March 2008 - Posts

Do-It-Yourself AV comparatives

Posted by Luis Corrons at  27 March 08 03:55     I've just read a press release form AV-Comparatives where they announce a partnership with AntiMalware Test Lab. Long time ago we decided not to participate in AV-Comparatives tests, for a number of reasons. Our opinion is the following: - The tests

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Greetings from Amsterdam

Posted by Luis Corrons at  27 March 08 06:58     It seems that today we are going to have good weather; this photo has been already taken from the Mövenpck Hotel. 2 days ago it was snowing, but the temperature has risen and it seems that we are going to have a sunny day: Yesterday I gave a speech

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You are nominated…to distribute malware!!!

Posted by Xabier Francisco at  14 March 08 12:39     Since some days ago, we have been detecting some news related to BBB8 (Big Brother Brasil 8) that is being used as a social engineering technique in order to distribute malware. Several weeks ago, the image of Giselle, one of the paticipants of this reality

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Microsoft Updates for March

Posted by Xabier Francisco at  13 March 08 10:36     As usual, every second Tuesday Microsoft published security updates for its products. On 11th March, Microsoft published four updates (from MS08-014 to MS08-017), all of them rated as critical and affecting Microsoft Office suite. We recommend you to

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Fake death of Fidel Castro

Posted by Oscar Cavada at  07 March 08 12:26     Today PandaLabs has detected W32/FakeDeath.A.worm. This worm spreads itself in an email message with the subject “Mala Noticia” (Bad news) and makes reference to the supposed death of Fidel Castro. The message entices users to know more information

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Greetings from London

Posted by Luis Corrons at  07 March 08 07:17     The 6th e-Crime Congress has just finished. With more than 600 delegates, this meeting is becoming one of the most important ones related to the fight against cybercrime. As a strategic sponsor, we had an exhibitor stand: Speakers from around the world

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February Adware/Spyware List

Posted by Xabier Francisco at  06 March 08 12:52     One more time, this month there haven’t been significant changes in the adware/spyware list; the first five positions seem immutable. Both Adware/ActiveSearch and Adware/BaidurBar go down two positions, placing themselves in the 8th and 9th positions

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New MS Access exploit

Posted by Ismael Briones at  03 March 08 09:32     Last week, John Fellers sent us a sample that exploited a flaw in MS Access. We thought it was the same vulnerability sent to Bugtraq on November and announced by McAfee in December. However a deeper analysis reveals that it's a new vulnerability.

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