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• USB drives infected? A quick analysis

  by Rossano Ferraris Interestingly the new year 2008 opened its doors with a surprising news in the malware field. Hardware infected? Yes, again malware guys have showed their extraordinary fantasy to spread panic and disasters over the computer world... Posted Feb 04 2008, 01:48 PM by Rossano Ferraris with | with 2 comment(s) Tags: Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, attack, security, Rossano Ferraris, usb infection, hardware infection

• Internet searches under attack: next in series

  by Rossano Ferraris Another interesting case I would like to bring to your attention is the effect of the so-called “fake-codec” trojans. Here is what I figured out after searching the phrase “daily dawn” on the Google search engine. The screenshot reflects... Posted Jan 15 2008, 11:40 AM by Rossano Ferraris with | with 3 comment(s) Tags: Anti-Spyware, Vulnerabilities, spyware, attack, fake updates, advertising, user permission, CA, rogue security software, Rossano Ferraris, codec, fake codec, video codec

• Internet searches under attack

  by Rossano Ferraris Users are being infected with malware from a variety of sources. Unfortunately, malware authors are continually refining their technique. As I will show in this write-up, clicking on the results from innocent searches, like looking... Posted Jan 09 2008, 05:30 PM by Rossano Ferraris with | with 2 comment(s) Tags: Anti-Spyware, Anti-Virus, spyware, attack, advertising, security, CA, rogue security software, internet, Rossano Ferraris, searches

• E-jihad cyber attack is back: rumours or a serious threat?

  by Rossano Ferraris Bin Laden's cyber legions are fighting back? It is a bit hard to understand what comes out from cyber-criminal minds but what is sure is that once we hear about e-jihad, security researchers are requested to keep their eyes very... Posted Nov 25 2007, 05:28 AM by Rossano Ferraris with | with no comments Tags: Anti-Spyware, spyware, e-jihad, attack