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Overflows hit NOD32
Vulnerabilities disclosed after patching. Two stack-overflow vulnerabilities have been disclosed in Eset ‘s flagship NOD32 AntiVirus product, which could have been exploited to escalate privileges, or even execute code remotely and thus access a vulnerable system. The overflow issues, which involve specially formatted pathnames which are not properly processed by the product when dealing with…
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Norton FP trashes Chinese systems
Vital DLLs flagged as malware disable Windows XP across China. A serious false positive, caused by an erroneous update to Symantec ‘s Norton Anti-virus product range issued late last week, has left thousands of Chinese computers in an unusable state. Updates released on Thursday 17 May led the Symantec security software, including Norton Internet Security…
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Zango sues PC Tools for $35 million
‘Reformed’ adware shippers upset by detection and removal. Adware and sometime spyware maker Zango has brought a suit against anti-spyware firm PC Tools complaining that the Spyware Doctor product, a pared-down version of which is included in the freely available Google Pack set of utilities provided by Google , overestimates the dangers of the Zango…
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New spam-fighting system for France
Junk mail blacklisting project goes live. A group of public bodies and private companies have joined forces to implement a new system allowing French email users to report spam email to a centralised system for evaluation and blacklisting. The project, Signal Spam , also provides data to ISPs hosting spamming systems and opt-out information for…
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Estonian websites suffer wave of DoS attacks
Baltic republic accuses Russia of cyber-warfare. A wave of denial of service (DoS) attacks on Estonian websites has prompted the Estonian government to accuse its neighbour of waging cyber-warfare and to call for better response mechanisms to cyber attacks within the EU. Massive DoS attacks have been affecting Estonian websites for the last three weeks…
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Verizon acquires Cybertrust
ICSA Labs parent company subsumed. Verizon Business , a division of Verizon Communications has announced that it is set to acquire managed security services supplier Cybertrust . The privately held Cybertrust provides identity management, vulnerability and threat management services; and professional services, including forensics and risk analysis. Verizon plans to use the acquisition to extend…
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Symantec files 8 piracy suits
Symantec pursues distributors of counterfeit software. Symantec has revealed that it has filed civil lawsuits against eight US and Canadian companies accused of selling counterfeit copies of its software. Symantec ‘s claims against the companies include trademark and copyright infringement, fraud, unfair competition, counterfeit documentation, trafficking, and false advertising. The security vendor is seeking a…
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Phishing techniques and technology revealed
Serious software used to analyse phished data, and a phisher talks. Some insights into the workings of phishing scams were revealed this week, as a sophisticated tool designed to process data gathered by LdPinch trojans was discovered and analysed, and a security watcher probed the mind of a young phisher in an online conversation, published…
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1.4 million Chinese infected over holiday week
May vacations bring trojan avalanche for gamers and filesharers. Chinese computers, in heavy use with many people off work for the Labour Day holiday week, have suffered a major surge in malware infections, as a surge in the number of people browsing the web, shopping online, sharing files and playing online games has led to…
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Latest flaws affect AV giants
Symantec, McAfee and CA all patch vulnerabilities. Three of the biggest names in the security sector, McAfee , Symantec and CA , have all revealed details of flaws in their software which have been discovered and patched in recent months. The most severe vulnerability was suffered by a wide range of McAfee products, including its…
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