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SCRIPT FRAGMENTATION TO BYPASS ANTIVIRUS
Nov 3rd
A simple but clever research has been published by Stephan Chenette of Websense to demonstrate that bypassing gateway and desktop antivirus is possible by breaking down malware code into smaller pieces to be downloaded from different streams. What this attack enables you to do is really get exploit code from the server into the browser
Facebook spammer to pay $873M in Fines
Nov 1st
Adam Guerbuez, the Facebook spammer who managed to send messages about marijuana and sex toys to millions users of the biggest social network on the Internet, has been condemned by a San Jose court in the U.S. to pay about 837 million dollars in fines. Guerbuez who didn’t have a lawyer, never appeared in the
Endian Firewall 2.3
Oct 31st
On 27th Oct, The Endian team announced the release 2.3 of Endian UTM Appliances and Endian Firewall Community. It includes many features previously available only to Enterprise users as well as some completely new features. Some highlights: * Dashboard The main page has been replaced by a dashboard with statistics about the system and its
Twitter Suspends Researcher Over Security Warning
Oct 21st
Twitter suspended the account of a security researcher after he posted a message to his followers warning them about a threat, according to ZDnet. The company has since restored his account, but has left the researcher perplexed about why it occurred in the first place. Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, was told he