Critical Security Flaws in Apple Mac OS X

Secunia has reported a CRITICAL Security Flaws in Apple Mac OS X.LMH has reported a vulnerability in Mac OS X, which potentially can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges or Read the rest of this entry »

This Trojan runs on Windows 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003 and Create this entry in registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\SharedAccess\Parameters\FirewallPolicy\
StandardProfile\AuthorizedApplications\List
{Malware path and file name} = “{Malware path and file name}:*:ENABLED:0″

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Entry created by this Malware:

Windows startup:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\
Windows\CurrentVersion\Run
Ttool = “%Windows%\9129837.exe”

Windows NT, 2000, XP, and Server 2003

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\
Services\hide_evr2
ImagePath = “%Windows%\HIDE_EVR2.SYS”
DisplayName = “!!!!”

It will connect to this website

http://81.95.{BLOCKED}.107/cgi-bin/options.cgi

NOTE:Scan your computer every week

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According to symantec the risk is very low .

Systems Affected: Windows 2000, Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP
W32.Realor is a virus that spreads by infecting *.rm and *.rmvb files on network shares.

W32.Realor

Google Spreads Worm Virus to Google Video Group

“On Tuesday evening, three posts were made to the Google Video Blog-group that should not have been posted…This has now been addressed and fixed. Still, some of these posts may have contained a virus called W32/Kapser.A@mm - a mass mailing worm. If you think you have downloaded this virus from the group or an email message, we recommend you run your antivirus program to remove it.”
If you think you have been affected, visithttp://pack.google.com/intl/en/pack_installer.html?nopers to install appropriate ant-viral software.

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ADW_WEBSEARCH.K

This adware application is a .DLL file that arrives on a system packaged with the MyWebSearch.com toolbar installer. It installs components, including an application that displays pop-up advertisements depending on an affected user’s browsing habits. Read the rest of this entry »

Installation and Autostart Techniques
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This memory-resident worm propagates by dropping copies of itself in shared network drives.

It runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000 and XP.

Source

The W32/Stration.dr virus drops the mass mailing worm W32/Stration@MM. that uses its own SMTP engine to

send itself to the email addresses that it harvests on the infected computer. The W32/Stration.dr is written using Microsoft Visual C++ and also contains functionality to connect to a remote web server to download a file.

McAfee

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PGP Universal Gateway Email provides centrally managed, standards-based email encryption to secure email communication with customers and partners. Based on highly configurable encryption rules, emails are secured as they enter and leave the enterprise network. Read the rest of this entry »

Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2006-10-03

Two presenters razzed developers of the open-source Mozilla browser this weekend at the ToorCon hacking convention in San Diego with claims that the browser’s Javascript implementation is flawed, but the lecture appears to have been more stand-up comedy routine than substantiative research.

SecurityFocus 2006-10-03