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Microsoft Security Advisory (2269637): Insecure Library Loading Could Allow Remote Code Execution – Version: 14.0
Revision Note: V14.0 (February 14, 2012): Added the following Microsoft Security Bulletins to the Updates relating to Insecure Library Loading section: MS12-012, “Vulnerability in Color Control Panel Could Allow Remote Code Execution;” and MS12-014, “Vulnerability in Indeo Codec Could Allow Remote Code Execution.” Summary: Microsoft is aware that research has been published detailing a remote [...]
Bot shopping with my wife
When my wife told me she had received an email with a purchase confirmation she hadn’t done, my first thought was: How can she even remember what she bought? She buys thousands of clothes online, probably she doesn’t remember it, this wouldn’t be the first time After she told me 1,000 times she had not [...]
PandaLabs Annual Report – 2011
Today we are publishing the PandaLabs report, where you can enjoy an overview of the main figures and security news that have happened in the last 12 months, as well as some figures. You will see how malware creation hit a new record high in 2011 with 26 million samples, that Trojans continue to be [...]
Katy Perry and Russell Brand baits to spread a new Facebook worm
Once again, user curiosity becomes cyber-criminals’ best ally. Scammers exploit people’s interest in celebrities to infect users. We have recently detected a new Facebook scam that uses a fake video of singer Katy Perry and ex-husband actor Russell Brand to trick users. If the user clicks the link, they are taken to a fake Facebook [...]
Sex, lies and Twitter
Last week we got a new follower in Twitter, Alena Edwards: No tweets so far, the only information about “her” is the message in her profile, where she’s looking for funny guys and gives us a link. Probably it is a spammer, but instead of tweeting links just put the spam link in the profile [...]