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  • Beware of doc attacks, warn security experts

    Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin Comment

    At the recent Infosecurity Europe 2007, security experts came up with the warning of hack attacks and data theft, which are being made simpler with the utilization of out of sight executables and an ultra-modern variation on the microdot spying technique. The security expert said that the 1st attack of the attacker is to put in an executable malware file in a Word document, which on being opened breaks down the PC and the malware is automatically laden while the PC reboots. This technique is said to be cunning, as anti-virus product are not capable enough to find out this type of attack. Many legacy Word code is said to be ready for this type of attack. It is the attack vector of choice for hostile intelligence agencies and professional criminals. The 2nd method is a variation of the conventional spying technique of microdotting, where info is snapped and condensed to the size of a dot and pasted into a document. The latest method seems to be equivalent, however makes use of text boxes in Word docs. Confidential info can be pasted into a text box and after that the box is condensed and positioned in the doc to bear a resemblance to a punctuation mark. However anti-virus purveyors are confident that present security systems would prevent the 1st type of attack. Read

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  • McAfee, Symantec, Trend Micro join army to augment signature-based methodology

    Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin Comment

    Considering constant attacks of hackers, McAfee, Symantec and Trend Micro, the three leading security vendors are joining forces to enhance decades-old methodology, which is now seen as an insufficient defense against the internet-borne threats. They are said not to be discarding signature-based defense, which needs detecting a specific malware sample to generate a matching signature so as to spot and remove it. A few of the latest methods being devised by them are going to be unveiled as products this year. Brian Foster, Symantec’s senior director for product management, who notes the security firm receives 200,000 submissions of potential malware each month, was quoted saying, Everyone agrees signature-based defense is not enough. The number of variants is increasing. With the aim of enhancing signature-based detection in its next enterprise anti-virus release set to be brought out this summer, Symantec is intended for incorporating white-listing technology for policy-enabled control of apps down to a software-component level. Foster says that this avant-garde malware protection as of Symantec is also claimed to make use of behavior blocking that boasts of stopping as a minimum a few malware from executing, holding it ‘in a unmoving condition on that system.’ The three leading giant claims that the core of their strategy is that they will change the game. Read

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  • HCL’s EC2 technology claims to cut down time and space

    Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin Comment

    HCL Infosystems recently announced the a new technology, which boasts of reduce time and space to get back lost data. Speaking high of the latest technology, HCL purports that the built-in constancy and control technology covers 0.07% of hard disk space to bring about snapshots. Plus, the EC2 photographs the complete system within the similar hard disk drive but for generating a different partition. To be availed in ‘HCL Non Stop Series’, the EC2-based notebooks are said to be capable of getting back all data lost while system collapses within a minute. A few of the normal tribulations that can be tackled by EC2 are: system down at critical moments, unintentional file/folder removal or overwrite, system corruption caused by viruses, spyware or Trojans, unintentional formatting of any of the hard disk partitions, corruption of registry files & folders, blue screen errors, system breakdown after patch updates, uninstallation of software and apps, system breakdown on being deployed latest software/application and OS collapse due to virus attack. The technology gives support to Microsoft Win XP and Vista operating systems. EC2 is said to handle all the info on the local hard disk. No third-party media is needed to sprint HCL EC2. Read

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  • SecureMac releases MacScan 2.4 anti-spyware security software

    Posted on February 16, 2012 by admin Comment

    SecureMac recently announced to have come up with MacScan 2.4, the newest update of SecureMac’s industry primary anti-spyware package for Macintosh computers. The SecureMac team is aimed at making available a protected and trustworthy product to the Macintosh community. MacScan 2.4 is claimed to make available many vulnerability fixes and augmentations over MacScan 2.3.1 to the company’s flagship security software. Ahead of buying MacScan, the Macintosh community required more time. As well as, in the spirit of Macintosh accessibility, Internet file-cleaning selections are now said to be protected, and are simple to be reprocessed on forthcoming scans. The latest version is also said to patch up many problems detected in previous versions, with enhancements to the elimination of Firefox tracking cookies, as well as enhancements to the way MacScan claims to eliminate tracking cookies from all browsers. The latest updates from prior versions of MacScan 2 can be had at no cost, and by either selecting “Upgrade MacScan” under the “MacScan” menu, or making a download of the demo version from Securemac .

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  • LANDesk to offer Host-based IPS Zero-day attack protection

    Posted on February 15, 2012 by admin Comment

    LANDesk Software recently announced the unveiling of its Host Intrusion Prevention suite, a behaviour-based security monitoring, alerting and remediation offering. Host-enabled intrusion prevention systems is said to rise above usual anti-virus software in giving protection to PCs founded on the system’s behaviour. The Host Intrusion Prevention system boasts of protecting from rootkits, zero-day threats and other malware, as said by Landesk. Dissimilar to the signature-enabled scanning technology utilized by famous anti-virus and anti-spyware deliverances, Landesk’s toolkit technology does not depend only on previously present signatures and pattern files for detection of malware. Rather, it makes use of rules-enabled technology that looks at network traffic and machine behaviour to make out incongruities or occurrences of security policy breaches founded upon pre-defined rules fixed by security and IT administrators. The Host Intrusion Prevention kit is included with security-augmenting potentials like application access control with the help of white listing, and file behaviour analysis and security via policy-enabled remediation. It is also said to be delivering immediate spying of machine start-up commands, rootkit finding and elimination, and finding of uncertified clients and Internet servers.

