Archive for March, 2008
Do-It-Yourself AV comparatives
I've just read a press release form AV-Comparatives where they announce a partnership with AntiMalware Test Lab. Long time ago we decided not to participate in AV-Comparatives tests, for a number of reasons. Our opinion is the following:
- The tests should be run by skilled people that must me able to distinguish a malware sample [...]
Microsoft Security Advisory (947563): Vulnerability in Microsoft Excel Could Allow Remote Code Execution - 3/12/2008
Revision Note: Advisory updated to reflect the correct Excel file formats in the MOICE Workarounds section. Advisory Summary:Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS08-014 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review MS08-014. [...]
You are nominated…to distribute malware!!!
Since some days ago, we have been detecting some news related to BBB8 (Big Brother Brasil that is being used as a social engineering technique in order to distribute malware.
Several weeks ago, the image of Giselle, one of the paticipants of this reality show, was used to distribute malware through the Orkut social network [...]