Tag Archives: Exploits and Attacks

Conficker worm hits University of Utah computers

Posted on April 13, 2009 by James

Source: The Associated Press – Salt Lake City University of Utah officials say a computer virus has infected more than 700 campus computers, including those at the school’s three hospitals. University health sciences spokesman Chris Nelson said the outbreak of … Continue reading →

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Conficker Removal – Disinfection Tool

Posted on April 10, 2009 by James

Source: ThreatPost/ZDNet How to fight network worm Conficker Symptoms of network infection. 1. Network traffic volume increases if there are infected PCs in the network, because network attack starts from these PCs. 2. Anti-Virus product with enabled Intrusion Detection System … Continue reading →

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Conficker botnet installs scareware on infected computers

Posted on April 10, 2009 by James

Source: Ryan Naraine @ ZDnet The Conficker botnet has stirred to life, using its peer-to-peer communication system to update itself and download scareware (fake anti-virus programs) to millions of infected Windows machines. The Conficker update comes a week after a … Continue reading →

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SQL Attacks – How best to play it safe

Posted on February 25, 2009 by James

We have always explained how important it is to keep your web applications up-to-date. From large forum software, to the simplest of guestlists…if the slightest update has been released for your software, you should upgrade *asap*. Most of the web … Continue reading →

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