Using Microsoft's Log Parser

If you’re interested in forensics or log file analysis, Dave Kleiman has posted some useful information on using Microsoft’s Log Parser in forensics

SAT 30 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

419 scams now through Plaxo

Cute way of bypassing filters through a trusted system.

THU 28 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Folks, this is the new wave: SWF file redirects continue

In an earlier blog post, I mentioned that spammers are now using Shockwave Flash (SWF) files to avoid detection (similar in nature to the trick of using Google redirects, etc. in the past)

THU 28 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

A lot of swf files...

Follow-up from my blog post yesterday on SWF files being used in spam

THU 28 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Calumet Township Trustee's Office redirects to malware

Lots of pages over at the Calumet Township Trustee’s Office, redirect to pages pushing XP Antivirus.

THU 28 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

The continuing problem of malware being advertised in Google Adwords

Google continues to have a problem with malware being advertised in Google Adwords, in this case, for the trojan Antivirus XP 2008

SAT 23 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Seen in the wild: Spam using swf files to avoid detection

Dissasembled, the output is actually this

FRI 22 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Isn't this kind of click fraud?

Marketing uber-guru Seth Godin blogs

FRI 22 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Facebook nonsense

Spam currently running around Facebook spoofing Mark Zuckerberg

THU 21 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Continuing creativity in trojan distribution

We’ve seen the same trojan being sent to inboxes in all kinds of ways — and seemingly obsessively on the subject of Angelina Jolie

THU 21 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Myfavoritetube serves malicious codec

Pretends to be Windows Media Player

SUN 17 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Unintended consequences and Fuse Kit

Fuse Kit is a cool utility to create animations in Flash. Unfortunately, it’s popular with malware distributors, who are using it to create malicious advertisements

SUN 17 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

More "Certified" malware

Antivirus XP 2008 delivers a malware certed from GlobalSign. I've sent them an email

THU 14 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

New rogue security product: Internet-antivirus

The GUI is similar to XPAntivirus, however it’s a different program 

MON 11 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Fake CNN headlines

A new round of spam pushing fake codecs. Last week we had fake Reuters. Now, we have fake CNN

TUE 05 AUG. 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

IRS Stimulus package phish

Pretty slick

WED 16 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

A new service by a company called LiquidID is mildly interesting.

One of the potential hazards of OpenID is that your email address might get compromised and then life won’t be fun anymore.

WED 16 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Are Chinese hackers more coordinated than conventional wisdom?

Jumper over at the Dark Visitor (a blog which focuses almost excluslively on Chinese hackers) takes issue with Bruce Schneier’s article, The Truth about Chinese Hackers

TUE 15 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Another fake MS spam

The file being pushed, free.exe, is an installerfor Antivirus XP 2008, a nasty rogue antispyware program

TUE 15 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog

Airlines take it to the streets

This is extraordinary and example of how technology may very well trump the old-school oil companies and commodities markets.

THU 10 JULY 2008 |Featured in: Hackersblog