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31 August 2008 Guides, Papers, etc www.viruslist.com Rootkit evolution. Read more www.theregister.co.uk Anatomy of a malware scam. Read more blogs.zdnet.com Inside India�s CAPTCHA solving economy. Read more blog.wired.com Help Crack the Russian Hacker Mystery. Read more voices.washingtonpost.com Report Slams U.S. Host as Major Source of Badware. Read more www.knujon.com Atrivo Cybercrime Report and their connection to the Directi Group. Read more www.securityfocus.com "One-Character Patch" for DNS? Not so fast. Read more www.eweek.com Why Can't Google Stop Malware Ads on Adwords? Read more www.eweek.com Private Browsing and the Enterprise. Read more voices.washingtonpost.com Report Slams U.S. Host as Major Source of Badware. Read more www.theregister.co.uk Cross-site hacks and the art of self defence. Read more www.itworld.com Survey: IT staff would steal secrets if laid off. Read more www.smh.com.au Hack in the box. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Exposing India�s CAPTCHA Solving Economy. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Fake Security Software Domains Serving Exploits. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Facebook Malware Campaigns Rotating Tactics. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Fake Porn Sites Serving Malware - Part Three. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Automatic Email Harvesting 2.0. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part Four. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Web Based Botnet Command and Control Kit 2.0. Read more isc.sans.org Scammers may use recorded snippets during voice phishing. Read more isc.sans.org VMware releases updates - don't forget to patch. Read more isc.sans.org Scams from today's mailbag. Read more isc.sans.org When using fear to sell security can backfire. Read more www.f-secure.com Western Union MTCN #2989115571. Read more www.f-secure.com Space Based Malware. Read more www.f-secure.com Somebody Doesn't Like Us in Denmark. Read more www.avertlabs.com Virtual worlds, real attacks. Read more www.avertlabs.com Localized 0-day Once Again: Exploit-TaroDrop.e. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com Calumet Township Trustee's Office redirects to malware. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com A lot of swf files... Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com New rogue security product: Total Secure 2009. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com Folks, this is the new wave: SWF file redirects continue. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com 419 scams now through Plaxo. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com XP Antivirus 2008 now with sploits, Google Adwords affected. Read more msmvps.com ALERT: Please treat content from adservdb.com with extreme caution. Read more msmvps.com ALERT: please treat all content from admarketcenter.com with extreme caution. Read more msmvps.com mediamate malvertizements - several samples. Read more blog.trendmicro.com �Treasury Optimizer� Updates Systems With Malware. Read more blog.trendmicro.com Invoice Spam Shifts to Western Union. Read more blog.trendmicro.com Out-Of-This-World Malware. Read more blog.trendmicro.com Paris Hilton Hits the Rogue AV Scene. Read more anti-virus-rants.blogspot.com can facebook sanitize application content? Read more dvlabs.tippingpoint.com ThreatLinQ: A tale of two attackers. Read more dvlabs.tippingpoint.com Three Letter Acronyms and the Imminent Death of the Net. Read more dvlabs.tippingpoint.com ThreatLinQ: A Brave New World: Legitimate Script Obfuscation. Read more blog.spywareguide.com Don't Panic. Read more blog.spywareguide.com A final reply to spammers. Read more blog.spywareguide.com Holy Media Codecs, Batman! Read more blog.spywareguide.com The Stigma Enigma, Revisited. Read more www.darkreading.com Report: Popular Web Attacks Go Stealth. Read more www.darkreading.com The Seven Deadliest Social Networking Hacks. Read more www.darkreading.com Spam Recon. Read more www.podtrac.com Audio. Security Now 159: Is Vista Safe? Listen   Tools: msmvps.com IE8 Beta 2 has been released... Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com Using Microsoft's Log Parser. Read more www.securiteam.com BSQL Hacker - Advanced SQL Injection Framework / Tool. Read more   News www.theregister.co.uk McKinnon loses extradition fight. Read more www.domain-b.com Computer virus Gammima hitches a ride to outer space. Read more blog.wired.com Hans Reiser Sentenced to 15-to-Life. Read more www.usatoday.com Hackers attack Iraq's vulnerable computers. Read more www.nytimes.com Internet Traffic Begins to Bypass the U.S. Read more www.smh.com.au 'Greatest cyber-heist in world history'. Read more www.itpro.co.uk Staggering amounts of malware detected and blocked, mainly due to compromised websites and SQL injection attacks. Read more www.securityfocus.com Search hacker exposes Olympic age scandal. Read more www.theregister.co.uk McAfee SiteAdvisor sued over 'spyware' tag. Read more timesofindia.indiatimes.com City turning a hackers' den. Read more www.vnunet.com MIT develops network analysis tool. Read more www.vnunet.com Microsoft introduces black screens for pirates. Read more www.computeractive.co.uk Virtual worlds becoming money laundries. Read more www.vnunet.com FBI warns of hit man scam. Read more www.knujon.com Phantom Registrars, Fake Pharmacies, and the Secret Infrastructure. Read more news.bbc.co.uk Man's 'pants' password is changed. Read more

