A report claiming to show that one in ten bank customers have moved banks owing to privacy and security concerns is a clear example of how banks need to start taking responsibility for their online practices, says Imperva.
Microsoft added detection and removal capabilities for the ZeuS financial malware (also known as Zbot and WSNPoem) to its Malicious Software Removal Tool (MSRT) on 12th of October, http://blogs.technet.com/b/mmpc/archive/2010/10/12/msrt-on-zbot-the-botn..... It is meant to help prevent the infection and spread of the most prevalent forms of malware. With MSRT out in the field, Trusteer’s research organization decided to evaluate its effectiveness in detecting and removing ZeuS. Trusteer tested MSRT against hundreds of Zeus files, and found that MSRT detects Zeus 2.0 about half (46%) the time, but is unable to detect the new 2.1 version of this financial Trojan. The good news is that MSRT has/will be able to kill approximately half of the Zeus population. This detection rate is very respectable since most antivirus solutions, if not all, have a much lower detection rate. However, this low detection rate also emphasizes how hard it is to remove Zeus.
Idappcom Ltd - the data traffic analysis and security specialist, last week announced the release of a freeware version of its popular Traffic IQ Pro security audit and penetration testing product. As the replay functions are, in the main, exactly as in the fully licensed version, including the graphical user interface (GUI), users will experience and benefit from a product that has been developed over several years without spending a penny.
A spooky Halloween tale by Noa Bar Yosef, Senior Security Analyst, Imperva
Zombies last week wormed their way into our consciousness once more. But these days your traditional zombie has a rival – not exactly a clone, but a modern version with equally nasty habits.
To expose official corruption in Nigeria, re-orientate the psyche of Nigerians and usher in the Nigerian renaissance
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