away, about 2500 hackers came together, they hacked, chat and listened 4 days to one of their most favorite radio channels. Day in and day out they had so much fun, listening to their type of music, storyâs and discussions. Everybody was happy and there was [...]
A group of hackers has recently published detailed information from an underground credit card company. On July 23rd, an anonymous group claimed to have compromised a server of an online credit card processor company. At that time, however, the extent of the compromise was unclear. Looking at the data that was published leads us to [...]
QuickTime Player (version 7.6.6) allows movie files to trigger download of files, and cybercriminals are using this to download malware from malicious websites. Trend Micro Threat Research Engineer Benson Sy encountered two .MOV files (001 Dvdrip Salt.mov, salt dvdrpi [btjunkie][xtrancex].mov) that both used the recent movie, Salt , starring Angelina Jolie. It looks suspicious enough [...]
The tendency of spammers to use shortened URLs to evade detection has gone from last year’s clever exploit to this year’s mainstream tactic, MessageLabs has reported. In the second quarter of 2009, emails using shortened URLs exceeded 1 in 200 emails only once, the company’s July 2010 Intelligence report notes. During the same period this [...]
It’s clear to me that Dell needs a Product Security Incident Response Team, or PSIRT. Their response to the malware shipping with R410 replacement motherboards is not what I would like to see from a company of their size and stature. Take a look at this Dell Community thread to see what I mean. It’s [...]
Oracle Press Release Oracle Named a Leader in Transportation Management Systems and Supply Chain Execution by Leading Analyst Firm Redwood Shores, Calif. – July 22, 2010 News Facts Oracle has been named as a leader in two recent Gartner, Inc. reports on supply chain management as described in the “Magic Quadrant for Transportation Management Systems [...]