Author - Alex Eckelberry

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Clever new spam ruse

A new method of spamming is being used by the typical Viagra/Levitra/Cialis crew

Sat, 08 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Blizzard of US Presidential malware

Following on F-Secure’s blog entry today, we’re certainly seeing a fair number of these. Subject lines include

Wed, 05 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Let's stop capitalizing "trojan"

If you write about malware, how many times a day do see something like this?

Tue, 04 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Social media and privacy

Shelly Palmer blogs about privacy and Twitter, as regards marketing companies mining the data:

Mon, 03 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

New rogue: Win Defender 2009, Seen in the wild: Clever Bebo phish

More about another nasty Total Defender 2009 Clone as well as a Bebo Phishing website

Sun, 02 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

EstDomains termination... stayed

Well, this is really frustrating. As Domain Name World says it

Sat, 01 Nov., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Security Tidbits : No, we're not at worm stage... (yet) and Just some comments on MS08-067

Looking at the particular trojan that blog mentioned, it seems to me to be a trojan related to the MS08–067 attacks that I took a quick look at this morning

Thu, 30 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

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Security Tidbits : AntiSpyware XP 2009, Pro Antispyware 2009

AntiSpyware XP 2009 is a clone of XP AntiSpyware 2009 rogue security application. This rogue belongs to WinReanimator family

Wed, 29 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

Seen in the wild: Skype spam and Phishing Cooperation

Cooperation improves phishing takedowns. No surprise.

Tue, 28 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

WinDefender 2008 with a sidebar

Nifty, the Windefender 2008 has a pretty little sidebar to add to the illusion that it’s a normal product (Windefender isn’t itself a new rogue security program, we just thought the sidebar was something interesting).

Sun, 26 Oct., 2008| Posted in Hackersblog| Section: Security

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