http://www.antisource.com News, reviews, and alerts for malware and antimalware, spam filtering, and other Internet security topics. en-gb http://www.antisource.com/article.php/conficker-april-panic There has been a lot of anxiety about what will happen on April 1st. Typically, you pull a prank on a co-worker. This year, a virus will do... something. Maybe. A conficker variant, also know a... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/xkcd-security-comic I came across this xkcd comic, and although its humorously exaggerated, it does demonstrate the quickest way to bypass security: This is a case of social engineering being much more effective th... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/facebook-yuotube-koobface Today I received an odd message in Facebook. It came from a friend of mine and sent to many people at once. It was littered with spelling and grammar mistakes, with a link to some obscure youtube... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/sslstrip-secure-sites-attack At the last Black Hat security conference, Marlinspike, a hacker, announced he would release SSLstrip, which allows hackers to gain access to SSL-encrypted data. Here is how SSLstrip works: - Per... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/kaspersky-website-db-exposed A hacker announced on Saturday that he managed to gain access to databases used by usa.kaspersky.com, allowing him to gain access to users' accounts, activation codes and possibly customers' person... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/hackers-obama-malware My.BarackObama.com is being used by hackers to trick users into downloading a Trojan horse. The hackers have set up bogus accounts and used them to create blogs. When a user reaches one of the fa... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/antispyware-comparisons Years ago, my mom got an email with an attachment that contained a MyDoom email worm. She opened the attachment, ran the MyDoom worm, and infected her computer. Two days later, her antivirus softw... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/forum-upgrade So you may have noticed that the forum turned blue. I have finished upgrading the forums to the latest version, and am in the process of re-integrating them back into the main site. You can visit... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/proxy-cached-credentials-spyware Recently a client of mine and I had a long winded debate about the dangers of not protecting machines from spyware and other malware. The client swore up and down that since they had an authenticat... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/editors-wanted We need authors for the following article categories: - Antivirus (reviews, bugs) - Virus (latest outbreaks, new exploits used, cleanup steps) - Antispam (reviews) - Spam (latest techniques, news)... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/mespam-trojan-rsvp32_2 Its the new tactic in infection warfare. Why bring down computers, when they can make you money?Spam continues to rise, giving network administrators a headache trying to keep up with it. http://www.antisource.com/article.php/ani-cursor-exploit There is a new exploit on an old vector involving Microsoft's ANI files. ANI is used for animated cursors. Blocking the download of ANI files is not enough - they can be renamed to JPEG to bypass... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/cisco-pix-500-sip-flaw Supposedly, the CISCO 500 Series PIX firewalls may have a flaw. The potential flaw is with the SIP protocol. By sending a certain packet to the PIX, hackers would be able to gain free reins to the ... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/backdoor-sdbot-asr What if your computer boots on its own, logs on to websites that it wants, downloads harmful stuff like no one’s business, takes commands from someone in hinterland Russia and send mails to anyone ... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/hdmoore-metasploit-framework HD Moore, a popular hacker, has recently updated his controversal exploit framework called Metasploit Framework. This framework has plug-in modules to allow users to test everything from their brow... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/planted-usb-drive-trojan One of my colleagues, Steven Smith from ASPAlliance, pointed out an article to me involving an "unpreventable" security exploit. In short, a group of consultants were hired to assess security at a ... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/microsoft-rss-security-bulletin You can now subscribe to the Microsoft Security Bulletins that are released on a continual basis by visiting the TechNet website and subscribing to their email service. You can also sign-up for the... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/financial-trans-trojans-ssl People who use online banking, stockbrokers, and other financial sites have gotten used to the need to confirm they are using a secure connection. They make sure the URL begins with "https&quo... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/kama-sutra-nyxem-feb3 In case you haven't picked this up in the news, some experts warn that the worm dubbed Kama Sutra, also known as Nyxem.E, Blackworm, W32/MyWife.d and Blackmail.E will "attack" February 3. The worm... http://www.antisource.com/article.php/wmf-zero-day-exploit An attacker can gain user level control if you open an image in IE or windows explorer. The exploit was revealed before a patch was available to fix it: http://www.securityfocus.com/brief/89 Sin...