Monthly Archives: February 2011
Disabling the autorun entry point
Quite silently the Redmond company released an optional update yesterday which disables autorun for USB sticks. This is one of the most dangerous entry points for malware currently used. Family members, friends or employees carry autorun Trojans around with them … Continue reading
Busy Patchday: Updates for almost everything
Today seems to be administrators nightmare day: Not only Microsoft released the announced updates on the regular Patch Tuesday, but also Adobe for Reader and Flash Player and Google for the Chrome web browser. And even worse, this doesn’t make … Continue reading
Improve your Security #2: Securing your notebook
Quite a lot of people take now their netbook or smartphone with them when travelling. Because of this, almost every quarter of the year we read stories about sensitive personal data was lost because some laptop or USB stick got … Continue reading
Phishing Attack on PayPal Italy
We are monitoring a phishing attack directed toward the customers of PayPal Italy. The email is very long and explains the reader why is it important to click on that link and to answer to the survey. As usual for … Continue reading
Microsoft Patchday ahead, Google secures Chrome
The Redmond company today announced that it plans to release 12 security bulletins on the upcoming Patch Tuesday. The according updates close 22 security holes within the Windows operating systems, Internet Explorer and Microsoft Office. Of those, 3 bulletins cope … Continue reading
Paypal phishing attempts in German
Paypal phishing attempts in English speaking countries are very successful. The fraudsters seem to assume that this success also applies to the German speaking audience and started many phishing campaigns with phishing mails written in German. Unfortunately for them, the … Continue reading
VLC 1.1.7 fixes critical .mkv vulnerability
The VLC developers are really fast! Only two days after a new security vulnerability in the .mkv processing routines became public, a fixed version of the player is available for download. VLC 1.1.7 has the .mkv issue fixed. VLC users … Continue reading
Multilingual Paypal phishing
We don’t see a phishing attack executed simultaneously in two languages every day, but recently saw one in English and French at the same time. This time, the fraudsters didn’t even bother to change anything in the email: The text … Continue reading