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Have you ever unsubscribed from various bulk mailing programs? Be them opt-out (fancy name for spam), coupons, market research or whatnot? Read the rest of this entry »

NakedPacker is somewhat commonly seen in malware. Though its only a compressor I guess the name and the easy GUI make the teenage mutant wannabe-ninja herders come flocking to it. Read the rest of this entry »

Just heard the news that Fjalar Ravia, better known as Fravia, passed away on Sunday, 3rd May 2009 after a long illness. Read the rest of this entry »

I was looking through a repository of malware source codes the other day when I noticed a pretty small rar package, only 11kb in size and decided to take a closer look. The package was called l0lw0rm.rar. Read the rest of this entry »

I received an newsletter from eEye yesterday. Normally I just dismiss those without taking a second look but this time I actually got pretty pissed. Read the rest of this entry »

For those who haven’t read or just don’t remember, read this first. Read the rest of this entry »

This is what security experts around the world have feared for a long time. The conficker worm botnet grew big enough and 1 minute past midnight, on April 1st, it finally gained consciousness. Read the rest of this entry »

I’m doing this with a bit mixed feelings since I know I might be blocking away valid users. But I feel this is the only way to start showing ISPs and other companies that they can’t go on doing whatever they like. Read the rest of this entry »

I went through some sinkhole stats and spotted a few scans that looked like this: “GET/manager/html HTTP/1.1″. Read the rest of this entry »

Finally, something new :) An IRC capable bot has been making the rounds. Now, instead of infecting PC’s or servers this baby goes after DSL modems. Read the rest of this entry »