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Malware delivered with fake Craigslist fax-to-email notifications

If you receive such a message containing an HTML page attached, don’t open it. The email pretends to come from “craigslist – automated message, do not reply <robot@craigslist.org>” and has the subject ”Efax Corporate”. What I find interesting is that the fraudsters didn’t even bother to write JS code to detect if the script runs in […]

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Added in searchsecurity.de (ISC)2 Corner

http://www.searchsecurity.de/specials/security_corner/isc2/ My cooperation with SearchSecurity.de is finally showing something. I was addded on the (ISC)2 Security Corner:                       Sorin Mustaca, Avira Operations GmbH & Co. KG Sorin Mustaca, (ISC)²-zertifizierter CSSLP, CompTIA Security+,Project+, ist seit 2000 in der IT Sicherheitsindustrie und seit 2003 bei Avira tätig. […]

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More quotes of me about the Java zero-day exploit

“Developing critical software under pressure has only one consequence — even more bugs,” said Avira data security expert Sorin Mustaca. “I expect to soon see even more bugs and vulnerabilities related to this quick fix.”   http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/77079.html http://www.technewsworld.com/story/77079.html http://www.torontotelegraph.com/index.php/sid/211938962/scat/ebc9d7769bc0759e http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/security/77079.html http://www.macworld.com/article/2025137/security-agency-recommends-disabling-java-due-to-exploit.html http://www.csoonline.com/article/726380/us-cert-disable-java-in-browsers-because-of-exploit http://www.cio.com/article/726307/US_CERT_Disable_Java_in_browsers_because_of_exploit http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9235615/US_CERT_Disable_Java_in_browsers_because_of_exploit http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130114005440/en/Avira-Security-Software-Detects-Java-7-Exploits http://www.latinospost.com/articles/9642/20130115/java-flaw-patch-now-available-download-experts.htm     OMG.. my blog posts start to sound […]

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Pharma spam using LinkedIn again

We wrote a couple of times already about spams pretending to come from LinkedIn which advertise online pharmacy websites. There is a new spam campaign which changed a bit the way the messages are presented to the users. Now the emails pretend to come from “LinkedIn Co. Technical Support”, “LinkedIn Co. Administration” and from “LinkedIn Reminders”. […]

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Yet a new Java zero-day exploit?

We don’t know yet if this is a bad joke intended to discredit Oracle and Java, but the media is buzzing about a possible new undetected exploit in Java. This was started by a post of the security researcher Brian Krebs who observed a thread in a known online crime forum where somebody was selling […]

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Quoted in Oracle Journal about the Java zero day exploit

Source: http://oracle.sys-con.com/node/2510668 Avira Security Software Detects Java 7 Exploits   “Whenever a vulnerability like this is discovered – especially when it is in a widely distributed software like Java – the bad guys are quick to write exploits that take advantage of the flaw,” said Sorin Mustaca, IT security expert at Avira. “While Oracle ultimately needs […]

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The PC is dead, long live the PC

If you have read news lately, you couldn’t have missed hearing how well the tablets, smart phones and smart TVs are selling, and how badly the PC market (excluding laptops) is doing. Many so called “futurists” have predicted the passing of the PC era. But is it really gone? Is the Personal Computer really dead, […]

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How to enable two-factor authentication for Facebook

Facebook has introduced some time ago two-factor authentication for Login. This means that if someone or  something tries to login using your account, there will be two steps needed: authentication using username and password (something that you know) and a mobile phone (something that you have).   Step 1 Set up the two-step authentication   […]