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Web Based Botnet Command and Control Kit 2.0

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2008-08-22 14:02:15 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...Convenient manager tasks Every task can be stopped, put on pause, etc Interest and visual scale of the task A task manager for DDoS and Loader For DDoS tasks Bots involved in DDoS 'f Condition of the victim (works, fell 2. Bots manager Displays a list of bots (postranichno Obratseniya date of the first and last ID Bot Country Bot Type...
 
Tags: ddos attacks based, ddos attacks, malware, previous malware campaigns, ddos attacks simultaneously, botnet, country, country bot, ddos
 
 
 
 
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Increased Interest in Device-Specific Strong Authentication

2007-09-14 00:00:00 by Sean Kline in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...convenient containers for strong authentication credentials needed for secure remote access. Others drivers are more visionary
 
Tags: mobile devices, credentials, strong authentication credentials, mobile phones, secure remote access, global mobile subscriptions, strong authentication mechanisms, phones, two-factor authentication
 
 
 
 
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RFID: Menace in the Far North

2007-01-05 00:00:00 by Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...convenient RFID (tap-and-go) transit cards recently introduced in the Boston area, a colleague of my wife asked why I care about RFID privacy so much. He added, "I don't. I've got nothing to hide
 
Tags: rfid, convenient rfid, boston call, boston, transit cards recently, rfid privacy, muster sympathy, snow-free streets, northern fringes
 
 
 
 
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Cyber Jihadist Hacking Teams

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2007-12-17 20:03:29 by HASH0x847073c in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...convenient method because if you have 500 members in your group, by sending a single mail in the group, your message will be in the inboxes of 500 users, and it takes hardly 1-2 minutes. Isnt it a time saving technique Many non-Muslim specially Americans, Israelis and Indian hackers always attack our web sites, which are refuting their...
 
Tags: anti-islamic web sites, islamic web sites, web, jihad, electronic jihad program, campaign, electrnic jihad campaign, web sites, cyber jihad
 
 
 
 
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Locked Call Boxes and Banned Geiger Counters

2008-01-18 07:44:31 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...convenient locations. To prevent false alarms and crank calls, the boxes were locked, and the keys given to trustworthy citizens nearby What happened when Lee made his request is not clear. Only one fact emerges from the confusion: No alarm was registered from any box in the vicinity of the fire until it was too late to do any good...
 
Tags: boxes, false fire alarms, fire, fire alarms, false alarms, prevent false alarms, alarm boxes, alarm, chicago fire
 
 
 
 
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Covert Online Spies

2007-08-01 19:20:00 by jack in adware and spyware
 
...convenient services like online shopping and banking. However, many of us Internet users are at constant risk of adware and spyware downloads that make us extremely vulnerable to malicious acts We often unknowingly fall prey to adware and spyware downloads as we innocently use the Internet. These adware and spyware downloads can come bundled...
 
Tags: anti spyware program, anti spyware, free anti spyware, proper anti spyware, anti spyware system, spyware, spyware downloads, spyware programs, anti-spyware system
 
 
 
 
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7 secure USB drives

2008-03-04 00:00:00 by HASH0x8b441dc in Network World on Security
 
USB flash drives are very small, very portable, very convenient -- and very easy to lose. In fact, the question to ask these days isn't how to avoid losing your flash drive, but how to make sure your data is safe when you do. As a result, Computerworld decided it was time to look at seven USB flash drives that are outfitted with security...
 
Tags: usb flash, data, data safe, safe, security features, flash drive, time, avoid, computerworld
 
 
 
 
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End user security psychology, part I: Are small mobile computers less secure than larger mobile computers?

2008-03-27 11:30:35 by Bill Nagel in Security & Risk Management
 
...convenient, people will use it and not worry too much about the security (much to our professional chagrin). Note that the survey cited above mirrors those done on online banking several years ago, and look at what a failure online banking has been since
 
Tags: mobile, mobile signatures, mobile channel, authentication, mobile authentication, mobile phone apps, mobile device, online, online channel
 
 
 
 
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Turn off Autorun - yet another reminder

2007-11-30 10:41:00 by Mike Rothman in Security Mike's Blog
 
...convenient that when you load in a CD, DVD, or USB stick to take some automatic actions. Isn't is great to have the new Springsteen disc start to play once you put it in Actually, not so much. If any of that media is malicious, you've got no defense. If you remember back to the original Sony Rootkit issue from a few years back, most folks...
 
Tags: autorun, velvet revolver disc, disc, disc start, hack report site, tony bradley, pretty quickly, security mike, automatic actions
 
 
 
 
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Web Email Exploitation Kit in the Wild

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2008-04-16 13:42:23 by