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NYT: Obama Order Sped Up Wave of Cyberattacks Against Iran

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

June 1, 2012

From the New York Times: "...an element of the program accidentally became public in the summer of 2010 because of a programming error that allowed it to escape Iran's Natanz plant and sent it around the world on the Internet."

A programing error unleashed Stuxnet on the Internet? Wow. Thanks for that. Question: To whom may the antivirus industry and its affected customers send the bill for the collateral damage done?

Targeted Attack: London 2012 Olympics

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

May 28, 2012

We've come across a malicious Olympic themed PDF earlier this morning while data mining our back end for documents which drop executables (those are never a good thing, unsurprisingly).

The PDF exploits CVE-2010-2883, which affects older versions of Adobe Reader and Acrobat. A typical PDF exploit will launch a clean decoy as part of its attack, and in this case, the decoy is a copy of the London 2012 Olympic schedule circa October 2010. The original source PDF can still be found online at: london2012.com.

Video: Angry Birds Space Trojan & Drive-by Android

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

May 18, 2012

On Monday, we released our Mobile Threat Report for Q1, and in that report we mention there's a growing number of mobile trojans that "deliver on their promises". What do we mean by that?

Well, in the past, mobile malware often offered something such as "free" mobile web services as bait, but then, during installation, the trojan would display some kind of decoy error message. At that point the folks installing the trojan would typically search for answers, either because they were suspicious or because they were troubleshooting. That would then lead to actual answers on forums that what they had in fact installed was a trojan. These days, when even non-nerds have smartphones, the bait is quite a bit different.

Webinar: Making Life Difficult for Malware

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

May 16, 2012

The subject is "Making Life Difficult for Malware" and will focus on system modifications that can be used to prevent malware from functioning properly in the event that your system is compromised.

Recommended Listening: Danger In The Download

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

May 15, 2012

The Documentary, a BBC World Service program (or programme) recently aired a 3-part series called Danger In The Download.

Download: Mobile Threat Report, Q1 2012

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

May 14, 2012

It's time to publicly release our latest Mobile Threat Report, covering the 1st quarter of 2012.

ur Q4 2011 report was quite popular and this new one for Q1 is even better. More content (and pages) for your reading pleasure. Mobile Threats Motivated by Profit Per Quarter...

What's wrong with marketing software?

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

May 10, 2012

Yesterday, I suggested that anonymous speech is vastly superior to anonymous DDoS attacks and other forms of censorship.

Pirate Bay to Anonymous: Call Your Mom!

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

May 9, 2012

UK Courts recently ordered Internet Service Providers to block access to The Pirate Bay.

Yesterday, Virgin Media was attacked by some that claim associations to the Anonymous collective. Well, The Pirate Bay had something to say about the attack on its Facebook page.

Webinar: Making Life Difficult for Malware

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

May 8, 2012

Jarno Niemela, a Senior Researcher here at F-Secure Labs, will be taking part in a Black Hat Webcast on Thursday, May 17, 2012.

The subject is "Making Life Difficult for Malware" and will focus on system modifications that can be used to prevent malware from functioning properly in the event that your system is compromised.

Terrorist Groups in the Online World

F-Secure Weblog

by Sean

May 4, 2012

The Combating Terrorism Center at West Point (USA) has released a study called "Letters from Abbottabad: Bin Ladin Sidelined?".

The study provides analysis of 17 declassified documents captured last year during the raid which killed Usama bin Ladin. Copies of the documents in the original Arabic as well as English translations have been made available. PRI's The World has an excellent summary: US Releases Letters From Bin Laden Compound. Our Chief Research Officer, Mikko Hypponen, has been studying online extremism. He examined the documents and found this...

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