Wednesday, May 17, 2006

Kaspersky Anti-Virus CHM Buffer Overflow

Due to a boundary error in Kaspersky’s scan engine, a Denial of Service attack (DoS) or system compromise can occur. A heap-based buffer overflow can occur when parsing a malformed CHM file. This can lead to the execution of arbitrary code.

Sunday, May 14, 2006

Troj.Bandler.D

Bandler D, Troj.Bandler.D, is a Microsoft Windows Trojan Horse. On infection, Bandler copies itself to the Widows folder and creates a registry key to run on re-boot. Bandler attempts to kill the running processes for several well-known anti-virus and anti-spyware programs. And finally, Bandler can download, install, and run new software at will.

Saturday, May 13, 2006

Why cop files dot com exploits?

If you work in the Computer Information Security community, you need the best source for the most knowledgeable and informative up-to-date news and information about the latest vulnerabilities, exploits, and hacker and cracker methods and signatures. You need to know what issues could affect your operating system, or your browser or e-mail programs, or even your computer software and hardware.

Friday, May 12, 2006

Why cop files dot com virus?

If you are responsible for keeping a network secure, then you need a good source to learn about the most up-to-date definitions, news, and information on the latest macro viruses, internet worms, trojan horses, backdoor or boot-sector virii, and any viral activity.