May 2008 - Posts

Lost in Translation (II)

Posted by Luis Corrons at  27 May 08 12:25     As promised, here you can see some pictures. This is the Grand Prince Hotel Akasaka, where the meeting is taking place: This is me inside the hotel: This is the Tokyo Tower, a 250-meter-high tower from which you can see the whole city: Finally, I recommend

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Lost In Translation

Posted by Luis Corrons at  26 May 08 09:56     Today it has just begun the 2nd Counter eCrime Operations Summit (CeCOS II), taking place in Tokyo. It is really exciting to meet so many people that are working to fight against the eCrime, sharing information and trying to build a safer "eWorld".

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Fake Security Center

Posted by Oscar Cavada at  22 May 08 11:58     PandaLabs has detected the Adware/XP-Shield which passes itself off as the Windows Security Center. This malware, which is installed after running the XPShieldSetup.exe file, creates a shortcut in the Desktop and in Start menu. This fake security center

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Microsoft Updates for May

Posted by Xabier Francisco at  14 May 08 04:52     Four new security bulletins have been published (from MS08-026 to MS08-029) as part of the usual launch of Microsoft updates . We recommend you to update your systems as soon as possible, as according to Microsoft’s classification three of the bulletins

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Firefox Vietnamese Language Pack Infected

Posted by Xabier Francisco at  08 May 08 06:54     Mozilla has published in its blog some news regarding the incidence with the Vietnamese language pack for Firefox 2. In February, a Vietnamese language pack for Firefox was published. The problem was that before being uploaded to the corresponding server,

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Phishing & ScamPages Kits

Posted by Xabier Francisco at  07 May 08 05:26     Nowadays launching a phishing attack or creating an online service fake website is quite an easy task for anybody. There is no need for advanced technical knowledge or significant financial resources. Generally we tend to relate phishing only to fake

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2nd CARO Workshop

Posted by Luis Corrons at  02 May 08 11:37     Actually it is taking place the 2nd CARO meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hoofddorp in The Netherlans. This year's topic is about Packers, Decryptors and Obfuscators, and indeed some of the presentations are superb. The program is published here . While

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