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Ikee Worm on Ipone

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:31:10 +0000

Hacked Iphones can be infected with the Ikee worm. The code that’s build like a worm only affects “jailbreaked” iphones.

To be affected the user also has to activated login via ssh and still use the original password. So for experienced users it’s not very difficult to protect yourself.

Ikee exchanges the background image of the phone and looks for more phones to infect but no other damage has been reported.

The creator of the worm, a 21 year old Australian says it was supposed to be a joke and the intention was never for the worm to spread.

Change your passwords, people…

Until next time

Peter – Your Online Security Guide

Software Piracy Equals Worms

admin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 10:59:20 +0000

In a Online Safety Study that was published by Microsoft yesterday show that worms are the biggest security threat on the Internet. The study refers to the worm Conficker that infected over five million computers the first six months 2009.

In the Microsoft study the company also found that countries with high numbers of pirate copying of software also get hit harder by security problems.

“There is a direct connection between pirate copying and the number of infected computers” says Jeff Williams on Microsoft Malware Protection Center.

Pirate copying in China is about four times bigger than in the US.

Until next time

Peter – Your Online Security Guide

Conficker attacks Hospital Devices

admin — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 09:04:29 +0000

Hello Friends,

Have you had of the latest Conficker’s massive infestation?

The damaging and popular downadup worm – Conficker – has been reported to have done its malicious attacks in hospital operations. It’s finally made its way into Hospital medical devices and its wrecking havoc.

The organizer of the Conficker Working Group and Senior Vice President for Neustar, Rodney Joffe, told a Congress that almost 300 medical devices under one manufacturer were infected with the worm, said CBS news.

Most of the infected devices were those that were connected to local area networks (LANs).Hospital operations have been affected and it has become a very serious problem that must be kept a close eye on.

Medical devices have been compromised due to the connection to an un-patched version of Microsoft’s Operating System. The patch which carries the protection from such worms and virus attack was released late last year but because of the 90-day notice regulation of U.S. Food and Drug Administration, it had not been installed.

It has come to light that not only hospitals have been affected and are vulnerable from Conficker, other industries too have been hit hard, so there’s no complete assurance of safety unless you are well protected with the right antivirus.

Conficker manifests and self copies itself on machines, targeting those that are run in Microsoft Windows and do not have the patch installed.

Conficker-proof your machines and prevent it from being attacked, make sure to install the latest windows updates which can be found on the microsoft website and most important of all update your security solutions.

The top conficker-proof security software for your business in the market today include Bitdefender Enterprise Solution, Counterspy Enterprise and Ad-Aware Enterprise.

Don’t wait until its too late you have been warned!

Until Next Time

Peter – Your Online Security Guide

Gumblar – Latest e-Threat of the month

admin — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:01:29 +0000

Hello Friend,

There’s a new malware on the web that is wrecking havoc in every way possible.

This drive-by-download exploit is called, Gumblar.

The latest manner of attack known from Gumblar is when doing searches on Google, it redirects Google search results to malicious sites where it loads more malware on the PC by means of drive-by-download attack that infects via PDF and Adobe Flash. Not only does it install more malwares in the PC, it also steals login details and FTP credentials thus compromising those sites owned and operated by the victim.

Since Gumblar is quite a pervasive virus its victims fall for it without knowing, Cisco came up with tips for websites and enterprises on dealing with the problem.

Tips on dealing with Gumblar Virus from Cisco

1. Ensure you have Security for your Servers

Make sure security protection is implemented for web servers and web applications. Bitdefender have a very good mail and file server security solution.

2. Be Aware of Pop-ups

Alert users and visitors to pay attention to pop-ups that leads to a questionnaire site.

3. Gateway Security

Organizations should install gateway security that is capable of drilling down into every Internet access request. Bitdefender Total Security 2009 is recommended.

5. Firewalls that can be analyzed

Make sure perimeters are secured with firewalls that can be analyzed.

Gumblar has outruled Conficker this month, either way, we don’t want any viruses for our systems.

We encourage you to do timely software updates and and use up-to-date security solutions not only to be Gumblar free but completely virus-free and Safe!

If your security program is out of date you can read more about the latest and up-to date security software available in the market today.

Until Next Time

Peter – Your Online Security Guide

Downadup Failed

admin — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 11:43:02 +0000

According to safety experts on Symantec Antivirus software company the creators of the superworm Downadup (Conficker.c) failed doing any damage yesterday. I wrote about the Conficker worm about a month ago.

Several online security experts has warned about the built in attack plan the worm carried. A plan that was supposed to start yesterdan, April 1st.

A major reason for the failure is supposed to be the media attention the worm got.

Perhaps our article here at Online Security Guide helped

Until next time

Peter – Your Online Security Guide

Downadup – New Aggressive Version Discovered

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2009 10:18:41 +0000

A third version of the worm Downadup has been identified by Security company Symantec.

The worm Downadup started spreading over the internet in high speed in the beginning of January has now been released in an updated version. (Also called Conficker.c)

The worm is now starting to act as a trojan instead of a worm.

The new version is also turning off several different Windows functions such as the included Antivirus software, which makes it more difficult to identify the virus.

Peter Your Online Security Guide