Monthly Archives: February 2011

Here’s the latest of our malware wallpaper calendars. 1280×800 | 1680×1050 | 1920×1200 | 2560×1600 This month we’ve highlighted some malware-related dates for the month of March, including the well-known trigger date of the Michelangelo virus. I remember well that … Continue reading →

One of the effects of writing a book is that I don’t have the time to devote to other writing. So while I’ve been wanting to write about Anonymous vs HBGary, I don’t think I will have time. Here’sanexcellentseriesofposts on … Continue reading →

This is a really good piece by Paul Roberts on Anonymous vs. HBGary: not the tactics or the politics, but what HBGary demonstrates about the IT security industry. But I think the real lesson of the hack – and of … Continue reading →

Breaking news from Poland today: A variant of the ZeuS trojan is targeting the mobile phone based, two-factor authentication used by ING Bank Slaski (Polish ING Bank). Security consultant and blogger, Piotr Konieczny, has details on his blog, Niebezpiecznik (Google … Continue reading →

Our earlier post about malicious links being spammed out on Facebook said that the links were phishing attempts. Well, turns out it’s also an adware scheme. So the links we saw being sent around led to a fake Facebook log-in … Continue reading →

My Facebook account finally provided me with the option to use an HTTPS connection “whenever possible” last week. The option is located under the Account Security section of the Account Settings page: So I selected the option and saved my … Continue reading →

Interesting story about a con man who conned the U.S. government, and how the government is trying to hide its dealings with him. For eight years, government officials turned to Dennis Montgomery, a California computer programmer, for eye-popping technology that … Continue reading →

From Reason: Know thy enemy is an ancient principle of warfare. And if America had heeded it, it might have refrained from a full-scale “war” on terrorism whose price tag is touching $2 TRILLION. That’s because the Islamist enemy it … Continue reading →

A trojan called Bohu that was spreading earlier this year caught people’s attention: it has the ability to block cloud-based anti-virus services, which is kind of a new thing. The malware spreads via social engineering and mostly targets China. The … Continue reading →

Yesterday, Polish Security Consultant and blogger Piotr Konieczny wrote (Polish) about a new wave of ZeuS trojan attacks. This time, it took place in Poland and it was directed against customers of ING Bank. The samples used in this attack … Continue reading →