Fix: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/329134
Details:http://www.csoonline.com/article/742051/php.net-confirms-server-breach-after-google-flags-them-for-malware And here:http://php.net/archive/2013.php#id2013-10-24-2 This is interesting: “It turned out that by combing through the access logs for static.php.net it was periodically serving up userprefs.js with the wrong content length and then reverting back to the right size after a few minutes. This is due to an rsync cron job. So the file was being modified […]
Details here – a very interesting read http://labs.umbrella.com/2013/10/25/google-rw-hijack-nobody-else-noticed/
http://www.google.com/get/topcontributor/
Cite: http://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/210775/aol-email-settlement-moves-forward.html “A federal judge has granted preliminary approval to a deal calling for AOL to donate around $100,000 to five organizations, including the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, in order to settle class-action litigation about ads in emails. If approved, the deal will resolve two class-action lawsuits by AOL members […]
Here: http://grahamcluley.com/2013/10/gmail-adobe-password-reset-spam/
Far more detail here: http://krebsonsecurity.com/2013/10/adobe-to-announce-source-code-customer-data-breach/
Customer Security Announcement here: http://blogs.adobe.com/conversations/2013/10/important-customer-security-announcement.html “Our investigation currently indicates that the attackers accessed Adobe customer IDs and encrypted passwords on our systems. We also believe the attackers removed from our systems certain information relating to 2.9 million Adobe customers, including customer names, encrypted credit or debit card numbers, expiration dates, and other information relating to […]
“A recent survey of Australian small business owners found that almost half have experienced a cyber-attack in the last 12 months, with a third copping a ransomware attack by internet pirates.” Cite: http://au.smallbusiness.yahoo.com/technology/a/-/19233222/protecting-your-business-from-cyber-criminals/
Avoiding the bad guys pushing malvertizing and spam is a regular theme on this blog. The Online Trust Alliance is holding a webinar about that very topic on October 3 at 09:00PST which should be well worth attending (registration required). Details here: https://cc.readytalk.com/cc/s/registrations/new?cid=qg2gdfyhikcy