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  1. Microsoft’s Live Search (finally) adds malware warnings

    Zero Day - 22 hours ago

    Microsoft’s Live Search team has officially announced the integration of warnings for potentially malware infected sites within Live Search, following last week’s introduction of a malware warning service aimed at

    Also tagged: microsoft, malware, browsers, hackers, passwords, anti virus, botnets, arbitrary code execution

  2. Apple: Mac users should run multiple anti-virus

    Zero Day - Dec 2, 2008

    One of Apple’s better Mac vs PC ads features a strong message that Windows computers are a magnet for viruses (malware) but Macs are automatically protected. As PC “ah-choos” his way through an infection, Mac offers a

    Also tagged: apple, malware, anti virus, data theft, spam and phishing, zero day attacks, viruses and worms, arbitrary code execution

  3. Is there no end to the AutoRun madness?

    Zero Day - Dec 2, 2008

    * Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Roel Schouwenberg Let’s skip any introduction and get straight to the point: We’re currently facing a problem of epidemic proportions in malware that is spreading via

    Also tagged: microsoft, research, malware, anti virus, data theft, vulnerability research, punditocracy, viruses and worms

  4. Microsoft’s Live launches malware detection service for webmasters

    Zero Day - Nov 27, 2008

    Playing catch-up with Google’s Safe Browsing diagnostic, Google’s warnings for potentially hackable sites, and Yahoo’s SearchScan introduced through their partnership with McAfee, Microsoft’s Live Search has updated

    Also tagged: microsoft, malware, browsers, hackers, passwords, anti virus, botnets, exploit code, arbitrary code execution

  5. Symantec puts value of underground transactions at $275M

    Zero Day - Nov 27, 2008

    Those of you looking for statistics to justify your security budgets for next year, look no further: Symantec has released their view of the underground economy as it has evolved over the past year. The qualitative

    Also tagged: research, phishing, symantec, data theft, complex attacks

  6. Microsoft is 5th most spam-friendly ISP

    Zero Day - Nov 22, 2008

    Spammers are abusing Microsoft’s online services at such an alarming rate that a non-profit spam fighting group now lists Microsoft as the world’s 5th most spam-friendly ISP (Internet Service Provider). The latest

    Also tagged: microsoft, malware, browsers, passwords, phishing, botnets, spam and phishing, viruses and worms

  7. Under worm attack, US Army bans USB drives

    Zero Day - Nov 21, 2008

    Under sustained attack from what is described as a rapidly spreading network worm, the U.S. army has banned the use of USB sticks, CDs, flash media cards, and all other removable data storage devices, according to

    Also tagged: malware, browsers, anti virus, data theft, exploit code, rootkits, viruses and worms, locally running web servers

  8. Malware found in Lenovo software package

    Zero Day - Nov 21, 2008

    Computer maker Lenovo is shipping a malware-infected software package to Windows XP users, according to warning from anti-virus researchers at Microsoft. The malicious file was identified by Microsoft as

    Also tagged: microsoft, research, malware, browsers, anti virus, data theft, rootkits, spam and phishing, viruses and worms

  9. Commercial vendor of spyware under legal fire

    Zero Day - Nov 20, 2008

    Just like every decent marketer out there, vendors of commercial malware tools are very good at positioning their tools. However, their pitches often contradict with themselves in a way that what’s promoted as a Remote

    Also tagged: privacy, malware, browsers, hackers, passwords, anti virus, data theft

  10. Apple turns to Google for Safari anti-phishing

    Zero Day - Nov 18, 2008

    Apple has quietly teamed up with Google to add anti-phishing features into the latest version of the Safari browser. The feature, turned on by default in Safari 3.2, displays a warning page (see screenshots below) when

    Also tagged: microsoft, apple, google, firefox, ebay, malware, browsers, mozilla, passwords, phishing, data theft, spam and phishing, arbitrary code execution

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