Guy Bunker

Symantec Security Response has identified yet another two web browser attacks, one on Microsoft Internet Explorer and the other on Firefox. Two weeks ago we reported the Microsoft Video Streaming Active X control vulnerability, which can be exploited mostly through the older but still widely used versions of Internet Explorer ... ... (more)

Save Ink… Save Money

In a novel attempt to help everyone save money, SPRANQ has created 'eco font'. Which is a font with holes in... so it uses less ink! In using less ink (up to about 20%) it can save you money - pretty cool - and a great example of some lateral ... ... (more)

Koobface continues to mutate in the search for dollars

We have detected, yet another variant of the Koobface worm. This variant, detected as W32.Koobface.C, installs the misleading application detected as AntiVirus2008, and is propagating on Twitter. Now, this worm is not new, since it was discovered last year in August 2008, but it has come back again to spread ... ... (more)

Spammers continue to capitalise on Jackson interest

As the world mourns the loss of a musical hero, spammers are jumping on the bandwagon and using it as a tactic to distribute spam. Since his death on June 25, several spam and malware campaigns have taken shape. The spam subject headings used have been as creative and emotive ... ... (more)

Government DDoS botnet W32.Dozer continues to spread

Symantec Security Response is continuing to monitor a cyber attack – a distributed denial of service (DDoS) – impacting multiple U.S. and South Korean government, financial and media Web sites. A portion of the attack is being carried out by a piece of malware Symantec has identified as W32.dozer and ... ... (more)