Breaking Advisory
May 14, 2013: As announced, Microsoft has released their May Security Bulletins. A total of 10 bulletins have been released. Affected software includes Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer, Office, Server and Tools, and .NET Framework. Two of the bulletins are rated as 'Critical' and carry a potential impact of remote code execution. Learn More
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- May 06, 2013Generic.bfr!9950DF75AA05
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- House Keys Under the Doormat? Nope, in Your Phone
Jimmy Shah - May 21, 2013
One of my friends recently locked himself out of his apartment. I found this out when I called him, because while he didn't have his keys he did have his smartphone. This was one of those times he wished he lived in one of those hotels with the Assa Abloy NFC enabled locks. It turns out he doesn't need to go to a hotel to open his door with a phone. Kwikset will soon be selling Kevo, a new deadbolt that can be unlocked with a bluetooth enabled phone. You can switch out your old door locks with one of these newer models - Bank Account Logins for Sale, Courtesy of Citadel Botnet
Chintan Shah - May 16, 2013
Financial theft is one of the most lucrative forms of cybercrime. Malware authors continue to deliver sophisticated tools and techniques to unlock online bank accounts. Attackers design and develop botnets to perform financial fraud, targeting banks and other institutions for profit. These botnets traditionally have monitored victims’ Internet activities and intercepted banking transactions to extract Read more... - Travnet Botnet Controls Victims With Remote Admin Tool
Umesh Wanve - May 13, 2013
The malicious binary behind the Travnet botnet has been updated. The new code has a new compression algorithm, steals the list of running processes, adds new file extensions to its list of files to steal, and has improved its control commands. Also, after the malware has uploaded the stolen files on its remote server, the Read more...
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