Archive for March, 2010

The number for the rest of the world might be 26 percentThere is a story making headlines on the computer security news sources today about estimates that 4.4 percent of Chinese Internet users have no anti-virus software, up from 3.9 percent last year... »

tweetmeme_url = 'http://blogs.msdn.com/virtual_pc_guy/archive/2010/03/31/beta-linux-integration-services-available-smp-support-is-coming.aspx'; We have just released the beta of the next version of the Linux integration services.  This release brings some much wanted and requested new functionality to our Linux support on Hyper-V.  Specifically it brings: Support for running Linux with up to 4 vCPUs per virtual machine. ... »

Good God! A 419 scam email from someone in grade school!From: FBI AGENT Sent: Wednesday, March 31, 2010 7:34 AMSubject: FBI AGENTHello honest people......... We got your contact from our Microsoft data-base system. This is t... »

Spyware/DDoS malware comboGoogle’s security team member Neel Mehta has blogged about yet one more spyware attack on Google users from Asia. This time forces in Vietnam apparently are trying to spy on and stifle dissent from those opposed to the expan... »

Apple has issued Security Update 2010-002 (Mac OS X v10.6.3) that fixes 100 enumerated vulnerabilities in:-- Mac OS X 10.5-- Mac OS X 10.6-- Mac OS X Server 10.5-- Mac OS X Server 10.6The 400 MB+ download takes a while, so, be prepared.Info here: http... »

It seems I prompted an exploration of infection related search terms in Google Trends over on the Forbes.com Firewall blog. “Malware” is becoming a sort of catch-all term for end-users, slowly replacing the various types of Ad/Mal/Spyware... »

Didier Stevens, security professional and blogger, has found a “feature” in the PDF file format that makes it possible to package an executable in a PDF file which will run in Foxit PDF reader or run in Adobe Reader with a bit of social engineering... »

MS10–018If you’re using Internet Explorer versions 6 or 7 it wouldn’t be a good idea to miss this one. “Actively exploited” for drive by down loads from malicious web sites sums it up.There’s something in it for IE8 ... »

There are a couple of programs in circulation at the moment designed to steal Steam account login credentials. People can have a lot of money invested in Steam purchases (if you purchase PC games online Steam is probably the best digital delivery servi... »

Hi everyone, Today we released MS10-018 out-of-band due to increases in attacks against Internet Explorer 6 and Internet Explorer 7 using the vulnerability discussed in Security Advisory 981374. I want to reiterate that Internet Explorer 8 is not affected by this issue so customers using this version are not affected by these attacks... »