First, a little light:[Start Quote]“Snort is an open source network intrusion prevention and detection system utilizing a rule-driven language, which combines the benefits of signature, protocol and anomaly based inspection methods. With millions of downloads to date, Snort is the most widely deployed intrusion detection and prevention technology worldwide and has become the de facto…

We have receieved reports of an overwriting virus infecting some computers in China. This infector locates for files in the system and overwrites them with all 69KB of its code. After the virus is done with the file, the latter is rendered useless and irrecoverable. Since the virus is only 69KB in size, file which…

We have received a sample of a Symbian malware that exhibits the same behaviour as of the SYMBOS_COMWAR family. The first generation of the malware arrives as one of the files inside a pirated copy of SymCommander software. SymCommander is a file management software specifically used for Symbian phones. The actual malicious file inside the…

Cellphones may perhaps top the list of items which are most likely stolen. It may even be more desirable now than wallet, jewelry and watches. It is easy money for thieves because there’s no scarcity in prospective buyers. One of the latest technologies devised to *hopefully* lessen, if not completely eradicate cellphone theft is a…

If you have been reading news, you may have heard of the much-awaited, much-delayed operating system succeeding the Windows XP. The beta version of the software, Microsoft Windows known by its code name, Longhorn previously and now Windows Vista, is now available. And that is one big news, so is the first virus infecting it….