How we found the file that was used to Hack RSA
RSA was hacked in March. This was one of the biggest hacks in history.
Are you running an old product? Get a free upgrade!
F-Secure has a long history in protecting it's customers. As a result, we have customers who have used our products for years and years.
And just like any other software vendor, we have to stop support for old legacy products at some stage.
Introducing Norton Internet Security 5 and Norton AntiVirus 12 for Mac Public Beta!
Hi!
I'm Mike Romo and I am the product manager for Norton AntiVirus 12 for Mac and Norton Internet Security 5 for Mac. I am really excited to get this opportunity to welcome you to our beta program and want to be the first to thank you for your interest in our latest products.
"F-Secure HTK4S" is Fake
We've seen this one before, but there's been a new run today.
Some clown is trying to pose as us. If you see an e-mail like the one below, please ignore it:
From: securitysupport@hotxf.com
Reply-To: securitysupport@hotxf.com
Subject: Security Maintenance.F-Secure HTK4S
To: undisclosed-recipients:;
Dear Email Subscriber,
Your e-mail account needs to be improved with our new
Poll: Should law enforcement "hijack" botnets?
The New Haven office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) hijacked and "killed" the Coreflood botnet this week. You can read more about it from Kim Zetter at Wired.com. Zetter's article references similar action which was taken by Dutch authorities against the Bredolab botnet. We blogged about it last October.
Confirmed: Samsung is Not Shipping Keyloggers
We now have confirmation for what we wrote in our previous blog post: Samsung is not shipping keyloggers on their laptops.
The whole saga was caused by a false alarm of the VIPRE Antivirus product. Apparently VIPRE detects the StarLogger keylogger by searching for the existence of a directory called "SL" in the root of the Windows directory. This is a bad idea.
No Keyloggers on Samsung Laptops as Far as We Know
Network World has published an article claiming that Samsung Electronics installs Windows keyloggers on their laptops by default. This caused an uproar, as even Samsung support appeared to confirm this, saying that the commercial StarLogger keylogger is installed by default to "monitor the performance of the machine and to find out how it is being used".
What's New in Norton Internet Security 2012
We at Norton are very excited to share the Beta release for Norton Internet Security and Norton Antivirus 2012 products with you. Below are descriptions of the new features and great enhancements provided with this release.
Social Spam Q&A
Q: What is "social spam"?
A: Social spam is spam that uses social networking, media and news related websites to spread links.
Q: Links? You mean stuff like those links I see on Facebook saying something like "OMG! Father catches his daughter on webcam"?
A: Yes. Those links.
Q: And just how does spreading salacious links payoff for the social spammer?
A: First, let's discuss how e-mail spam works.
Q: Well… alright then, what about e-mail spam?
Slow CPU equals malware defense?
The Lab handles tens of thousands of suspicious binaries every day. The only way a relatively small group of human researchers can handle such volume is of course with automation. Each sample that is imported into our malware sample management system is scanned, classified, and executed in a virtual environment. Observations are made and we humans analyze collections of like samples.
