October 2008 - Posts

New critical Security Bulletin MS08-067

Posted by Oscar Cavada at  24 October 08 09:00     Yesterday Microsoft published an extraordinary security bulletin called MS08-067. This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in the Server service. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution and it is exploited by sending

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Rogue mistakes!

Posted by Oscar Cavada at  22 October 08 04:40     As we have mentioned recently, the distribution of rogue antimalware programs has increased considerably and they have become a very widespread threat, even reaching Trojans , which have been leading the most active type of malware during these last years.

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Microsoft Updates for October

Posted by Xabier Francisco at  15 October 08 04:35     Eleven new security bulletins have been published (from MS08-056 to MS08-066) as part of the usual launch of Microsoft Updates . We recommend you to update your system as soon as possible, as according to Microsoft's classification four of the bulletins

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Posted by Luis Corrons at  14 October 08 05:41     During the last months I’ve been asked the same question almost every day: why are there so many rogueware infections? We have already published some data in the blog, as well as in the 2008 Q3 Report. The number of infections are somehow relevant:

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Microsoft Security Center recommends you...

Posted by Oscar Cavada at  13 October 08 03:40     ... this is part of a fake message used by a new rogue antivirus in a screensaver where users are warned that their system is infected and they need to update it with a fake Antivirus. PandaLabs has detected it as Adware/RogueAntivirus2010. Besides, some

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Back from VB2008

Posted by Ismael Briones at  07 October 08 01:13     We returned from Virus Bulletin 2008 last Saturday. It has been a very exciting week, great presentations and better beer :-). Ottawa is really wonderful This year has been the first time I've done a presentation in a big conference like VB. I have

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Quarterly Report July-September 2008

Posted by Oscar Cavada at  03 October 08 01:47     We have just released the Q3 Monthly report PandaLabs. So, It’s time to see what has happened in the last three months. You can download it in English or in Spanish . Enjoy it!

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VB 2008 - Ottawa

Posted by Luis Corrons at  02 October 08 04:18     We are having a really great time at VB2008 in Ottawa. Some of the talks are extremely interesting, but the best is to catch up with all the guys in the industry so we can share information, ideas, and some beers meantime ;) Yesterday's presentation

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