Internet Storm Center

An Important Online Shopping and Banking Warning

September 28, 2010 By James Thoenes

Microsoft is issuing an out of band security update tomorrow September 28,2010.

My personal suggestion is to avoid any online shopping and online banking for a day or two.

The exploit affects the Microsoft .net service that is used for keeping information on a Web server secure.

The SAN’s internet storm center sums up Microsoft’s advisory this way:

Translated, this means that the vulnerability undermines basic web application security.

While there probably be updates for all Windows computers, the real problem is on a Web server that is used for any type of financial account. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malware and Computer Security Tagged With: computer security, exploit, internet, Internet Storm Center, malware, Microsoft Windows, Security

Microsoft Issues An Emergency Update To Stop Shortcut Exploit

August 2, 2010 By James Thoenes

Ok, if you are running Windows, do a Windows Update before you read any further and then come back.

Today, Microsoft issued an emergency update to fix an exploit that allowed maliciously crafted shortcut files to load malware. [Read more...]

Filed Under: Blog News Tagged With: Internet Storm Center, malware, Microsoft, Patch, Windows Update

Dangerous New Exploit Has Computer Security Experts Very Concerned

July 19, 2010 By James Thoenes

It’s the end of the world! Well, maybe not, but..

A dangerous exploit was released over the past few days for Windows computers that could be extremely serious. How serious?

The Internet Storm Center has raised the Infocon Threat Level to Yellow.

The last time that they have listed for raising the Threat Level was back in [Read more...]

Filed Under: Malware and Computer Security Tagged With: Computer shortcut, Internet Storm Center, malware, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, Rootkit, USB flash drive, Windows