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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #195 on: February 05, 2010, 10:56:45 PM »
Microsoft's Mundie calls for 'internet driving licence'  :o
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2257372/microsoft-mundie-calls   
Not only need a license but they should be re-tested every few years.
It would certainly cut down on the number of infected systems.
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« Reply #196 on: February 05, 2010, 11:23:32 PM »
Microsoft's Mundie calls for 'internet driving licence'  :o
http://www.v3.co.uk/v3/news/2257372/microsoft-mundie-calls  
Not only need a license but they should be re-tested every few years.
It would certainly cut down on the number of infected systems.

...yeah, and hackers are dumb enough to fail and not get such a license right?
adding: kids would learn and succeed too eventually...and then spread the malware sent to them by hackers, just for fun.
« Last Edit: February 05, 2010, 11:25:45 PM by Logos »

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #197 on: February 05, 2010, 11:38:22 PM »
If Microsoft is taking this thing seriously, then we all can't use our computers without a license.

I'll just throw my PC in the garbage and enjoy nature instead.

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« Reply #198 on: February 05, 2010, 11:50:17 PM »


I'll just throw my PC in the garbage and enjoy nature instead.

same here  :) wondering sometimes if it would be so bad  ???

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #199 on: February 06, 2010, 09:44:27 PM »
Hi malware fighters,

Gumblar and Conficker dominate the malware scene:
http://www.security.nl/image/2555/1
better look here:
http://www.security.nl/popup/2555

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P.S. 13% of the malware was Adobe related exploits....
« Last Edit: February 06, 2010, 09:46:39 PM by polonus »
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Use NoScript, a limited user account and a virtual machine and be safe(r)!

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« Reply #200 on: February 08, 2010, 11:40:32 AM »
Mozilla overlooked malware-laced Firefox add-ons

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/05/malicious_firefox_extensions/

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Two Firefox add-ons available for months on Mozilla's website infected users with malware that stole passwords and opened a backdoor on Windows machines, the open-source browser maker has confirmed.

The add-ons, available on an experimental section of Mozilla's official add-on download site carried trojans that have been detected since 2008 by commercial anti-virus products. And yet they weren't removed until late January and earlier this week because a scanning tool used to vet add-ons during upload failed to catch the malicious files.

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #201 on: February 08, 2010, 06:06:13 PM »

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #202 on: February 08, 2010, 06:17:12 PM »
Mozilla overlooked malware-laced Firefox add-ons

The SoThink detection may have been a false positive.
http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2010/02/04/please-read-security-issue-on-amo/comment-page-1/#comment-45452
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"Alan Baxter says:
February 6, 2010 at 11:51 am

It looks like the current scans of the SoThink 4.0 addon may have been false positives. SoThink updated the addon to 4.2 because of false positive reports in May 2008. Did AMO verify that 4.0 actually contained a trojan?

From http://74.125.47.132/search?q=cache:aou1K7snX3QJ:https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addons/versions/6541+site:addons.mozilla.org+sothink+%22version+history%22&cd=1&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us:
Version 4.2 — May 16, 2008 — 685 KB
Works with:
* Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b3
Fixed Bug
* Some of anti-virus softwares misreported that it contained virus.

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #203 on: February 09, 2010, 04:33:05 PM »
Conficker.........again..... ???


Conficker outbreak infects Leeds hospital servers
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/09/conficker_nhs_outbreaks/

ZeuS tracker shrinks takedowns from days to minutes
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/05/zeus_tracker/

Leaky anti-virus defences letting malware through
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/08/security_scanner_shortcomings/



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« Reply #204 on: February 09, 2010, 05:25:44 PM »
First the police, then the health service...what is next, the the fire service?

Seriously though, ESPECIALLY in those areas there should be safeguards against things like that, like no external media or no personal laptops etc. as this seems to be a vector for attack...

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« Reply #205 on: February 10, 2010, 06:01:08 AM »
One Mozilla malware report turned out to be a false positive

Mozilla overlooked malware-laced Firefox add-ons

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/05/malicious_firefox_extensions/

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Two Firefox add-ons available for months on Mozilla's website infected users with malware that stole passwords and opened a backdoor on Windows machines, the open-source browser maker has confirmed.

The add-ons, available on an experimental section of Mozilla's official add-on download site carried trojans that have been detected since 2008 by commercial anti-virus products. And yet they weren't removed until late January and earlier this week because a scanning tool used to vet add-ons during upload failed to catch the malicious files.

Mozilla has announced that their report of a trojan in the SoThink Video Downloader extension was a false positive after all.
http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2010/02/09/update-on-the-amo-security-issue/

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #206 on: February 10, 2010, 06:10:39 AM »
One Mozilla malware report turned out to be a false positive

Mozilla overlooked malware-laced Firefox add-ons

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/05/malicious_firefox_extensions/

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Two Firefox add-ons available for months on Mozilla's website infected users with malware that stole passwords and opened a backdoor on Windows machines, the open-source browser maker has confirmed.

The add-ons, available on an experimental section of Mozilla's official add-on download site carried trojans that have been detected since 2008 by commercial anti-virus products. And yet they weren't removed until late January and earlier this week because a scanning tool used to vet add-ons during upload failed to catch the malicious files.

Mozilla has announced that their report of a trojan in the SoThink Video Downloader extension was a false positive after all.
http://blog.mozilla.com/addons/2010/02/09/update-on-the-amo-security-issue/
Wow. I've got to wonder how much of a backlash Mozilla's going to get; IMHO, it's going to be big and well-deserved. First, letting a trojan into addons, even experimental addons, is just plain a bad decision, given there were - and are - tools detecting said trojan. Smearing SoThink - even accidentally - is only going to make it worse.
Maybe Mozilla just had a lot of bad luck, but the circumstances are sure weird.

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #207 on: February 10, 2010, 05:40:16 PM »
New Russian Botnet Tries to Kill Rival

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An upstart Trojan horse program has decided to take on its much-larger rival by stealing data and then removing the malicious program from infected computers.
http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2010/02/09/09idg-new-russian-botnet-tries-to-kill-rival-90923.html

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Re: SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here
« Reply #208 on: February 10, 2010, 05:50:00 PM »
New Russian Botnet Tries to Kill Rival

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An upstart Trojan horse program has decided to take on its much-larger rival by stealing data and then removing the malicious program from infected computers.
http://www.nytimes.com/external/idg/2010/02/09/09idg-new-russian-botnet-tries-to-kill-rival-90923.html

lol Polonus has already mentioned that the first thing a rogue would do is get rid of the competition, to avoid other malware interference...I would add to make sure the victim will send the cash to the winner only  :D This seems confirmed here  ;D