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  • Teenager Charged for hacking into AOL databases

    Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin Comment

    A New York teenager has been accused of hacking into AOL and pilfering database records of its customers. The Manhattan District Attorney’s Office complained against seventeen-year-old Mike Nieves for suspected PC tampering, PC trespass, and criminal possession of computer material. Nieves purportedly burglarized AOL’s PC network between December 24, 2006 and April 7, 2007 and made access to databases having customer billing records, addresses, and credit card info. He is also accused of infesting systems at an AOL customer support call center in New Delhi, India, with a program to funnel info back to his PC. The complaint also charges that Nieves accessed and pilfered other people’s AIM instant messaging accounts, made an attempt to burglarize an AOL customer support system and busy in a phishing attack against AOL staff. Nieves, who was accused this week and stays in custody, face four felony charges and one offense charge. His suspected acts cost AOL over $500,000.

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  • GFI releases online storage device scanner

    Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin Comment

    GFI Software recently launched its EndPointScan, a free of charge online service, which is said to enable users to be aware of the tools connected to PCs on their network and by whom they have been connected. With the use of this problem-solving device, the users are allowed to make out those areas where the utilization of portable storage devices might cause a threat to the integrity of the company’s systems and data. The wild utilization of portable mass storage devices, like smartphones, CDs, floppies, MP3 players, handhelds, iPods, USB sticks and digital cameras, built-in with data theft methods like ‘pod slurping’, are a main risk to network security and might cause security violations, data theft, viruses and other malware, which are being uploaded to a company’s network. Identifying what tools are connected on the users’ network and the risk caused by them is the 1st move towards lessening these threats and for this EndPointScan has been brought about. EndPointScan performs grainy checks through all kinds of ports comprising USB, Infrared, Firewire, Bluetooth, PCMIA and Wi-Fi, on all systems. This utility claims to make available comprehensive and meticulous info regarding all handy tools and is capable of scanning many PCs all together. GFI EndPointScan is at one with recent network management or administrative devices like Active Directory and will also perform on Vista systems. EndPointScan is fully free of charge. Read

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  • Sussex Police warns of fraudsters targeting credit card receipts, bank statements and bills

    Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin Comment

    Fraudsters are reported to be active in Sussex and its nearby areas. They are said to be committing theft of one’s ID and make use of it to obtain money, credit or goods in their ‘s name. ID fraud is claimed to be flourishing in the country seeing that crooks commit theft of someone’s ID and utilize it to get money, credit or goods in the person’s name. One of the county’s ID theft hotspots is said to be Central Brighton, where almost 35% of its populace are victimized by a high-risk of ID theft crime, whereas Horsham, Haywards Heath, Worthing and Chichester are the other areas in Sussex that have been highlighted as other ID theft hotspots in the study by credit experts. The police have warned people that ahead of throwing their credit card receipts, bank statements and bills, considering them their regular rubbish, they should think twice and thrice as the thrown rubbish could make an easy way for the offenders to commit theft of their personal or private info. Sussex Police further say that another way for offenders to obtain personal information is card cloning, wherein a dishonest staff in shops or restaurants swipes a card and info are downloaded onto a PC. Not only this cash machines are also being targeted by the offenders, frequently putting bogus facades on the machines to copy people’s pin numbers. Sussex Police is now forewarning public not to throw any personal documents into their waste and to shred anything they think might consist of their personal information. Detective Chief Inspector Trevor Bowles, of the main crime branch at Sussex Police, said: "There are a number of ways people can protect themselves against identity theft. Read

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  • Security apathy, a threat to small companies

    Posted on February 14, 2012 by admin Comment

    Small firms have been called on to keep away from being apathetic while it comes to skirmishing security, it has been purported. Recent research from the FBI discovered that 90% of small companies had experienced a security crisis with the last twelve months, so far the National Cyber Security Alliance (NCSA) has maintained that most are even now not defending their resources, as said by vnunet.com. Ron Teixeira, executive director of the NCSA was quoted as saying, Even though small business recognize the need to make cyber-security a priority, many are intimidated by the perceived resources needed to implement the right security plan. As a remedy to this, the NCSA has recommended organizations to utilize effectual passwords and powerful authentication processes, plus to deploy anti-virus and anti-spyware products. Likewise, a security contingency plan ought to be in place in the event that a system is exploited, it included. In the meantime, a Scottish hacker who gained entry in US government PCs from his North London flat could face 40 years in jail if his newest appeal is ineffective this week. But Gary McKinnon, 41, claims he was just trying to come across aliens. Read

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  • EU says yes to new anti-piracy directive

    Posted on February 13, 2012 by admin Comment

    A Pirate is reported to have said that the European Parliament has voted for the latest report put forward by Italian parliament member Nicola Zingaretti that criminalize even efforts to intrude on copyrights. Even though the latest order keeps out end-users from the law it will even then criminalize sites such as YouTube and almost all P2P services, and even the designers of these services. The exceptions nearby the end-users’ personal utilization, comprises studies and research. Whereas the European Parliament in fact depicts the latest order as an effort to tone with the copyright laws of the European Countries being described by others as a lobby directive.

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