Monthly Archives: October 2014
Balbuzard – Malware Analysis Tool
Balbuzard is another python tool that you can use for analyzing malware, extracting file patterns information such as IP-addresses, URL, executable files and the header. The idea of the tool is that when we need to analyze the malicious or
A Man Jumped on the Mall is Facebook video scam
Facebook users should be careful with a new scam that aims to spread malwares, the scam is a fake video hosted on malicious URL. when victim will open the malicious link he will be invited to install an executable file
Tails 1.2 Released
New version of Tails 1.2 a linux distribution have been release with several new features and security patches. TAILS (The Amnesic Incognito Live System) is based on debian operating system and have been used by Edward Snowden because it help
Scammers exploit Ebola virus to spread malwares
We notice that all news are used by cyber-criminal to promote their malwares as this allow them to target the largest audience possible. Symantec have reported over this week that online scammers are taking advantage of Ebola virus epidemic in
BackBox 4.0 Released
Backbox is a Linux distribution that can be used for several security purposes like penetration testing, incident handling or intelligence gathering. New version BackBox 4.0 have been released with additional applications and update to improve functionality. New features include: Preinstalled
OpenSSL Released a fix to four vulnerabilities
OpenSSL have an update for the encryption package, the new version comes to fix four security vulnerabilities including a high severity vulnerability that allows attacker to perform a denial of service attack on vulnerable servers.this bug can be exploited by parsing
‘FNBO Account Application’ is nothing but a zipped Malware
New malicious spam have been reported by Brett M. Christensen on Hoax-Slayer that is targeting First National Bank of Omaha (FNBO) customers. the email claims to be a confirmation for a new account with the bank but it obviously just
