It’s retro day in the world of Internet security, with an Internet worm dubbed “Morto” spreading via the Windows Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). F-Secure is reporting that the worm is behind a … [Read more...]
US does not deny (nor agree) to their involvement of the development of Stuxnet
Monday, 30 May 2011 By
If you want to see a top Pentagon official squirm, tune into CNBC’s cyberwar documentary Thursday night, and watch Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn face an uncomfortably direct question … [Read more...]
SQL Slammer Worm Regains Momentum
Thursday, 21 April 2011 By
The people at McAfee Labs every day say that they are monitoring millions of intrusion prevention systems (IPS) alerts from their sensors around the world. From these alerts, they often see … [Read more...]
Zeus attack code out in the wild, says Trend Micro
Tuesday, 5 April 2011 By
Security vendor Trend Micro is stating that for about two weeks now, the ZeuS source code has been making its way around to different people. Many people have been offering it up for sale on … [Read more...]
Flashback: 10 years ago the Anna Kournikova worm author was arrested
Monday, 14 February 2011 By
On Valentine's Day in 2001, Jan De Wit, the author of the Anna Kournikova worm was arrested by Dutch police. That worm was designed to trick email users into opening a mail message purportedly … [Read more...]
Porn site visit gets you ransomware
Saturday, 15 January 2011 By
RixoBot, a worm made in Russia gets you in trouble when you visit some malicious porn sites. According to Trend Micro who reported the worm, the worm locks up a few parts of Windows. Therefore it … [Read more...]
