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Sunbelt blog is reporting on some of the countermeasures that some banks are starting to use to frustrate keyloggers. One trick is to request that your pin – number be entered in reverse or a specific order.    Send article as PDF   

Surprise… what is surprising is how high it’s infiltration is reported to be. Spyware confidential is reporting on a Webroot survey claiming that spyware in the enterprise is at 80% (does this mean 80% of businesses have spyware, or 80% of business machines have spyware?)    Send article as PDF   

Given how easy it is for people to be fooled by phishing sites, you would think banks would try and keep as many “easy ways to identify a legitimate bank site” as possible wouldn’t you? I mean, user-friendliness is certainly a big selling point in things software and even web site related so you would […]

US-CERT is addressing the issue of spyware. According to Spyware Confidential, they’ve released a document (pdf) on the matter, including techniques to guard against spyware. Education and awareness are two elements that are highly emphasized.    Send article as PDF   

I found this one at The sunbelt blog, very good article referencing a talk on wireless network security by Xavier Ashe.    Send article as PDF   

The dust over the zotob worm infection has settled a bit at this point. (You can bet there are still infected machines out there though so if you haven’t patched yet – DO IT and check for signs of infection.) Among other things, The Security Fix is analyzing the impact.    Send article as PDF […]

The infocon level at incidents.org has been lowered back to green although there is still no patch for this issue from Microsoft and the threat still exists. They like to use the higher level to get attention to an issue, but not leave it on higher alert level for extended periods. They also have noted […]

There was an update at Incidents.org on the Zotob worm and specifically an advisory related to Cisco products.    Send article as PDF   

It looks like Sunbelt has found ANOTHER massive Identity theft ring. They suspect it’s a trojan from the Dumaru family that is contentedly logging the infromation and promise more details.    Send article as PDF   

No, virustotal is not the name of the latest greatest bug circulating. It’s the name of a website that gives you the opportunity to submit a suspicious file and let them scan with multiple virus engines. Then, they send an email telling what it is detected as (if at all) by several vendors. It’s a […]