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Microsoft Patch Tuesday - February 2012
Robert Keith @ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:40:31Hello, welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This is a larger month—the Read More
Revamped Fake Android Market for SMS Fraud
Joji Hamada @ Sat, 11 Feb 2012 02:48:23We have continued monitoring the massive campaign involving SMS Fraud on the mobile platform for a Read More
Is Waledac Spam Dirtying the Russian 2012 Elections?
Symantec Security Response @ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:09Recently there have been several reports about the re-emergence of a botnet variant (Kelihos), which Symantec Read More
New Targeted Attack Using Office Exploit Found In The Wild
Joji Hamada @ Thu, 9 Feb 2012 20:14:29Contribution: Takayoshi Nakayama read more Read More
Emerging Threats
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Bitcoin Botnet Mining
Peter Coogan @ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:49:11A digital currency known as Bitcoin (BTC) has been causing a bit of a media stir Read More
Evolution of SEO Poisoning
Andrea Lelli @ Wed, 1 Sep 2010 18:24:18In previous blogs we have discussed how malware can exploit a search engine’s indexing features in Read More
Security Trends to Watch in 2010: A Mid-Year Status Check
Vincent Weafer @ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:18:56As 2009 came to a close, we at Symantec looked into our crystal ball and made Read More
What Would Someone do With a Phony Facebook Account?
Kevin Haley @ Fri, 14 May 2010 20:41:18Last week I wrote about The Ghosts of Facebook; Facebook accounts whose owner didn’t appear to Read More
Evolution of Security
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Improving Passwords
Kevin Haley @ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:57:14Troy Hunt, a Microsoft MVP, has done some terrific analysis of the passwords people use. Unfortunately, Read More
All your Bitcoins are ours…
Stephen Doherty @ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 03:13:35Malware authors move fast. Following on from the previous blog post on Bitcoin botnet mining, we Read More
Bitcoin Botnet Mining
Peter Coogan @ Fri, 17 Jun 2011 01:49:11A digital currency known as Bitcoin (BTC) has been causing a bit of a media stir Read More
Puddles
Kevin Haley @ Fri, 10 Jun 2011 23:37:42I believe that we have reached a saturation point. You know how, after heavy rain, the Read More
ISTR
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Twitter Chat on the Internet Security Threat Report
Kevin Haley @ Thu, 21 Apr 2011 04:28:37The Internet is now a veritable minefield of malware, and it’s becoming more and more difficult Read More
Taking the Shortcut to Malicious Attacks
M.K. Low @ Thu, 7 Apr 2011 11:47:54Taking the Shortcut to Malicious Attacks read more Read More
Vulnerabilities Abound in 2010
David McKinney @ Wed, 6 Apr 2011 15:00:20Volume 16 of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report covers trends in the Internet security threat Read More
The Symantec Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) Volume 16 Is Here!
Téo Adams @ Tue, 5 Apr 2011 11:56:08We are pleased to announce that Volume 16 of the Symantec Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) Read More
IT Risk Management
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Survey: People Know Online Risks But Often Ignore Them
RyanWhite @ Fri, 15 Jul 2011 23:20:57Surveys are a great window into people’s minds, especially when they can illuminate contrasting, and even Read More
Spear Phishing in Google’s Pond
fdesouza @ Mon, 6 Jun 2011 21:47:32Francis deSouza - Group President, Enterprise Products and Services, Symantec read more Read More
Too Many Hoaxes
Kevin Haley @ Sat, 21 May 2011 04:25:20At first, I was just plain annoyed. Someone forwarded a hoax email to me twice in Read More
Internet Security Predictions for 2011: The Shape of Things to Come
Kevin Haley @ Wed, 17 Nov 2010 21:50:44My prediction is that we are all going to become nostalgic for the days of fame-seeking Read More
Malicious Code
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Korean Office Software Exploited
Symantec Security Response @ Sun, 6 Nov 2011 22:57:38In late September 2011, it was reported that a previously unknown and un-patched vulnerability in Hancom Read More
Duqu: Status Updates Including Installer with Zero-Day Exploit Found
Vikram Thakur @ Wed, 2 Nov 2011 01:03:57The group that initially discovered the original Duqu binaries, CrySyS, has since located an installer for Read More
The True Face of Urchin
Karthikeyan Kasiviswanathan @ Thu, 27 Oct 2011 02:01:04In recent days, we have seen blogs about a specific type of Mass Injection campaign. We Read More
Mobile & Wireless
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The Day After the Year in Mobile Malware?
