One of the most interesting things in order to know how the bot behind Mariposa has been spreading is to study the geographical distribution of the infections. Unlike other cases, the Mariposa Working Group stats don’t come from scanning PCs. In order to avoid the DDP Team from controlling Mariposa, …
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This post was written by Ted on March 10, 2010
-->Revision Note: V1.3 (March 9, 2010): Updated the FAQ to announce the rerelease of the update that enables Internet Information Services to opt in to Extended Protection for Authentication. For more information, see Known issues in Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 973917. Advisory Summary:Microsoft is announcing the availability of a new feature, Extended Protection for Authentication, on the Windows platform. This feature enhances the protection and handling of credentials when authenticating network connections using Integrated Windows Authentication (IWA).
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This post was written by Ted on March 10, 2010
-->Pedro Bustamante has just published a new blog post in the Panda Research blog, about a Mariposa-like bot as special gift in a new HTC distributed by Vodafone. For the same price you can be infected with other 2 ‘gifts’: Conficker and Lineage 
Read the full story in Panda Research …
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This post was written by Ted on March 9, 2010
-->It was the decade of the mega-heist, when stolen credit card magstripe tracks became the pork bellies of a new underground marketplace, Eastern European hackers turned malware writing into an art, and…
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This post was written by Ted on March 9, 2010
-->Can Someone Hear Your Conversations, Even When You Aren’t On A Call? Someone could tap your cell phone and you would have no idea. Cell phone spyware is growing in popularity. It’s widely available on the Internet. You simply download it to your computer or cell phone and connect it to a target phone. It advertises that you can catch a cheating spouse or find out if your daughter is dating a no …
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This post was written by Ted on March 9, 2010
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