Danger worm hijacks Facebook accounts to inject banking trojan: DHS Infrastructure Open Source Report November 30th
Wednesday, November 30th, 2011A dangerous worm is using Facebook to spread itself by posting malicious links on the social networking Web site that point to malware-tainted sites loaded with a variant of the Zeus banking trojan as well as other pieces of malware. The malware uses stolen Facebook account credentials to log into compromised accounts and post links, [...]
Adobe closes 12 critical holes in Flash: DHS Infrastructure Open Source Report November 15th
Tuesday, November 15th, 2011Adobe closed 12 critical holes in all supported versions of Flash Player up to and including version 11.0.1.152. The memory corruption vulnerabilities allowed attackers to inject malicious code on computers; visiting a specially crafted Web page is all that was required to become a victim. When Internet Explorer is used, attackers can exploit a further [...]
Apple fixes security flaws in Windows version of QuickTime: DHS Open Source Report October 31st
Monday, October 31st, 2011Apple is advising Windows users to update their systems following the release of a patch for the QuickTime media player tool. The company said in a security advisory that QuickTime 7.7.1 addresses 12 vulnerabilities in the Windows version of the platform, but does not affect Mac OS X users. Ten of the flaws could be [...]
ASP.NET attacks infect more than a million: DHS Open Source Report Oct. 19th
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011As of October 18, more than 1 million people have been infected in less than a week after a malware campaign targeted visitors to outdated Web sites, SC Magazine reported October 18. The attacks exploited vulnerabilities in older versions of Java and Adobe Flash to hijack visitors’ computers; as of October 12, the campaign had [...]
Anonymous’ arrests tied to PayPal DDoS attacks, FBI says. Cyber Highlights July 21st
Thursday, July 21st, 2011The FBI said July 19 it arrested 14 people thought to belong to the hacking group known as Anonymous for alleged participation in a series of distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks against PayPal in 2010 in retaliation for its perceived opposition to WikiLeaks. The defendants were arrested on no-bail arrest warrants in a series of raids [...]
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