A few days ago, Trend Micro got wind of a .DLL worm detected as WORM_DOWNAD.A that exploits the MS08-067 vulnerability. Its routines have led our security analysts to postulate that it is a key component in the development of a new botnet. Initially thought to be working in conjunction with a NETWORM variant, WORM_DOWNAD.A is…
Read MoreThis month’s Patch Tuesday was prematurely ushered in by a spam attack purporting to carry MS Updates. Don’t be fooled, though, we have found the said spam to carry a backdoor (BKDR_HAXDOOR.MX), and has nothing to do with Microsoft’s official release. The October 2008 MS Patch Tuesday addresses 20 vulnerabilities, with 4 bulletins marked as…
Read MoreJust in time for Microsoft’s most recent security advisory, spammers are now distributing yet another fake Microsoft Update. It arrives with the subject Security Update for OS Microsoft Windows and purports to come from the Microsoft Official Update Center. It even includes a Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) Signature block to give it more authenticity. A…
Read MoreNitesh Dhanjani has disclosed around middle of last month a vulnerability in Safari (and the way it interacts with Windows and OSX) that allows a remote malicious user to download several files unknowingly to the user’s default download folder (Desktop for Windows and Downloads for OSX). The attack has been dubbed carpet bombing because of…
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