by certifiedbug on November 19, 2007
in Security
A MSN Messenger Trojan spreading like wildfire via an IRC botnet is infecting thousands of computer systems worldwide.
The malware poses as pictures with a message similar to “hey, this your pic” “hey, is this your pic on this site” with an URL from a site that hosts a picture rating service. Click on that and soon you will be part of a malware spreading botnet. Owned.
The usual common sense applies, do not open files sent unexpectedly from friends or strangers.
The eSafe CSRT (Content Security Response Team) at Aladdin —a security company—detected the new threat propagating around noon EST on Nov. 18. At 18:00 UTC (Coordinated Universal Time), eSafe had detected 1 operator and more than 500 on-command bots in the network. Less than three hours later, or by 2:30 EST, when eWEEK spoke with Roei Lichtman, eSafe director of product management, the number had soared to several thousand PCs and was growing by several hundred systems per hour.
Lisa Vaas eWeek
eSafe reports the Trojan is the first they have tracked trying to scan for VNC (Virtual Network Computing).
The Live Team have begun rolling out an upgrade from MSN Hotmail to Windows Live Hotmail at www.hotmail.com.
New user accounts will be created as Windows Live Hotmail accounts; existing MSN Hotmail users will be able to upgrade their accounts to Windows Live Hotmail by clicking the green Join Windows Live Hotmail button in their accounts after logging in.
There is also a new, free email client called Windows Live Mail, which is a Web-based alternative to Windows Mail, which is included in Windows Vista by default.
More at the Vista Team Blog
by certifiedbug on February 18, 2007
in Security
Upon being alerted, Microsoft responded swiftly to address the problem.
Spyware Sucks Article complete with screenshots.
November 14 2006 (USA) will see the release of Zune MP3 Player and MSN will cease to offer music downloads through the MSN Music store.
At the Zune Marketplace, customers will be able to buy songs individually or subscribe to a monthly music download service called Zune™ Pass.
The songs you download on your Zune Pass are yours for as long as you hold your Zune Pass subscription. You can still purchase songs or albums individually, too.
Will Santa bring an iPOD or a Zune.
