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The SCADA That Cried Wolf: Who’s Really Attacking Your ICS Devices Part 2 27 Aug 2013 | 02:25 pm
The concern on ICS/SCADA security gained prominence due to high-profile attacks targeting these devices, most notably Flame and Stuxnet. However, we noted recent findings, which prove that the interes...
Brazil Fights Old Malware, Spam, and Underground Market Growth 26 Aug 2013 | 08:52 pm
As globalization drives Brazilian industries forward, it also invites threats that aim on the weaknesses of growing market economies. Financial crimes have always topped the list of cyber security iss...
How Can Social Engineering Training Work Effectively? 23 Aug 2013 | 11:35 am
One particular aspect of DEF CON that always gets some media coverage is the Social Engineering Capture the Flag (SECTF) contest, where participants use nothing more than a phone call to get victims a...
How Exploit Kits Dodge Security Vendors and Researchers 23 Aug 2013 | 01:56 am
Websites with exploit kits are one thing that security vendors and researchers frequently try to look into, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that attackers have gone to some length to specifically dodge ...
Can KINS Be The Next ZeuS? 20 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
Malware targeting online banking sites naturally cause alarm among users, as they are designed to steal not only information but also money from its users. Thus it is no surprise that the surfacing of...
UK Tax-Themed Spam Leads to ZeuS/ZBOT 19 Aug 2013 | 09:08 pm
Tax-themed spam, particularly in the United States, is already considered a staple in the threat landscape. However, a recent spam run targeting taxpayers in the United Kingdom shows that this threat ...
Online Gaming Spyware Downloads Backdoor 15 Aug 2013 | 08:08 pm
ONLINEG, a spyware known to steal online gaming credentials, appears to be including backdoors to its resume. We found a variant (specifically TSPY_ONLINEG.OMU) that aside from the usual data theft ro...
Chinese Underground Creates Tool Exploiting Apache Struts Vulnerability 14 Aug 2013 | 03:07 pm
About a month ago, the Apache Software Foundation released Struts 2.3.15.1, an update to the popular Java Web application development framework. The patch was released because vulnerabilities in older...
Mobile Phishing Attack Asks for Users’ Government IDs 14 Aug 2013 | 04:38 am
Early this August we wrote about cybercriminals using a well-publicized vulnerability in Android to launch an attack against users who do their online banking on their mobile devices through an app. T...
August 2013 Patch Tuesday Features Three Critical, Five Important Bulletins 14 Aug 2013 | 01:35 am
In today’s Patch Tuesday, users and administrators everywhere are advised to immediately update their systems with the latest security updates from Microsoft, with critical updates for Internet Explor...
