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Microsoft issues 6 security bulletins on ‘Patch Tuesday’

By Dancho Danchev On Tuesday, Microsoft issued 6 security bulletins, 4 of them critical, and 2 important updates. The bulletins fix a total of 11 vulnerabilities in Windows, Microsoft Office, and Internet Explorer. According to Microsoft, the company has already observed targeted malware attacks taking advantage of the MS12-027 vulnerability. In order to mitigate the risks [...]

Adobe plans to issue Acrobat Reader ‘security update’ next week

By Dancho Danchev According to the latest prenotification security advisory from Adobe, next week, the company plans to issue a ‘security update’ for Adobe Reader X (10.1.2) running on Windows, Linux and Macintosh. Adobe’s products are under permanent fire from malicious cybercriminals, exploiting known vulnerabilities in Adobe’s products, who succeed, primarily relying on the fact that end [...]

Google’s Chrome patches 12 ‘high risk’ security vulnerabilities

By Dancho Danchev Yesterday, Google updated its Chrome browser to 18.0.1025.151 on Windows, Mac, Linux and Chrome Frame. Next to patching multiple usability bugs, the latest update has also patched numerous vulnerabilities reported through  Google’s security bugs bounty program. More details:

New underground service offers access to hundreds of hacked PCs

By Dancho Danchev Want to buy anonymous access to hacked PCs, spam-free SMTP servers (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), or compromised bank accounts? A newly launched underground Web service, is currently offering access to hundreds of hacked PCs, SMTP servers, and hacked bank accounts. Let’s take a deeper look:

Spamvertised ‘US Airways’ themed emails serving client-side exploits and malware

By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals are currently spamvertising yet another social-engineering driven malicious email campaign, this time impersonating U.S Airways. Upon clicking on the malicious links found in the emails, end and corporate users are exposed to client-side exploits courtesy of the BlackHole web malware exploitation kit. More details:

Email hacking for hire going mainstream – part two

By Dancho Danchev Remember the email hacking for hire service which Webroot extensively profiled in this post “Email hacking for hire going mainstream“? Recently, I stumbled upon another such service, advertised at cybercrime-friendly web forums, offering potential customers the opportunity to hack a particular Mail.ru and Gmail.com email address, using a variety of techniques, such [...]

Adobe patches critical security flaws, introduces auto-updating mechanism

By Dancho Danchev Last week Adobe released the APSB12-17 Flash Player update. The update patches two critical security flaws — CVE-2012-0772 and CVE-2012-0773 – in the Adobe Flash player, and also, for the first time ever, introduces auto-patching mechanism. The update affects the following operating systems - Windows, Mac OS X, Linux and Solaris. More details:

Spamvertised ‘Scan from a Hewlett-Packard ScanJet’ emails lead to client-side exploits and malware

By Dancho Danchev Security researchers from Webroot have intercepted a currently spamvertised malicious campaign, impersonating Hewlett Packard, and enticing end and corporate users into downloading and viewing a malicious .htm attachment. More details:

Spamvertised Verizon-themed ‘Your Bill Is Now Available’ emails lead to ZeuS crimeware

By Dancho Danchev Cybercriminals newest spamvertised malware campaign is brand-jacking Verizon Wireless in an attempt to trick end users into clicking on the malicious links embedded in the email. More details:

Tens of thousands of web sites affected in ongoing mass SQL injection attack

By Dancho Danchev Hundreds of thousands of legitimate web sites are currently affected in a a mass SQL injection attack that has been ongoing for the past several months. The ongoing mass SQL injection attacks, are directly related to last year’s scareware-serving Lizamoon mass SQL injection attacks. The cybercriminals behind it, are automatically exploiting the [...]

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