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Exploits and Attacks Archive

July 24, 2008

Thursday, July 24, 2008 4:14 PM/CST

Hackers Expanding Web 2.0 Assaults

Sophos researchers report that infected sites continue to become more pervasive, with social networking services such as Blogspot increasingly being leveraged by badware distributors.

July 21, 2008

Monday, July 21, 2008 6:33 PM/CST

No Stopping Storm Variants

Yet another delivery mechanism for the Storm Worm Trojan has emerged over the last month, according to researchers working with BitDefender.

July 19, 2008

Saturday, July 19, 2008 3:29 PM/CST

Say Hello to Hydraflux

A new botnet control mechanism dubbed hydraflux could make it even harder for researchers to track down command centers and disable active networks of zombie machines.

July 17, 2008

Thursday, July 17, 2008 5:34 PM/CST

First Half of 2008's Most Bizarre Malware

A wide range of unusual threats have already appeared over the first six months of 2008.

July 16, 2008

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 5:24 PM/CST

Huge Volumes, Big-Time Sites Hacked via Asprox Attacks

Asprox-based online malware attacks are still running rampant, and many of the sites involved in the threats belong to high-profile businesses and government agencies.

Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:07 AM/CST

UPS-Themed E-mails Deliver... Malware

Researchers have highlighted a new round of Trojan-bearing e-mails disguised as fake UPS invoices.

July 15, 2008

Tuesday, July 15, 2008 4:45 PM/CST

Tips on Keeping SCADA Safe

As the focus on SCADA security increases, vendor Uniloc has published a list of 10 tips organizations should adhere to in order to keep their industrial ops locked down.

July 11, 2008

Friday, July 11, 2008 1:53 PM/CST

New Multimedia Trojan on the Loose

Secure Computing has uncovered a Trojan downloader that infects multimedia files and disguises itself as a needed codec.

July 10, 2008

Thursday, July 10, 2008 11:31 AM/CST

Botnets Marching On

Commtouch researchers report that botnet-driven spam and phishing attacks continued to churn onward during the second quarter of 2008 with no signs of improvement in sight.

Thursday, July 10, 2008 12:00 AM/CST

Trojans Dominated During Q2

Panda reports that Trojan attacks, in particular those targeting customers of online banking applications, ran wild during Q2 2008.



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