Dental Assn Mails Malware to Members
The American Dental Association (ADA) says it may have inadvertently mailed malware-laced USB thumb drives to thousands of member dentists nationwide. Continue reading Dental Assn Mails Malware to Members
Category Archives: Latest Warnings
You account have a problem – malware tech support scam
An email with the subject of You account have a problem pretending to come from No answer@ your email domain addressed to victim@your email domain tries to get you to download a load of crapware or sends you to a tech support scam site … Continue reading → Continue reading You account have a problem – malware tech support scam
KB3148812 breaks WSUS server
We are seeing loads of reports of KB3148812 breaks WSUS server. This update is supposed to prepare WSUS ( Windows Software Update Services) to be able to install W10 updates from the WSUS server. It is described as Update enables … Continue reading → Continue reading KB3148812 breaks WSUS server
US-CERT to Windows Users: Dump Apple Quicktime
Microsoft Windows users who still have Apple Quicktime installed should ditch the program now that Apple has stopped shipping security updates for the platform, warns the Department of Homeland Security’s U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT). The advice came just as researchers are reporting two new critical security holes in Quicktime that likely won’t be patched. Continue reading US-CERT to Windows Users: Dump Apple Quicktime
New Threat Can Auto-Brick Apple Devices
If you use an Apple iPhone, iPad or other iDevice, now would be an excellent time to ensure that the machine is running the latest version of Apple’s mobile operating system — version 9.3.1. Failing to do so could expose your devices to automated threats capable of rendering them unresponsive and perhaps forever useless. Continue reading New Threat Can Auto-Brick Apple Devices
Adobe Patches Flash Player Zero-Day Threat
Adobe Systems this week rushed out an emergency patch to plug a security hole in its widely-installed Flash Player software, warning that the vulnerability is already being exploited in active attacks. Continue reading Adobe Patches Flash Player Zero-Day Threat
FBI: $2.3 Billion Lost to CEO Email Scams
The U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) this week warned about a “dramatic” increase in so-called “CEO fraud,” e-mail scams in which the attacker spoofs a message from the boss and tricks someone at the organization into wiring funds to the fraudsters. The FBI estimates that these scams have cost organizations more than $2.3 billion in losses over the past three years. Continue reading FBI: $2.3 Billion Lost to CEO Email Scams
From Stolen Wallet to ID Theft, Wrongful Arrest
It’s remarkable how quickly a stolen purse or wallet can morph into full-blow identity theft, and possibly even result in the victim’s wrongful arrest. All of the above was visited recently on a fellow infosec professional whose admitted lapse in physical security lead to a mistaken early morning arrest in front of his kids. Continue reading From Stolen Wallet to ID Theft, Wrongful Arrest
Seagate Phish Exposes All Employee W-2’s
Email scam artists last week tricked an employee at data storage giant Seagate Technology into giving away 2015 W-2 tax documents on all current and past employees, KrebsOnSecurity has learned. W-2 forms contain employee Social Security numbers, salaries and other personal data, and are highly prized by thieves involved in filing phony tax refund requests with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the states. Continue reading Seagate Phish Exposes All Employee W-2’s
Eset antivirus and Eset Smart Security blocks Google
Last revised or Updated on: 29th February, 2016, 10:58 AMThere is a false positive detection by Eset Antivirus and Eset Smart Security this morning Just about every Google search comes up with the message. These include links via Google to guaranteed safe sites like Microsoft and Eset themselves It has been reported as a false positive and hopefully a new definitions update will be pushed out urgently and quickly ESET NOD32 Antivirus Threat found Access to the web page was blocked. Show URL Access to the web page was blocked. http://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=7&ved=0ahUKEwiCvazv2pzLAhWJRhQKHW4CCv8QFgg9MAY&url=http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows8_1-performance/32-bit-application-fails-to-start-after-81-upgrade/b825723e-e2a2-4c8f-bd1f-10446a5d7059&usg=AFQjCNEMBOsiyDrA7yaR_b9wN2RsjijxIQ&sig2=QlW4VGgFNlDrT6sHngrwdA&cad=rjt Threat: HTML/Refresh.BC trojan ▪ %learnmore_txt% ▪ %reportbad_txt% Proceed to the siteGo Back Screen shots look like All Antivirus and security software do give false detections at times. This one is … Continue reading → Continue reading Eset antivirus and Eset Smart Security blocks Google