22 August 2008 Guides, Papers, etc www.f-secure.com Drops, Dumps, CVVS, WMZ, WU, et cetera...Read more isc.sans.org MS08-051 V2.0 Patch issued August 20, 2008. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com Continuing creativity in trojan distribution. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com Lobbyist for the adware business. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com Ransoming software vendors. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Fake Celebrity Video Sites Serving Malware - Part Two. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part Three. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com DIY Botnet Kit Promising Eternal Updates. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part Two. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Compromised Cpanel Accounts For Sale. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Banker Malware Targeting Brazilian Banks in the Wild. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Guerilla Marketing for a Conspiracy Site. Read more www.avertlabs.com More Than a Toolbar. Read more www.darkreading.com DefCon: Not Just for Hackers. Read more bharath-m-narayan.blogspot.com MS Antivirus. Read more bharath-m-narayan.blogspot.com XP-Guard. Read more securitylabs.websense.com Malicious Flash redirectors. Read more securitylabs.websense.com Spam and Malware Ecosystem Targeting Brazilian Users with YouTube and Adobe Flash Themes. Read more evilcodecave.wordpress.com Another MSN Privacy / Spam Threat awesomezz.com. Read more garwarner.blogspot.com Shadow Botnet case may yield spammer Leni Neto. Read more www.sciam.com Internet Eavesdropping: A Brave New World of Wiretapping. Read more www.eweek.com The Untrustworthiness of Self-Signed Certificates. Read more www.podtrac.com Audio. Security Now 158: Listener Feedback 48. Listen   Vulnerabilities & Exploits www.securityfocus.com Opera update nixes critical flaws. Read more   News blogs.zdnet.com Websense reports China Netcom DNS cache poisoning. Read more www.securityfocus.com P2P investigation leads to child-porn busts. Read more www.theregister.co.uk Hacker unearths young Chinese gymnast scam. Read more blog.wired.com French Reporters at Black Hat Booted from Conference for Hacking Fellow Reporters. Read more www.usdoj.gov Brazilian Man Charged in Conspiracy to Infect More Than 100,000 Computers Worldwide with Malicious Software. Read more www.theregister.co.uk Nokia admits major Series 40 security problems. Read more news.bbc.co.uk Aabid Khan and his global jihad. Read more ap.google.com FEMA phones hacked; calls made to Mideast, Asia. Read more www.dailymail.co.uk Scientists design shield to prevent deadly pacemaker hijack. Read more www.smh.com.au Jail the 'greedy' scam victims, says Nigerian diplomat. Read more www.vnunet.com Gagging order lifted on subway hackers. Read more

14 August 2008 Guides, Papers, etc blogs.zdnet.com Coordinated Russia vs Georgia cyber attack in progress. Read more www.ciaonet.org Battling Botnets and Online Mobs. (pdf) Read more www.blackhat.com Malware Cinema: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Packets. (pdf) Read more www.newsweek.com This Bug Man Is a Pest. Read more redtape.msnbc.com IS YOUR COMPUTER A CRIMINAL? PART 1. Read more redtape.msnbc.com VIRUS GANG WARFARE SPILLS ONTO THE NET. PART 2. Read more redtape.msnbc.com WHO'S BEHIND CRIMINAL BOT NETWORKS? PART 3. Read more www.eecs.umich.edu CloudAV: N-Version Antivirus in the Network Cloud. (pdf) Read more www.eecs.umich.edu Rethinking Antivirus: Executable Analysis in the Network Cloud. (pdf) Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Who's Behind the Georgia Cyber Attacks? Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com 76Service - Cybercrime as a Service Going Mainstream. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com The Russia vs Georgia Cyber Attack. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Summarizing Zero Day's Posts for July. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Email Hacking Going Commercial - Part Two. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Phishers Backdooring Phishing Pages to Scam One Another. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Pinch Vulnerable to Remotely Exploitable Flaw. Read more www.darkreading.com Researchers: There's Gold in Them Thar Hacks. Read more www.darkreading.com At Countrywide, One Overlooked PC Led to Loss of 2M Records. Read more www.darkreading.com MIT Presentation on Subway Hack Leaks Out. Read more www.darkreading.com 10M Zombies Distribute Spam, Malware Every Day. Read more www.f-secure.com MSNBC / CNN malware run. Read more www.avertlabs.com Most Overhyped Bug? Read more www.schneier.com Data Mining to Detect Pump-and-Dump Scams. