I’ve had several fake emails that initially look like they come from Twitter in my email recently. I didn’t think anything of it until several of my friends forwarded me the same type of emails. This suggests two things. One, that these emails are starting to hit a larger audience. Or two, they are targeting …
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Shocking but true…today a researcher discovered that Twitter has been used for command and control of a botnet which may have been used by Brazilian hackers to steal online banking login information. Kudos to the researcher, Jose Nazario, who found this. It was an interesting read to say the least. The bot would basically look …
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Hey…I actually found a few minutes for a quick blog post! 🙂 Just a quick post to check out the report that my friend and malware researcher Greg Feezel was mentioned in a report over at Hostexploit.com. He contributed data to this report. The report was on the McColo web hosting firm which is apparently …
Just a reminder to head over to malwarechallenge.info to start the malware challenge that was mentioned on the last Security Justice podcast as well as a blog post that I did a few days ago. The contest runs from October 1st – 26th and is open to everyone! May the force be with you…
Tyler (aka: The Security Shoggoth) announced on the Security Justice podcast last week about the “Malware Challenge” that begins October 1st. I think this is a great idea and is a fantastic way to learn about how malware works and how to analyze it. Via The Security Shoggoth: “Starting from October 1, 2008 and ending …
