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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 […]

According to alvarezperea.com, it appears that the writer was told by an employee of the havoc the worm wrecked on the theme park. It seems that most everything is computer controlled from ticket sales, food sales etc. Sounds like it wasn’t a fun day at the Magic Kingdom.    Send article as PDF   

There is a report that a virus shut down the computer systems at US Customs. This made for long slow manual check for travelers entering the U.S. Thursday night is when this took place at a number of airports across the country. They say all has been restored to full capacity.    Send article as […]

Yesterday I mentioned a SANS report on a possible zero day exploit against Internet Explorer. Today they have more details in the handlers diary. Among other things SANS has issued a patch for it.    Send article as PDF   

I just read that Microsoft has released an update to the Malicious software removal tool. The updated version is not yet available at Windows or Microsoft update, but from Microsoft’s download center.    Send article as PDF   

I’ve been reading the sunbeltblog lately and they have a post related to this latest virus outbreak which is right to the point. Most corporate desktops run Windows 2000 as opposed to Windows XP and Microsoft has been less than “charming” in their response to the issue that many businesses have had with Zotob.    […]