I found an intresting article on the symantec blog why the old pattern matching AV method fails more and more and how they face this situation. A recommended reading during a coffee break. Reputation-based Security: Suspicious.Insight detections on Virus Total We recently upgraded our scanner on Virus Total to include our new reputation-based security engine. [...]

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Long-established privacy and cryptology website Cryptome.org was pulled offline on Wednesday after Microsoft launched a legal offensive over its publication of Redmond’s guide to internet wiretapping. Microsoft’s Global Criminal Compliance Handbook, a 22 page booklet designed solely for police and intelligence services, provides an overview of Microsoft’s online services, what information it collects on users [...]

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Tool name : MSNRecover version 0.1   Description : MSNRecover searches inside the Microsoft Credential management system for MSN authentication data. If such an entry was found targetname, comments, username and password are printed on the display.   Tested on : Windows XP   Feedback : In case you encounter any problems with the tool, [...]

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Russian security firm Intevydis has made a Windows exploit for a previously unknown security hole in Firefox 3.6 available to its customers. The exploit allows attackers to remotely gain control of a PC. Intevydis develops the commercial VulnDisco add-on for the also commercial Canvas exploit toolkit by vendor Immunity. On the Immunity forum, developer Evgeny [...]

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Czech security experts have uncovered a global network of devices attacked by computer viruses within which it was possible to wiretap and gain access to sensitive data, Jan Vykopal, head of the security project of Masaryk University, told CTK yesterday. Modems were among the attacked devices as they are only poorly protected. The viruses were [...]

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