Archive for November 3rd, 2009

The state of Internet (in)security

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
The state of Internet (in)security

A lot of major players in the anti-malware world issue periodic reports -- very long .pdf files that not enough people have the time to read. News reporters jump on the reports, and write stories about the trends the researchers are seeing. They’re e... »

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Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard

I little while ago some member of the Hyper-V test team released a new tool on code.msdn.microsoft.com.  It is the Virtual Machine Migration Test Wizard: http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/VMMTestWizard In Windows Server 2008 R2 we introduced a new “Processor Compatibility” feature (as discussed here).  The primary purpose of this new tool is to allow you... »

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BlockKeeper

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
BlockKeeper

BlockKeeper is a phony security software, designed to rip people off. BlockKeeper is made by the same creeps that created other phony security software including: BlockScanner, Block Watcher, SoftBarrier, Shield Safeness, Soft Stronghold, Soft Vetera... »

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DDoS extortion

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
DDoS extortion

Good article by Dancho:With the average price for a DDoS attack on demand decreasing due to the evident over-supply of malware infected hosts, it should be fairly logical to assume that the "on demand DDoS" business model run by the cybercriminals perf... »

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Vote for Sunbelt in the 2009 Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Vote for Sunbelt in the 2009 Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards

The Sunbelt Blog has been shortlisted as a finalist and made it through to the public vote of the Computer Weekly Blog awards! Vote for us!We’re in the IT Security category along with ten other finalists here. Tom Kelchner »

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Using Yahoo Calendar to spam

Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
Using Yahoo Calendar to spam

Interesting form of reputation hijacking. Alex Eckelberry »

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