The popular VirusTotal service, which was recently bought out by Google and can run more than 20 anti-virus scanners over a sample in one pass, can now also look for traces of malware infections in captured network traffic. To perform a check, users upload network packets that are captured ... Read More »
Symantec and released information that they recently received information on a new Java zero-day, Oracle Java Runtime Environment CVE-2013-1493 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (CVE-2013-1493). The payload in the attack consisted of a DLL file, detected by Symantec as Trojan.Naid, which connects to a command-and-control (C&C) server IP: 110.173.55.187. ... Read More »
The newest edition of Java sets the default security level for Java applets to “High,” so the user is always prompted before any unsigned Java applet is ran. After the update was released, Adam Gowdiak, CEO of Polish firm Security Explorations had stated that it ... Read More »
The programmer of the hugely popular Blackhole exploit kit has “begun buying up custom exploits to bundle into a far more closely-held and expensive exploit pack,” security researcher and writer Brian Krebs noted on his blog, Krebs on Security. Kerbs has discovered this news from ... Read More »
Microsoft sent an e-mail message advising Messenger (MSN) users to update to Skype utilizing their same account data beforehand. “You’ll be able to instant message and video chat…just like before, and also discover new ways of staying in touch with Skype on your mobile and ... Read More »
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