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Ghost Rats And Zombies

For quite some time, the Internet security community has been aware of computers being compromised and taken over as part of a “Zombie Army” or “Botnet”. (See the FTC’s article) Now, a far reaching cyber espionage networks using Ghost RAT has been uncovered. A RAT is a Remote Access Trojan that takes over the host [...]
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Tracking GhostNet: Investigating a Cyber Espionage Network

This report documents the GhostNet – a suspected cyber espionage network of over 1,295 infected computers in 103 countries, 30% of which are high-value targets, including ministries of foreign affairs, embassies, international organizations, news media, and NGOs. The capabilities of GhostNet are far-reaching. The report reveals that Tibetan computer systems were compromised giving attackers access [...]
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Conficker Worm Targets Microsoft Windows Systems

US-CERT is aware of public reports indicating a widespread infection of the Conficker worm, which can infect a Microsoft Windows system from a thumb drive, a network share, or directly across the network if the host is not patched with MS08-067. The presence of a Conficker infection may be detected if a user is unable [...]
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Java Security Vulnerabilities

Sun Releases Updates for Java SE added March 26, 2009 at 08:54 am Sun has released updates for Java SE to address multiple vulnerabilities. These vulnerabilities may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code, cause a denial-of-service condition, or operate with escalated privileges. US-CERT encourages users to review the Sun Java SE 6 Update Release [...]
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Microsoft Updates for Multiple Vulnerabilities

Source: US-CERT As part of the Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for March 2009, Microsoft released updates to address vulnerabilities that affect Microsoft Windows and Windows Server. A remote, unauthenticated attacker could gain elevated privileges, poison the DNS cache, execute arbitrary code, or cause a vulnerable application to crash. Solution Microsoft has provided updates for these [...]
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