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PandaLabs Annual Report – 2011

Ted — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:05 +0000

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 [...]—
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Katy Perry and Russell Brand baits to spread a new Facebook worm

Ted — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:00:06 +0000

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 [...]—
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Sex, lies and Twitter

Ted — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 04:00:38 +0000

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 [...]—
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Megaupload and the cybercrime fight

Ted — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:00:05 +0000

As most of you already now, yesterday Megaupload was closed by the FBI, accused of “copyright infringement”. You can read FBI’s press release here where the details of the case are explained, and you can see how each accused person in this case could face 50 years jail time. We should be concerned, as the [...]—
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Microsoft Security Advisory (2641690): Fraudulent Digital Certificates Could Allow Spoofing – Version: 3.0

Ted — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:00:08 +0000

Revision Note: V3.0 (January 19, 2012): Revised to announce the release of an update for Windows Mobile 6.x, Windows Phone 7, and Windows Phone 7.5 devices.
Summary: Microsoft is aware that DigiCert Sdn. Bhd, a Malaysian subordinate certification authority (CA) under Entrust and GTE CyberTrust, has issued 22 certificates with weak 512 bit keys. These weak encryption keys, when broken, could allow an attacker to use the certificates fraudulently to spoof content, perform phishing attacks, or perform man-in-the-middle attacks against all Web browser users including users of Internet Explorer. While this is not a vulnerability in a Microsoft product, this issue affects all supported releases of Microsoft Windows.

The Rise of the Ransomware

Ted — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 04:00:22 +0000

In the last months we have seen an increase of ransomware attacks. While the first ones we saw were posing as Microsoft to threaten the user because it had been detected a pirated version of Windows, and in case you didn’t pay the fine they would contact the local law enforcement agencies, the new ones [...]—
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Microsoft Security Advisory (2588513): Vulnerability in SSL/TLS Could Allow Information Disclosure – Version: 2.0

Ted — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 16:00:07 +0000

Revision Note: V2.0 (January 10, 2012): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin.
Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS12-006 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review MS12-006. The vulnerability addressed is the SSL/TLS Information Disclosure Vulnerability – CVE-2011-3389.

Microsoft Security Advisory (2659883): Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Denial of Service – Version: 2.0

Ted — Fri, 30 Dec 2011 16:00:05 +0000

Revision Note: V2.0 (December 29, 2011): Advisory updated to reflect publication of security bulletin.
Summary: Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS11-100 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review MS11-100. The vulnerability addressed is the Collisions in HashTable May Cause DoS Vulnerability – CVE-2011-3414.

Microsoft Security Advisory (2659883): Vulnerability in ASP.NET Could Allow Denial of Service – Version: 1.0

Ted — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 16:00:05 +0000

Revision Note: V1.0 (December 28, 2011): Advisory published.
Summary: Microsoft is aware of detailed information that has been published describing a new method to exploit hash tables. Attacks targeting this type of vulnerability are generically known as hash collision attacks. Attacks such as these are not specific to Microsoft technologies and affect other web service software providers. This vulnerability affects all versions of Microsoft .NET Framework and could allow for an unauthenticated denial of service attack on servers that serve ASP.NET pages. Sites that only serve static content or disallow dynamic content types listed in the mitigation factors below are not vulnerable.

2012 Security Trends

Ted — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:00:06 +0000

2011 is coming to an end, so now it’s time to try to see what we have to expect for the next 12 months: Social networks: Social engineering techniques exploiting users’ weaknesses have become the leading attack method in social networks. Trending topics such as the Olympics or the next US Presidential elections will be [...]—
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