Sending out unsolicited email on a massive scale is a common practice for certain “businesses” located in Russia or in neighbouring countries. For years this approach has been working quite well for them: using botnets to send mails in question keeps the cost for these companies very low.
In ESET’s laboratories we regularly monitor mail campaigns of this type, and basically, they basically consist of sending emails containing web links where the unsuspecting visitor is likely to be offered all kinds of dubious products and services. More info on ESET Threat Blog.
Keyloggers in the Library
ESET researcher David Harley continues to inform on the topic of Keyloggers found plugged into library computers, to steal people’s online usernames and passwords. Read more on ESET’s Threat Blog.
Microsoft’s virus scanner causes security problem
When performing a virus scan, Microsoft’s Malware Protection Engine fails to process a specially crafted registry value correctly, enabling local attackers with restricted privileges to execute arbitrary code at system privilege level. The H has the full story.
Thunderbolt: A new way to hack Macs
The 10Gbit/s interconnect Apple introduced Thursday in a new line of Macbook Pros may or may not change the way the world connects external hard drives and other peripherals to their computers. But it’s safe to say the newfangled copper link likely contains the same security weakness that for years has accompanied another Mac innovation: the Firewire port. More on The Register.
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