The threat landscape in India has turned out to be more active than initially suspected. India has had a relatively low malware infection rate for some time, which seemed subdued for a region that has such a large high tech industry. But with the new data recently released by Microsoft, in the latest Microsoft Security Intelligence [...]
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Malware infection rate in India much higher than initially suspected
Posted: 6th January 2012 by infosecindia in Malware, NewsTags: botnet, CERT-In, India, malware, Mariposa botnet, microsoft, MSRT, spambot, Trojans, Windows XP, Worms
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Vulnerabilities exposed in Hotmail
Posted: 24th May 2011 by infosecindia in NewsTags: CSS filtering mechanism bug, cybercriminals, Hotmail, HTML_AGENT.SMJ, microsoft, Trend Micro, vulnerabilities
A couple of days ago, Trend Micro reported an attack that appeared to be targeted and that involved email messages sent through a Webmail service. Upon further investigation, Trend Micro was able to confirm that this attack exploits a previously unpatched vulnerability in Hotmail. Trend Micro detects the malicious email messages as HTML_AGENT.SMJ. “The said attack simply requires the targeted user to [...]
How to avoid scams and malware during the Royal Wedding
Posted: 24th April 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, ScamTags: Google, Kate Middleton, malware, microsoft, Prince W, rogue sites, Royal Wedding, scam, search engine optimization
There are few non-sporting events that draw as much attention from all over the world as the wedding of an heir to the British monarchy. When Prince Charles married Diana, television told the story. For the marriage of Prince William and Kate Middleton, the Internet will not only broadcast the images it will also allow [...]
U.S. Department of Justice takes down Coreflood botnet
Posted: 15th April 2011 by infosecindia in Law & Order, Malware, NewsTags: 2 million computers, botnet, Coreflood, Dell, department of justice, FBI, malware, microsoft
Following the infection of more than 2 million computers worldwide – most of which were based in the United States, The US Department of Justice in association with Microsoft has moved swiftly to file civil complaints, issued a restraining order and numerous criminal seizure warrants. The botnet is a network of hundreds of thousands of computers infected with a [...]
New zero day vulnerability in Adobe
Posted: 13th April 2011 by infosecindia in Malware, NewsTags: Acrobat, adobe, hacker, microsoft, pdf, vulnerability, word, zero day
Seems like zero day vulnerabilities in Adobe need to be named as a Monday vulnerability, Tuesday vulnerability etc. Adobe has announced another critical zero day vulnerability in multiple Adobe product that can allow hackers to infect users through microsoft word documents. Already hit by recent zero day vulnerabilities, Epsilon and security firm RSA are still [...]