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7,000 Fake Indentities Equals 200 Million USD
Most people are aware of identity theft these days, and that it's a relatively easy way for criminal types to make money (by accessing credit). But we've wondered, at what point does it become easier...
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Adobe Reader/Acrobat XI Vulnerable, Et Cetera
Adobe is investigating an Adobe Reader & Acrobat XI (and earlier) zero-day exploit.Details: Adobe Reader and Acrobat Vulnerability ReportConsider mitigating your Adobe Reader usage until there's...
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"Police" Ransom Trojan Gang Busted
Spanish Police and Europol did a major bust today, arresting several persons connected to the well-known "Police" ransom trojans. We've covered these ransom trojan families on our blog before, but in...
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Mitigate the Adobe Reader/Acrobat XI Vulnerability
News broke yesterday regarding a zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Reader and Acrobat XI.Adobe released its Security Advisory last night which includes some important mitigation options.Users can...
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Taking Poika Out on the Town: 2013
AV-TEST has awarded F-Secure Internet Security with Best Protection 2012.And apparently we have ourselves a something of a tradition in which we take our "poika" for a tour of the town.Poika Tours...
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Facebook Hacked, Mobile Dev Watering Holes, and Mac Malware
Friday, February 1st: Twitter announced it was hacked. The post (Keeping our users secure) by Bob Lord, Director of Information Security, was sparse on details but recommended disabling Java's browser...
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Facebook Confirmed: Several Other Companies Hacked
Yesterday's post generated some feedback along the lines of "interesting theory". But here's the deal, that other companies were hacked is not a theory — it's a fact. Facebook's Chief Security Officer,...
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Apple One of the "Other Companies" Hacked
Wow. According to Reuters, Apple was one of the "other companies" recently attacked by hackers who infected Macs.Hundreds of companies, including defense contractors, are affected according to...
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Timeline: Hacks Related to Apple
The hacks related to Apple involve a lot of complexities. Let's review the time line:February 1st: Twitter's Director of Information Security, Bob Lord, posted "Keeping our users secure" on Twitter's...
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All you probably need to know about Mandiant's Chinese hacker report:Chinese military hacker unit behind US attacksWell, that, and that not everything in Mandiant's report about Chinese hackers can be...
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Our Mac Antivirus Blocks Java Exploits
Yesterday, two of our analysts, Brod and Timo, tested a Facebook/Apple hack related Java exploit with our Anti-Virus for Mac.And the result?Our Mac AV blocked the exploit with a generic detection...
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Another Friday Night Disclosure: Microsoft
In this week's episode of Friday Night Disclosures: Microsoft.General Manager of Trustworthy Computing Security, Matt Thomlinson, provided details in a post on the MSRCTeam's blog:For those of you...
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The Lowest Hanging Fruit: Java
By all measures, Java is the current title holder for the lowest hanging fruit in computer security. (And by Java, we mean JRE and its various browser plugins.) It wasn't always so. How did it happen?...
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Poika Visits Malaysia
Looks like our poika (AV-TEST's award for Best Protection 2012) decided to visit Malaysia.Seen here with members of our Kuala Lumpur team:That's a very cool view… On 26/02/13 At 01:05 PM
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Things That Make You Go Hmmm About Apple "Security"
Dear Tim Cook,Have you searched for the term "antivirus" lately? — I'm guessing not.Here's what Google Instant is currently offering up:Hmm, "antivirus for mac"— very interesting.You know, maybe it's...
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Trademark Python??
It seems the Python Software Foundation needs some help with a company in the UK that is trying to trademark the word "Python" for "software, servers, services… pretty much anything having to do with...
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RSA Conference: Ransomware + Mitigating Botnets
RSA Conference USA 2013 is taking place this week.On Wednesday, our Antti Tikkanen and Paolo Palumbo gave a talk called: Ransomware Attacks!Slides available here. [PDF]Here's a view of the ZeroAccess...
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Evernote Hacked: 50 Million E-mail Addresses Exposed
Evernote is now officially a member of the recently hacked. The company develops software for notetaking and archiving.Its customers received password reset notifications over the weekend. Almost 50...
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Flash: Click to Play
Adobe released several security updates for its Flash Player during February.Security bulletin APSB13-04:"Adobe is also aware of reports that CVE-2013-0634 is being exploited in the wild in attacks...
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Webinar: Thursday, March 7th
F-Secure Labs is hosting a webinar — featuring Mikko Hypponen — on the 7th of March. That's tomorrow!The event will start at 17:00 (EET) from our Helsinki lab, so whether you're in Asia or America,...
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