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Computer visuses hit one million

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:31:33 GMT

clipped by: pokkets
clipper's remarks: They say it is due to an increasingly professional digital criminal underground. Doesn't that just mean they're making increasing amounts of money? Looks like Vista is as infectious as Windows has ever been. I suppose it pays to become more well versed on the capability, and mechanisms of computer viruses, and watch out for them in addition to relying on antivirus programs.
If my programs have found a virus trojan etc, I can't delete it until I've found out what I can about it. I don't remember having any real trouble since I started using firefox, but I'd be surprised if any could compete with some of the operator errors I've had to fix. It can be hard to fix something when the answer can be found on line, and the computer won't boot.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

The number of viruses, worms and trojans in circulation has topped the one million mark.

The new high for malicious programs was revealed by security firm Symantec in the latest edition of its bi-annual Internet Security Threat Report.

The vast majority of these programs have been created in the last twelve months, said Symantec.

Cyber criminals pump out malware to fool anti-virus programs which look for characteristics they have already seen.

Throughout 2007 Symantec detected more than 711,912 novel threats which brings the total number of malicious programs that the security firm's anti-virus programs detect to 1,122,311.

The vast majority of these viruses are aimed at PCs running Microsoft Windows

Popular malicious installations include key loggers that spring to life if particular websites are visited or programs, such as online games, are started up.

The report also put the growth in malicious code down to the increasingly professional digital criminal underground.

Virustotal - Online Virus Scanner

Mon, 21 Jul 2008 09:58:40 GMT

clipped by: benben1
clipper's remarks: Virustotal - Online Virus Scanner

Clip Source: www.virustotal.com

Virustotal is a service that analyzes suspicious files and facilitates the quick detection of viruses, worms, trojans, and all kinds of malware detected by antivirus engines. More information...

Tags: virus, online, scanner, trojan, upload

Invocation to St. Isidore

Thu, 17 Jul 2008 22:06:21 GMT

clipped by: junebuggin
clipper's remarks: ...have so been there...

Clip Source: www.diosef.org

When downloads fail, when disks erase,
when life-work’s lost in cyberspace,
remind us in our dire frustration:
The goal here is communication.
"Oh, heed our pleas (but don’t keep score)—
pray for us, St. Isidore!"

When "You’ve got mail!" but it’s all spam
(or files that won’t unzip),
when all at once there’s no more RAM,
we start to lose our grip,
and filling with the foulest hates,
we would defenestrate Bill Gates!
"Our charitable hearts restore—
pray for us, St. Isidore!"

When files we’ve saved cannot be found
(not even by Outlook),
when viruses and worms abound,
and eat the address book,
when through the Windows data’s flying,
the desperate cyber-slaves are crying,
prostrate on the office floor,
"Pray for us, St. Isidore!"

When programs crash and cursors freeze,
with warnings: "fatal error",
our systems drive us to our knees—
can this be cyber-terror,
or mere demoniac possession?
We need some saintly intercession!
Ah, what comfort to implore,
"Pray for us, St. Isidore!"

Tags: st. isidore, computers, internet, patrons

A New Way To Protect Computer Networks From Internet Worms

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 13:11:56 GMT

clipped by: tabsey
clipper's remarks: A good discovery, if we plebs can afford the spin off.

Clip Source: www.sciencedaily.com

ScienceDaily (Jun. 5, 2008) — Scientists may have found a new way to combat the most dangerous form of computer virus. The method automatically detects within minutes when an Internet worm has infected a computer network.

Network administrators can then isolate infected machines and hold them in quarantine for repairs.

They discovered how to contain the most virulent kind of worm: the kind that scans the Internet randomly, looking for vulnerable hosts to infect.

The key, they found, is for software to monitor the number of scans that machines on a network send out. When a machine starts sending out too many scans -- a sign that it has been infected -- administrators should take it off line and check it for viruses.

Tags: computer

Avira anti virus

Sat, 17 May 2008 13:29:56 GMT

clipped by: craighow

Clip Source: www.free-av.com

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Ad-Aware 2007: Latest Release: Free Download

Sat, 10 May 2008 04:15:11 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Free Download: Lavasoft's Ad-Aware 2007 new features

Clip Source: i.d.com.com

Clip Source: downloads.zdnet.com

With the ability to scan your RAM, Registry, hard drives, and external storage devices for known data-mining, advertising, and tracking components, Ad-Aware 2007 easily can clean your system, allowing you to maintain a higher degree of privacy while you surf the Web.Ad-Aware 2007 includes a redesigned engine, improved code sequence identification, incremental definition updates, one-click Web-history cleanup, multiple browser support, and other new features. The latest release adds language support for Dutch, Flemish, and Portuguese.

