Archive for April, 2009

Apr 04 2009

The Conficker eye chart

Published bywkwalker under News

I know, I know. Yet another Conficker post. Don’t roll your eyes at me, this is pretty slick. The Conficker Working Group has posted the “Conficker Eye Chart.” They’ve created a clever diagnostic by taking advantage of the fact that Conficker blocks access to many security-related web sites. If you can’t “see” certain parts of [...]

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Apr 03 2009

Alert: Powerpoint flaw used for Trojan attacks

Published bywkwalker under Alerts

A newly discovered Powerpoint flaw is being exploited “in the wild” to install malicious software on victim’s machines. The exploit relies on tricking users into opening an infected email attachment or opening an infected PowerPoint file hosted on a web site. All major antivirus vendors should have protection in place by now. Still, the usual [...]

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Apr 01 2009

Searching for Conficker cures could be worse than the disease

Published bywkwalker under Alerts,Information

Hitting your favorite search engine for Conficker virus information and tools may be a risky proposition right now. But first, what has gone before… If you have been following “best practices” — your security patches are current and you have functioning, up-to-date antivirus — you needn’t worry about Conficker. If you’ve been remiss about security, [...]

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