August 27, 2010 1:35 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
application development,
information security,
infosec,
infosec awareness,
malicious software,
malware,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Windows,
web application developmentGo ahead and report why your system crashed - send Microsoft the exploit code you are working on. As most Windows users know, you can send Microsoft details about what caused a system crash. In some cases hackers respond yes and their exploit code is sent to Microsoft according to a
August 23, 2010 6:32 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
anti-virus,
antivirus,
av,
computer maintenance,
loss of life,
malicious software,
malware,
malware protection,
slow performance,
trojan,
virus
February 2, 2010 5:40 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
antivirus,
backdoor,
botnet,
command and control,
malicious software,
malware,
malware research,
mcafee,
rootkit,
support,
system support,
trojan,
virusI was roving around today on the McAfee TrustedSource Research Blog website and came across a very interesting entry about malware writers using...
January 27, 2010 6:26 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
antimalware,
antivirus,
Internet Explorer,
internet explorer history,
malicious software,
toolkit,
troubleshootingA user on my network recently reported their computer was displaying virus detection warnings. Investigation showed that the virus detection warnings were bogus and looked something like the screen below.
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January 21, 2010 9:57 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
attack,
Aurora,
fixes,
Internet Explorer,
malicious software,
malware,
Microsoft,
patch,
patch management,
threat,
update,
vulnerabilityMaybe you have heard about the recent
December 18, 2009 7:28 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
antivirus,
malicious software,
malware,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Sysinternals,
psexec,
remote administration,
SysinternalsThe excellent Sysinternals Windows tools have been around for many years (since 1996!). Microsoft now has these tools available and they are all FREE! They are also available in a "live" way such that you do...
December 3, 2009 7:02 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
alert,
botnet,
bulletin,
CERT,
cert alert,
education,
government,
information security,
information security awareness,
malicious software,
malware,
us-cert,
user education,
warningThe US-CERT released an alert yesterday about a currently circulating malware threat with the H1N1 virus as the subject matter.
...
September 16, 2009 6:41 PM
Posted by: Troy Tate
browser security,
drive-by attack,
Google,
information security,
malicious software,
malware,
search results,
software,
software securityWell, that may not be news to you. However, there is a recent trend in malware propagation that uses Google as the portal to deliver payloads to visitors. Unsuspecting users go to Google and search for topics such as Patrick Swayze's death or the controversy about Serena Williams cursing at the...