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Format:	Software	Size:	20,538 KB
Date:	Apr 2008	Version:	7.0.2.7
License:	Free
System Req:	Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server/Vista(32-bit)

Tags: lavasoft's ad-aware 2007, adware and malware, viruses and worms, cyberthreats

"Bad Bug Book" from CDC

Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:10:01 GMT

clipped by: skwirlinator

Clip Source: vm.cfsan.fda.gov

"Bad Bug Book"

This handbook provides basic facts regarding foodborne pathogenic microorganisms and natural toxins. It brings together in one place information from the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the USDA Food Safety Inspection Service, and the National Institutes of Health.

Some technical terms have been linked to the National Library of Medicine's Entrez glossary. Recent articles from Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports have been added to selected chapters to update the handbook with information on later outbreaks or incidents of foodborne disease. At the end of selected chapters on pathogenic microorganisms, hypertext links are included to relevant Entrez abstracts and GenBank genetic loci. A more complete description of the handbook may be found in the Preface.

PATHOGENIC BACTERIA

ENTEROVIRULENT ESCHERICHIA COLI GROUP (EEC Group)

PARASITIC PROTOZOA and WORMS

VIRUSES

NATURAL TOXINS

OTHER PATHOGENIC AGENTS

APPENDICES

Foodborne Illness

Tags: health, "bad bug book", usda, disease, handbook

Project Malwarez: Visualizing worms, viruses, trojans and spyware

Mon, 21 Jan 2008 20:16:43 GMT

clipped by: Djiezes
clipper's remarks: More projects: http://sq.ro/projects.php

Clip Source: sq.ro

project: malwarez

Malwarez is a series of visualization of worms, viruses, trojans and spyware code. For each piece of disassembled code, API calls, memory addresses and subroutines are tracked and analyzed. Their frequency, density and grouping are mapped to the inputs of an algorithm that grows a virtual 3D entity. Therefore the patterns and rhythms found in the data drive the configuration of the artificial organism.

Clip Source: sq.ro

project: spam plants

The ASCII values found in the text of spam messages determine the attributes and qualities of the Spam Plants

Clip Source: sq.ro

Tags: visualization, art, spam, malware, spyware, virus, computers, technology, programming, 3d

Cracking Open The Cybercrime Economy

Thu, 20 Dec 2007 10:33:54 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: "Over the years, the criminal elements, the ones who are making money, making millions out of all this online crime, are just getting stronger and stronger. I don't think we are really winning this war."

While law enforcement co-operation with government and the IT community is paramount in addressing the problem in the short term, longer-term solutions must be found. One way to address the issue of the growth of the "black cybereconomy" in the long term is to harness the IT talent in developing countries that otherwise might be co-opted into illegal activity, say security experts.

"We have to make it more attractive to be in the white economy than in the black--when that happens we will turn a corner. We're starting to see that happen as companies look to less expensive economies as places to put people. In Eastern Europe and Asia there are highly skilled people where there are less opportunities--this is where the black economy is fueled now," said McAfee's Telafici.

Clip Source: news.zdnet.com

While standard commercial software vendors sell software as a service, malicious-software vendors sell malware as a service, which is advertised and distributed like standard software. Communicating via Internet relay chat (IRC) and forums, hackers advertise Iframe exploits, pop-unders, click fraud, posting and spam. "If you don't have it, you can rent it here," boasts one post, which also offers online video tutorials. Prices for services vary by as much as 100 percent to 200 percent across sites, while prices for non-Russian sites are often higher: "If you want the discount rate, buy via Russian sites," said Genes.

In the 2007 black economy, everything can be outsourced, according to Trend Micro. A scammer can buy hosts for a phishing site, buy spam services to lure victims, buy drops to send the money to, and pay a cashier to cash out the accounts. "You wonder why anyone still bothers burgling houses when this is so much easier," said Genes.

Tags: hacker, storm, spyware, adware, malware, cyberthreats, security, viruses, worms, phishing

Top 10 Worst Computer Worms of All Time

Mon, 10 Dec 2007 16:50:13 GMT

clipped by: freakSqueeker

Clip Source: encyclopedia2.thefreedictionary.com

The Internet is an Internet lover's paradise, a gamer's haven, a business's lifeline, and a hacker's playground. Over the past two decades, hundreds of worms have devastated the infrastructure of millions of computers around the world, causing billions of dollars of damage-and the life of the worm is far from over. Let's take a look at the last 20 years to see which of these worms have stood out from among the rest.

10. Jerusalem (also known as BlackBox)

9. Michelangelo

8. Storm Worm

7. Sobig

Sobig depended heavily on public websites to execute additional stages of the virus.

6. MSBlast

5. Melissa

The Melissa worm caused $1 billion in damages. Melissa's creator, a David Smith from New Jersey, named the worm after a lap dancer he met while vacationing in Florida. Smith was imprisoned for 20 months and fined $5,000.

