Hackers have broken into The Hartford insurance company and installed password-stealing programs on several of the company's Windows servers.
There were more than 286 million new malware threats last year and the number of measured web-based attacks per day increased by 93pc compared to 2009, according to Symantec's annual Norton Internet Security Threat Report.
Howtogeek posted a guide about removing Win 7 Anti-Spyware 2011
IObit Malware Fighter 2.0 Beta has been released
A massive SQL poisoning attack known as the LizaMoon mass-injection campaign is spreading like wildfire and has now infected more than 1m URLs, including some belonging to Apple's iTunes.
Hardware 2.0 reports that the keylogger that Samsung was accused of shipping with certain notebooks yesterday by NetworkWorld is, in fact, a false-positive result by GFI VIPRE antivirus software.
Samsung Electronics is investigating allegations that some models of its R Series laptops contain keylogging software.
Microsoft has updated the following security bulletins:
- MS11-012 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2479628) - Version:2.0
- MS11-011 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2393802) - Version:1.2
- MS11-013 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Kerberos Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2496930) - Version:2.0
- MS11-012 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel-Mode Drivers Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2479628) - Version:2.0
- MS11-011 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2393802) - Version:1.2
- MS11-013 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Kerberos Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2496930) - Version:2.0
PC World reports that Microsoft Thursday urged users of older Office suites to install and run a complicated tool to protect themselves against ongoing attacks exploiting an unpatched bug in Adobe's Flash Player.
Microsoft updated the following security bulletin:
MS11-015 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2510030) - Version:1.2
MS11-015 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2510030) - Version:1.2
Threadpost posted a news story that Groups responsible for pushing the bogus anti malware programs are using Internet-based phone calls over the Skype network to trick unsuspecting users into downloading their fraudulent wares
PC World posted a news story that Adobe today confirmed that attackers are exploiting an unpatched bug in Flash Player using Microsoft Excel documents.
PC World posted a news story that an Internet Explorer flaw made public by a Google security researcher two months ago is now being used in online attacks.
Threatpost reports that Internet Explorer 9 comes with an Application Reputation Filter
Microsoft updated the following security bulletins:
- MS11-017 - Important: Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Client Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2508062) - Version:1.2
- MS11-015 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2510030) - Version:1.1
- MS11-017 - Important: Vulnerability in Remote Desktop Client Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2508062) - Version:1.2
- MS11-015 - Critical: Vulnerabilities in Windows Media Could Allow Remote Code Execution (2510030) - Version:1.1
Microsoft has released a DVD5 ISO image file contains the security updates for Windows released on Windows Update on March 11th, 2011.
Microsoft has released the following security updates:
- Security Update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2 X86 Edition (KB2502898)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Vista Media Center TVPack 2008 (KB2494132)
- Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2483618)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate for x64-based Systems (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows Vista Media Center TVPack 2008 for x64-based Systems (KB2494132)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2483619)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Update Rollup 2 X86 Edition (KB2502898)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Vista Media Center TVPack 2008 (KB2494132)
- Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 x64 Edition (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2483618)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 for Itanium-based Systems (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 R2 x64 Edition (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Vista for x64-based Systems (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate for x64-based Systems (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows Vista Media Center TVPack 2008 for x64-based Systems (KB2494132)
- Security Update for Windows XP x64 Edition (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 x64 Edition (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Vista (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2483614)
- Security Update for Windows Embedded Standard 7 for x64-based Systems (KB2479943)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2483619)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2003 (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows XP (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows Server 2008 (KB2481109)
- Security Update for Windows 7 (KB2483614)
Microsoft published the Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification for March 2011. Microsoft will address this month one critical security update for Windows and two important updates for Windows and Office.
Microsoft updated the following security bulletins:
- MS11-011 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2393802) - Version:1.1
- MS10-092 - Important: Vulnerability in Task Scheduler Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2305420) - Version:1.1
- Microsoft Security Advisory (2491888): Vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
- MS11-011 - Important: Vulnerabilities in Windows Kernel Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2393802) - Version:1.1
- MS10-092 - Important: Vulnerability in Task Scheduler Could Allow Elevation of Privilege (2305420) - Version:1.1
- Microsoft Security Advisory (2491888): Vulnerability in Microsoft Malware Protection Engine Could Allow Elevation of Privilege
PCWorld reports that Microsoft has patched a bug in its malware scanning engine that could be used as a stepping stone for an attacker looking to seize control of a Windows box.
