When you are ready to adopt Internet technology IPv6 protocol standard that is marked with IPV6 Day the World turned out to cause little concern.
For according to Symantec’s enterprise security perspective, this transition raises some new and interesting problems for the makers of malware, anti-virus companies and system administrator or network.
With the introduction of IPv6, cyber criminals will do a scan to determine the IPv6 address weaknesses or find a way to attack a network that can be done.
Events such as World Day of IPv6 is an important step for the implementation of the full replacement protocol. But when we enter into the transition to the new IP standard, we face a situation in which the threats that were not visible, will appear gradually as the malware authors know this transition and begin to adapt.
A case usually, Symantec recommends that the definitions, signatures and firewall rules you updated to ensure you’re protected from the threats mentioned.
Android operating system again attacked by viruses that are considered dangerous. After the previous virus targeting the handset. Currently, the target is a direct application store, the Android Market.
According to reports security company Sophos, the Android Market on-jacked and then infiltrated with malware and then users are directed to the Android Market application store in China.
A virus that attacks the Android Market is kind of Trojan, which take advantage of the gaping hole in Android, which is an open-based operating system.
Burglary includes functions to send MMS messages, for example, when the device boots up its own.
The pattern of attacks that create false security appliance detects a threat that does not exist is very common in the PC world and has brought a lot of revenue for cybercriminals.
If you’re a fan of the movie stars Cameron Diaz, be careful when surfing the internet. His name, included in a list of keywords most dangerous because it is often used to trap and malicious programs infiltrating aka malware (malicious software).
McAfee antivirus companies put Cameron Diaz in the top position in the list of most dangerous celebrities in an online search service. Julia Roberts is the next celebrity. Jessica Biel which last year occupied the first position slipped to third position.
Monitoring results showed one of 10 web pages displaying search results that the star “Knight and Day” that contains malware that potentially stealing user data. McAfee released the report on Thursday (08/19/2010).
The creators of malicious programs is often exploit celebrity names as bait to trap his victim because of the popularity of the name. They expect great opportunities to defraud unsuspecting Internet users clicking on the web and download the contents seem harmless.
“And what contains downloadable program designed to steal keywords and other information private for profit,” said Dave Marcus, security research director at McAfee Labs.
The technique is effective because it uses social engineering by asking the majority of internet users. Very often a villain in the virtual world would use Twitter, or follow the Google Trends, to design such a trap. The cyber criminals also always menguabh trap line based news was warmly discussed.
Supermodel Gisele Bundchen became the fourth in the list, followed by Brad Pitt, one of two men who were listed in the top 10 positions. Brad Pitt on the basis of history is one of the most dangerous celebrity to search for always there in the list. Former Victoria’s Secret model Adriana Lima was in sixth position, followed by Jennifer Love-Hewitt and Nicole Kidman, who was perched at the seventh position. Tom Cruise fill the eighth place, and Heidi Klum and Penelope Cruz’s ninth position. Anna Paquin, the star of hit television series “True Blood”, to close ranks with the locking position 10.