Irfan Asrar @ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 00:13:582011 has seen some dramatic changes in the mobile landscape, with the ever-increasing growth rates in Read More
Hardware Fragmentation Thwarts Android Call-Recording Trojan
Irfan Asrar @ Wed, 3 Aug 2011 23:58:24Threats making or transmitting unauthorized audio recordings are not a new concept, though they have largely Read More
Android Threat Trend Shows That Criminals are Thinking Outside the Box
Irfan Asrar @ Tue, 19 Jul 2011 03:54:16A quick online search would reveal a number of articles declaring any one of the last Read More
Phishers’ World in Your Cell Phone
Mathew Maniyara @ Thu, 7 Jul 2011 02:21:50Technologies in cell phones are advancing day after day, and so phishers are also seeking various Read More
Online Fraud
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Russian Spammers Eye World Content Show
Samir Patil @ Thu, 9 Feb 2012 01:17:38Thanks to Anand Muralidharan for their assistance with this research. Televison channels across the world are Read More
Purchases From This Super Bowl Sale Will Not Take You Anywhere
Samir Patil @ Sun, 5 Feb 2012 04:15:18You may not need pills to watch the super bowl but spammers feel that this definitely Read More
Phony ICC Promotion Award
Mayur Kulkarni @ Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:13:10Nothing can be more enticing than to be chosen for some free goodies—be it mementos, a Read More
Email with Malicious HTML Attachments
Sammy Chu @ Tue, 31 Jan 2012 04:08:01Malware is often embedded in email as compressed attachments (such as .zip, .rar, etc.). Recently, however, Read More
Security Risks
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Improving Passwords
Kevin Haley @ Tue, 21 Jun 2011 07:57:14Troy Hunt, a Microsoft MVP, has done some terrific analysis of the passwords people use. Unfortunately, Read More
Cybercriminals Catch the Olympic Fever Early On
Nithya Raman @ Thu, 26 May 2011 01:27:03There is no doubt that athletes all around the world are training hard to compete at Read More
Too Many Hoaxes
Kevin Haley @ Sat, 21 May 2011 04:25:20At first, I was just plain annoyed. Someone forwarded a hoax email to me twice in Read More
Cyber Crooks All Set to Crash the British Royal Wedding
Suyog Sainkar @ Thu, 28 Apr 2011 16:30:17As we have seen with many major events in the past, news of the British Royal Read More
Spam
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Is Waledac Spam Dirtying the Russian 2012 Elections?
Symantec Security Response @ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:50:09Recently there have been several reports about the re-emergence of a botnet variant (Kelihos), which Symantec Read More
Russian Spammers Eye World Content Show
Samir Patil @ Thu, 9 Feb 2012 01:17:38Thanks to Anand Muralidharan for their assistance with this research. Televison channels across the world are Read More
Purchases From This Super Bowl Sale Will Not Take You Anywhere
Samir Patil @ Sun, 5 Feb 2012 04:15:18You may not need pills to watch the super bowl but spammers feel that this definitely Read More
Phony ICC Promotion Award
Mayur Kulkarni @ Wed, 1 Feb 2012 09:13:10Nothing can be more enticing than to be chosen for some free goodies—be it mementos, a Read More
Vulnerabilities & Exploits
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Microsoft Patch Tuesday - February 2012
Robert Keith @ Wed, 15 Feb 2012 03:40:31Hello, welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This is a larger month—the Read More
MIDI exploit in the wild
Shunichi Imano @ Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:06:53Symantec Security Response is aware of in-the-wild malware exploiting the Microsoft Windows Media Player 'winmm.dll' MIDI Read More
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - January 2012
Robert Keith @ Wed, 11 Jan 2012 06:11:27Hello, welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This is a smaller month—the Read More
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - December 2011
Robert Keith @ Wed, 14 Dec 2011 04:31:11Hello, welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch release. This is an average month—the Read More
Windows
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Backdoor.Tidserv and x64
Mircea Ciubotariu @ Fri, 6 May 2011 15:21:10On April 12, 2011, KB2506014 was released to address a vulnerability affecting Windows Vista and later Read More
Tidserv’s Boot Methods
Piotr Krysiuk @ Sat, 28 Aug 2010 04:58:11In this blog we continue our analysis of the recently discovered Tidserv variant that is capable Read More
Tidserv 64-bit Goes Into Hiding
Symantec Security Response @ Fri, 27 Aug 2010 01:29:18Backdoor.Tidserv first came to light in back in 2008 as a Trojan that uses an advanced Read More
Microsoft Patch Tuesday - July 2010
Robert Keith @ Wed, 14 Jul 2010 02:06:47Hello and welcome to this month’s blog on the Microsoft patch releases. This is a fairly Read More
