by wwarren | Mar 18, 2011 | Microsoft, Security, Windows
Rustock is apparently severely crippled if not dead. I noticed at least a 30% drop in spam volumes across the networks I manage. I began looking at feeds, checking other security sites and the rumor was Rustock had been taken down by a concerted effort similar to...
by wwarren | Mar 17, 2011 | Linux, Microsoft, Open Source, Security
Unix admins have known this for a long time. There is only one way to reliably clean ANY infected machine…wipe and reload. For a long time, the best-practices approach to malware infections has been to re-format and re-image the infected machine from...
by wwarren | Feb 25, 2011 | Security
HBGary was plugged into some of the deepest reaches of the Military Industrial Complex. Right now it’s interesting how Anonymous has gone quiet. A cracker doesn’t want publicity…if they get exposed their cover is gone. Anonymous..by it’s...
by wwarren | Feb 25, 2011 | Security
Its harder to explain away the substance of many other e-mail messages which have emerged in reporting by Ars Technica as well as others. They show a company executives like HBGary Federal CEO Aaron Barr mining social networks for data to “scare the s***”...
by wwarren | Feb 24, 2011 | Microsoft, Security, Security Alerts, Server 2008, Windows, Windows 7
There are increasing reports of issues with this service pack. Despite it not supposedly making any major changes to either OS it seems that may not be the case. if you are an ECC client or just a user watching the ECC feeds i advise NOT installing this update right...
by wwarren | Feb 22, 2011 | Security
It’s funny to me that folks seemed shocked at the latest treasure trove of goodies from the HBGary email spool. Basically these folks built custom malware on behalf of their government clients. ARSTechnica digs in (with pretty impressive technical depth, I might add)...
