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Violating OPSEC for Increasing the Probability of Malware Infection

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2008-07-11 19:39:32 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...software added as trusted sites upon Smitfraud infection about-adult .net antivirus-scanner .com best-porncollection .com getadultaccess .com getavideonow .com ieantivirus .com malwarebell .com mega-soft-2008 .com mooncodec .com movsonline .com ruler-cash .com s-freeware .com sexysoftwaredom .com supersoft21freeware .com the-programsportal...
 
Tags: malware, malware authors, smitfraud, smitfraud infection, successful malware infection, sacrifice operational security, operational security, malware pcs, infamous smitfraud
 
 
 
 
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Friday Squid Blogging: Squid Beaks for Artificial Limbs?

2008-04-04 16:38:29 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...softer, more flexible base where it attaches to the muscle around the squid's mouth, the researchers found That means the tough beak can chomp away at fish for dinner, but the hard material doesn't press or rub directly against the squid's softer tissues Herbert Waite, a professor in the university's department of molecular, cellular &...
 
Tags: squid, squid beaks, biomedical materials, biomedical, materials, medical materials, hard materials occur, beak, squid beak
 
 
 
 
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Monetizing Web Site Defacements

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2008-06-13 11:54:20 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...software, in this case, the XP antivirus protection ( securityscannersite.com ) which you must be familiar with if you were following the assessments of the massive IFRAME SEO poisoning attacks that took place during March this year. More about the found The Africa Middle Market Fund is a private capital fund that invests in small and medium...
 
Tags: site, web site defacements, site helps webmasters, web site defacement, web sites, sites, traffic exchange, traffic, traffic suppliers
 
 
 
 
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A Diverse Portfolio of Fake Security Software - Part Six

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2008-09-24 18:29:31 by Dancho Danchev in Dancho Danchev's Blog - Mind Streams of Information Security Knowledge
...software domains popping up at the end of fake adult content sites anti-spyware8 .com anti-spyware4 .com anti-spyware11 .com anti-spyware10 .com antivirus-cs1 .com antivirus-cs14 .com antivirus-cs4 .com antivirus-cs15 .com antivirus-cs5 .com antivirus-cs7 .com antivirus-cs8 .com antivirus-cs9 .com trustedpaymenssite .com altawebgl-500 .com...
 
Tags: fake security software, diverse portfolio, fake porn sites, malicious isps, affiliation based revenue, malware, viacodecright2, lazy summer days, traffic management kits
 
 
 
 
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In response to "Soft tokens aren't tokens at all"

2007-12-11 00:00:00 by Sean Kline in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...software authenticators are both forms of multi-factor authentication. In the case of hardware authenticators, they are based on something you have (the physical authenticator) and something you know (your password or Personal Identification Number). Software authenticators work the same way depending on the form factor and can include other...
 
Tags: authentication, multi-factor authentication, software authenticators, rsa securid hardware, rsa, form factors, factors, authentication types, blog entry
 
 
 
 
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Out of the Box

2007-07-19 00:00:00 by Uriel Maimon in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...soft golden tresses frame a pale heart-shaped face and her curves are paralleled only by the desperately bored look in her glazed ice-blue eyes, through her drooping eye-lids. Now I'm as socially astute as anyone who has ever written network device drivers
 
Tags: network device drivers, set-up, desperately bored, set, tapas bar, ice-blue eyes, tresses frame, blonde beauty, gorgeous
 
 
 
 
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Forget the IPhone, Give me the JPhone

2007-07-25 21:56:46 by jrjones in Jeff Jones Security Blog
 
...softkeys to dial your number. I have that now. I hate it and will never get a phone again that doesn't have a physical number pad for dialing (except maybe a really small one that is totally voice controlled - but that seems unlikely in the near-term So, in case any phone vendors are out there, or if you are influential with a phone vendor,...
 
Tags: actual phone, phone, stylish phone, phone vendor, phone vendors, smart phone, keyboard, soft keyboard, change
 
 
 
 
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Review of My 2007 Security Predictions: Too Wimpy

2007-12-23 15:46:00 by Dr Anton Chuvakin in Anton Chuvakin Blog -
 
...soft side as well. No 0-days worms. PDF hacking - check. And, in fact, less noise about "we protect against 0-days" (because they likely don't). However, I should have added that technologies that only protect against a few known "baddies" will experience reduction of efficiency PVII. IP and ID theft, data loss : at the risk of sounding...
 
Tags: status check iii, status check, status check viii, security, security predictions, status check vii, check, predictions, status
 
 
 
 
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Hiding Crib Notes on a Bottle Label

2008-01-15 14:15:16 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
How to cheat on a test by replacing a soft-drink-bottle label with a replica that includes your crib notes. Certainly more clever than hiding a small piece of paper inside your pen
 
Tags: crib notes, paper inside, label, piece, test, clever, cheat, includes, replica