The Philippines has been tagged one of the world’s top sources of a dangerous kind of cyber “attack” designed to take down entire computer networks and shut down key consumer services. View full post on cyber attack – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Symantec says stolen encryption key is the source of signed malware
When Kaspersky Lab last week spotted code-signed Trojan malware dubbed Mediyes that had been signed with a digital certificate owned by Swiss firm Conpavi AG and issued by Symantec, it touched off a hunt to determine the source of the problem. The answer, says Symantec’s website security services unit, is…
Trend Micro Releases HijackThis Source Code to sourceforge.net
CUPERTINO, Calif., Feb. 17, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – Trend Micro Incorporated (TYO: 4704; TSE: 4704), a global cloud security leader, today announced the release of HijackThis as an open source application. HijackThis – http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hijackthis – scans your computer to find settings changed by spyware, malware or other unwanted programs. HijackThis also generates…
Hacker posts Symantec source
A hacker released the source code for antivirus firm Symantec’s pcAnywhere utility on Tuesday, raising fears that others could find security holes in the product and attempt takeovers of customer computers. The release followed failed email negotiations over a $50,000 payout to the hacker calling himself YamaTough to destroy the…
Hacker posts Symantec source
A hacker released the source code for antivirus firm Symantec’s pcAnywhere utility on Tuesday, raising fears that others could find security holes in the product and attempt takeovers of customer computers. The release followed failed email negotiations over a $50,000 payout to the hacker calling himself YamaTough to destroy the…
Open source at the movies
CIO: "Many of the visual effects you see on the big screen are created with commercial tools, but open source is asserting itself post production" View full post on hacking tools – Yahoo! News Search Results View full post on National Cyber Security
Citadel banking virus adopts ‘open source’ development
A computer Trojan that targets online banking users is evolving and spreading rapidly because its creators have adopted an ‘open-source’ development model, according to researchers from cyberthreat management firm Seculert. Called Citadel, the new piece of malware is based on ZeuS, one of the oldest and most popular online banking…
Citadel banking virus adopts open source development
A computer Trojan that targets online banking users is evolving and spreading rapidly because its creators have adopted an open-source development model, according to researchers from cyberthreat management firm Seculert. Called Citadel, the new piece of malware is based on ZeuS, one of the oldest and most popular online banking…
Symantec admits source code published by Anonymous is genuine
Symantec is in an ongoing fight against hackers in the group Anonymous that last January attempted to extort a payment of around $50,000 (£30,000) from Symantec in exchange for not publicly posting stolen Symantec source code they had stolen for various older Symantec security products dating to 2006. Late yesterday,…
Hacker posts Symantec source code after ransom demand fails
A hacker has released stolen source code from Symantec Corp., one of the largest computer security firms, after a phony set of ransom negotiations failed, according to the company. The source code is part of a Symantec product called pcAnywhere, which allows users to log into and control home or…