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com The TRUSTe/iGive saga. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com New rogue security product: Internet-antivirus. Read more www.eweek.com Is There Also A Russian Cyber War Against Georgia. Read more www.gnucitizen.org Targeted. Read more www.eweek.com How eWEEK Got Hacked at Black Hat. Read more www.eweek.com Spam King in Murder-Suicide. Read more enablesecurity.com Surf Jack - HTTPS will not save you. Read more resources.enablesecurity.com Surf Jacking. �HTTPS will not save you� (pdf). Read more redtape.msnbc.com/ DID PIN THIEVES GRAB HACKING'S HOLY GRAIL? Read more gizmodo.com Blue Screen of Death Strikes Bird's Nest During Opening Ceremonies Torch Lighting. Read more www.boingboing.net Hacker and writer Joshua Klein's vending machine for crows. Read more   Tools: www.securityfocus.com Browser toolbar to check site security. Read more code.google.com SurfJack - Hijack HTTP Connections to Steal Cookies. Read more   News www.securityfocus.com Microsoft patches holes in Office, browser. Read more www.computeractive.co.uk UK government plans to log every call, text and email. Read more www.theregister.co.uk AOL phisher jailed for 7 years. Read more www.circleid.com Updates on the Georgian Cyber Attacks. Read more blog.wired.com Experts Accuse Bush Administration of Foot-Dragging on DNS Security Hole. Read more news.netcraft.com Hacker Redirects Barack Obama's site to hillaryclinton.com. Read more www.theregister.co.uk Security researchers' accounts ransacked in embarrasing hacklash. Read more www.boston.com 11 charged in connection with credit card fraud. Read more www.theregister.co.uk Feds accuse bank insider of massive data heist. Read more blogs.zdnet.com Indictments Are Nice, More Arrests Much Nicer. Read more www.geek.com Student caught hacking webcams while fixing laptops to spy on women. Read more blog.wired.com Experts Accuse Bush Administration of Foot-Dragging on DNS Security Hole. Read more www.securityfocus.com Mandiant researchers win Race to Zero. Read more

05 August 2008 Guides, Papers, etc www.usatoday.com Meet A-Z: The computer hacker behind a cybercrime wave. Read more download.bitdefender.com E-Threats Landscape Report (pdf). Read more www.usenix.org There is No Free Phish: An Analysis of �Free� and Live Phishing Kits (pdf). Read more www.cio.in Disclosure: All or Nothing. Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com McAfee's Site Advisor Blocking n.runs AG - "for starters". Read more ddanchev.blogspot.com Summarizing July's Threatscape. Read more isc.sans.org Watching those DNS logs. Read more isc.sans.org Securing A Network - Lessons Learned. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com New rogue: Power Antivirus 2009, uses Thawte cert. Read more sunbeltblog.blogspot.com Sunbelt's Chandra Prakash to speak at AVAR. Read more blog.trendmicro.com Got Skype Fraud. Read more blog.trendmicro.com Phishers Play the Olympics. Read more www.viruslist.com Social engineering on Twitter. Read more www.wayneporter.com Spyware Games. Read more bharath-m-narayan.blogspot.com More Rogue Security applications. Read more Behind Enemy Lines by Rafael Dominguez Vega (pdf). This white paper discusses the use of alternative protocols, such as DHCP and 802.11, to perform web based attacks Read more www.networktimes.co.za Best practices for controlling Skype. Read more www.darkreading.com Three New Security Startups Launch Today. Read more www.darkreading.com Freezing the Cold-Boot Attack. Read more www.darkreading.com EULA-gy for a Phishing Victim. Read more snarkfood.com Breaking: Interview W/ Miley Cyrus� Hacker & He�s Got MORE! Read more www.thedarkvisitor.com Chinese hacker dancing and defacing = pure awesome! Read more seattlepi.nwsource.com 'Spam King' once felt 'invincible'. Read more www.podtrac.com Audio. Security Now 155: How DNS Works. Listen www.thedarkvisitor.com Audio. Dark Visitor Podcast: Real "Truth About Chinese Hackers" . Listen blog.wired.com Tutorial: Turn Your iPhone Into a Wireless Modem. Read more   Tools: www.internetfreedom.org GIFC Anti-Censorship Tools Bundle. Read more nmap.org Nmap 4.68 release. Read more www.scanit.net ProcL - Detect Hidden Processes. Read more www.eff.org Switzerland Network Testing Tool. Read more   News www.securityfocus.com Worm builds botnets with MySpace, Facebook. Read more www.vnunet.com Chinese offered tools to crack the Great Firewall. Read more blogs.zdnet.com The Neosploit cybercrime group abandons its web malware exploitation kit. Read more www.guardian.co.uk America's cracked code. Read more www.theregister.co.uk Dutch botnet herders arrested. Read more www.darkreading.com Beijing Braces for Olympic Cyber-War. Read more today.reuters.co.uk Beijing Games hit by Internet ticket scam. Read more news.cnet.com Black Hat 2008 promises to be big. Read more www.pcpro.co.uk Microsoft working on "post-Windows" OS. Read more

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