SECURITY WARNINGS & Notices - Please post them here

[mchain]

Posting an up-to-date (March 15, 2013) listing of security vulnerabilities from Symantec Security Focus:  http://www.securityfocus.com/

Most have to do with Adobe and Java; just updated Adobe Flash to the latest version only two days ago.

[polonus]

Bootloader threat: http://www.welivesecurity.com/2013/03/13/how-theola-malware-uses-a-chrome-plugin-for-banking-fraud/
(link article author = Aleksandr Matrosov) See: https://www.virustotal.com/nl/file/c874509c80dbacf92fde4f18f05fb19d625e2d5eea3bf0db7e2ca37e25048174/analysis/   avast detects!

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[MrMaxaMan]

Third-Party Applications to Blame for 87 Percent of Vulnerabilities Last Year


http://www.majorgeeks.com/story.php?id=38077

[bob3160]

Ramnit Malware Back and Better at Avoiding Detection

"This time around, Ramnit has grown up with its latest iteration boasting four new upgrades,
all bolstered by rootkit functionality that hides other components of the Ramnit from security software."

[Asyn]

Huawei 3G/4G USB sticks put users' security at risk
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Huawei-3G-4G-USB-sticks-put-users-security-at-risk-1823894.html

[polonus]

40.000.000 users at risk from hole in EA Origin: http://revuln.com/files/ReVuln_EA_Origin_Insecurity.pdf  (link article authors = Luigi Auriemma & Donato Ferrante)

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[SpeedyPC]

40.000.000 users at risk from hole in EA Origin: http://revuln.com/files/ReVuln_EA_Origin_Insecurity.pdf  (link article authors = Luigi Auriemma & Donato Ferrante)

pol

I wasn't at risk last night because I was playing Battlefield 3 off-line just me and my bloody super lappy

[polonus]

Discovered botnet steals 6.000.000 dollar from websites through click fraud: http://www.spider.io/blog/2013/03/chameleon-botnet/ (link article source = spider.io Worst offenders in this botnet are listed in this blacklist here: http://www.spider.io/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ChameleonIPs.txt

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[Dwarden]

40.000.000 users at risk from hole in EA Origin: http://revuln.com/files/ReVuln_EA_Origin_Insecurity.pdf  (link article authors = Luigi Auriemma & Donato Ferrante)

pol

just remember STEAM has similar/same vulnerability, this brings the number of vulnerable gamers to over 100 millions
http://revuln.com/files/ReVuln_Steam_Browser_Protocol_Insecurity.pdf

[polonus]

Latest mailcious iFrames reported and malicious redirects reported and  shared  by eVulnLabs: http://evuln.com/labs/

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[polonus]

Malcreants like to use anonymity via anonymous proxies (hacked PCs), read http://blog.webroot.com/2013/03/20/hacked-pcs-as-anonymization-stepping-stones-service-operates-in-the-open-since-2004/  (link article author = Dancho Danchev) Example of such proxies: -http://www.proxybridge.com/anonymous-proxy/ (serviced by Dutch Leaseweb)

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[polonus]

Sad news, but true - One in twenty home PCs are malware infested:
http://eugene.kaspersky.com/2013/03/25/one-in-twenty-is-the-sad-truth/ (link article author = eugene kaspersky)
these results are based on 25.000 scans via Kaspersky's free scanner: http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
Even PCs with an av-solution installed were also infested with malware...

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[bob3160]

Sad news, but true - One in twenty home PCs are malware infested:
http://eugene.kaspersky.com/2013/03/25/one-in-twenty-is-the-sad-truth/ (link article author = eugene kaspersky)
these results are based on 25.000 scans via Kaspersky's free scanner: http://www.kaspersky.com/security-scan
Even PCs with an av-solution installed were also infested with malware...

polonus

Since no AV is 100% effective, I venture to say that some of those infected computers are protected by Kaspersky. 

[polonus]

Hi bob3160,

That could even be a natural fact. You know why this info - statistical propaganda to promote your product, but the numbers are not encouraging.
Conclusion even more users have to make the switch to avast!

polonus

[SpeedyPC]

Conclusion even more users have to make the switch to avast!

polonus

That's why Bob the Builder is doing a bloody great job by getting more and more people to trust Avast, so who else is going to the job like Bob the Builder and who you're gunna trust?..........Avast or somebody else