4. Code Red

3. Nimda

2. ILOVEYOU (also known as VBS/Loveletter or Love Bug Worm)

1. Morris Worm (also known as the Great Worm)

Tags: computers, pc, viruses, 10, top 10

Google Search Results Delivering Massive Malware Attacks

Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:12:34 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Google has been notified and hopefully its fancy algorithm can nuke these bogus sites pronto.

Clip Source: blogs.zdnet.com

For the last two days, security software firm Sunbelt Software has been all over what could develop into a scary trend: Rigged Google search results that deliver big malware payloads.

On Monday, Sunbelt reported “we’re seeing a large amount of seeded search results which lead to malware sites.” The search terms leading you to these malware payloads were pretty basic fare.

Sunbelt Software has uncovered tens of thousands of individual pages that have been meticulously created with the goal of obtaining high search engine ranking. Just about any search term you can think of can be found in these pages.

With Scam.Iwin, the victim’s computer is used to generate income for the attacker in a pay-per-click affiliate program by transmitting false clicks to the attacker’s URLs without the user’s knowledge. The infected Scam.Iwin files are not ordinarily visible to the user. The files are executed and run silently in the background when the user starts the computer and/or connects to the internet

Tags: google inc., malware, google search, sunbelt software, attack, spyware, adware & malware, cyberthreats, viruses and worms, security

Sunbelt Software: Google search results delivering massive malware attacks

Wed, 28 Nov 2007 14:07:32 GMT

clipped by: barrett778
clipper's remarks: Crackers rigging web pages to gain high search rankings, enabling them to be posted near the top of the search thread. Best defense is to ensure you are surfing the web from a non-privileged account and to have a hardened browser (Firefox with the 'No Script' add-on, for instance). For IE, need to consider disabling iFrames.

Clip Source: blogs.zdnet.com

For months now, our Research Team has monitored a network of bots whose sole purpose is to post spam links and relevant keywords into online forms (typically comment forms and bulletin board forums). This network, combined with thousands of pages such as the two seen above, have given the attackers very good (if not top) search engine position for various search terms.

Tags: google, malware, security, hackers, viruses and worms

balance sheet of life!!

Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:15:16 GMT

clipped by: fearsap

Clip Source: mail.google.com

BALANCE SHEET OF LIFE
Our Birth is our Opening Balance !
Our Death is our Closing Balance !
Our Prejudiced Views are our Liabilities
Our Creative Ideas are our Assets
Heart is our Current Asset
Soul is our Fixed Asset
Brain is our Fixed Deposit
Thinking is our Current Account
Achievements are our Capital
Character & Morals, our Stock-in-Trade
Friends are our General Reserves
Values & Behaviour are our Goodwill
Patience is our Interest Earned
Love is our Dividend
Children are our Bonus Issues
Education is Brands / Patents
Knowledge is our Investment
Experience is our Premium Account
The Aim is to Tally the Balance Sheet Accurately .
The Goal is to get the Best Presented Accounts Award.

محمد الكاف

Mohammed .H. Alkaff

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Greetings... you're infected

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:18:16 GMT

clipped by: Monkfishy
clipper's remarks: "Blended threats easily lead people to Web sites where malware gets downloaded--often without user interaction or knowledge. The industry is just now realizing the severity of the problem,"

Clip Source: news.zdnet.com

The Storm Worm ranks as one of this year's most virulent and persistent viruses. After making a January debut, transported by e-mail, the virus was notable for the more than 50,000 variants that it subsequently spawned.

E-mails, socially engineered to look like electronic greeting cards and linked to a Web site containing malware, completely avoided traditional e-mail antivirus gateways.

Malware once lurked in the dark corners of the Internet, but recent hacks have shifted it to the places we all frequent. For evidence, look no further than this year's hacking of the Web site for Dolphin Stadium, home to Super Bowl. Or the Sydney Opera House. Even popular social-networking sites like MySpace and Facebook have been platforms for exploits. Yes, the sites we frequent daily and trust may be the biggest threats we face in the future and we may be lured there by an innocuous e-mail link to view a greeting, blog or video.

Tags: spam, viruses, worms, internet, security, email

Spyware and Adware use deception

Wed, 26 Sep 2007 17:45:39 GMT

clipped by: douchrti
clipper's remarks: A really great article.

Clip Source: adware-spyware.nazrikin.com

The High Price of Things that are Free

We cannot help but be enticed by things that are free. Despite knowing at the back of our heads that nothing comes free, we can’t seem to shake off the natural hopeful tendency that tempts us to believe that free items have no strings attached.

This is particularly true with the case of unwanted adware and spyware that some of us unknowingly download and infect our systems with. Adware and spyware are programs that are unwittingly installed into our computers because they come bundled with some freeware and shareware programs that are downloadable from the Internet. Computer and Internet users are usually careful about installing suspicious programs that may contain viruses and worms that can disrupt the computer’s system.

Tags: antispyware, antivirus, computer security, online safety, spyware, virus