Security

US Cert warns users to disable Java due zero-day vulnerability

Java software is again the target of the latest exploit leaving computers running Windows, Linux and Mac OS vulnerable to attack from a new Trojan horse putting personal information and even your online accounts at risk. The US Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US Cert) at the Department of Homeland Security has warned users to immediately [...]

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NotCompatible Android Malware Spreads via Hacked Websites

Ernan Baldomero + 05 May 2012 android, apps, bouncer, google, high risk, lookout, mobile devices, mobile security, mobile user, new malware, operating system, private networks, proxy, sandwich, security firm, trojan, web browser

NotCompatible is a new malware attacking Android OS powered mobile devices were spotted by a mobile security firm that spreads when a user visits hacked websites. Lookout, a mobile security firm, alerted users that the new malware attack is the first of its type reported on mobile devices since common malware and Trojan distribution is [...]

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Mass SQL Injection Attacks 1.1 million ASP based websites

Ernan Baldomero + 23 Apr 2012 antivirus software, april first, chinese hacker, ftp client, google, google search engine, javascript code, js, malware, mercadolibre, microsoft iis, month of april, nod32, other search engines, search engine result, target, webservers, windows users

A new mass SQL injection campaign that attacks ASP/ASP.net based websites and spreading malware have been reported and have already compromised around 1.1 million websites just this month of April. First reported by Sucuri Security, the hacker using the nikjju.com domain conduct a massive SQL injection campaign on the target ASP.net based sites, and when [...]

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Sabpab new Mac OS X backdoor Trojan

Ernan Baldomero + 15 Apr 2012 apple mac, backdoor trojan, control server, denial of service, flashback, incoming connections, infallibility, java runtime environment, mac book, new mac, new malware, oracle java, password files, pfile, plist, security firm, service vulnerability, time machine, trojan horse, trojan variant

The infallibility of Mac Book and the operating system OS X against virus and Trojan is no longer a reality when a Flashback Trojan infected around 600 thousand Mac worldwide. Adding to Apple headache is the discovery of the new malware Sabpab that acts like Flashback infecting the Mac. Sabpab is like Flashback that does [...]

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Apple tried to shutdown Dr. Web domain for Flashback Trojan fiasco

Ernan Baldomero + 13 Apr 2012 antivirus company, botnets, control server, control servers, dr web, flashback, mac books, malware, russian web, security firm, security researchers, sharov, sinkhole, spoof, web domains, web registrar

Apple tried to request the shutdown one of the domain owned by Russian antivirus company Dr. Web after the report of around 600,000 Mac Books were infected by the Flashback malware. In an article by Andy Greenberg, Boris Sharov, CEO of Dr. Web said that on April 9, the Russian Web registrar Regii.ru have revealed [...]

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New Android rooting malware LeNa found

Ernan Baldomero + 05 Apr 2012 additional software, application that allows users, attacker, binary files, elf binaries, exploits, jpeg image, lena, lookout, malicious payload, mobile devices, mobile security, new malware, os versions, principal engineer, root permission, superuser privileges, tim wyatt, vulnerability

With the rising demand for mobile devices powered by Android OS with that as of March has already reached 300 million, there is also a rising incidents of malware being made by hackers to victimize Android users. A new version of Android malware called LeNa was recently discovered that is able to gain root permission [...]

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Apple fixes Java exploit caused by Flashback Trojan on Mac

Ernan Baldomero + 05 Apr 2012

Apple has just released a new version of Java for OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) and 10.7 (Lion) 2 months after a malware was discovered attacking Mac computers exploiting a vulnerability in Java software. In a report by Sophos earlier, new Mac malware is a BackDoor.Flashback.39 Trojan variant that exploits a Java vulnerability (known as [...]