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October 15, 2009, 7:09 AM

How to Steal a Botnet

By Dennis Fisher

Botnets have become a major problem in the last few years, with massive networks such as Storm, Nugache and others comprising hundreds of thousands of infected machines. This video lays out the foundation of the problem and explains the efforts of researchers to take over the Torpig botnet.   More »

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October 6, 2009, 8:34 AM

Chris Hoff at SecTor 2009: Cloud Security

By Dennis Fisher

In his keynote presentation at SecTor 2009, Chris Hoff of Cisco discusses the rise of public and private cloud services, as well as the threats to those platforms.   More »

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October 2, 2009, 11:40 AM

Online Banking Threats, Circa 1999

By Dennis Fisher

In this Dateline NBC video from 1999, experts, including an unnamed Chris Wysopal, then of the L0pht, now of Veracode, discuss the dangers of online banking and the use of Trojans to steal data. Everything old is new again.   More »

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October 1, 2009, 11:53 AM

Bruce Schneier On Identification-Based Security

By Dennis Fisher

Security expert Bruce Schneier discusses the problems and limitations of identification-based security, from driver's licenses to national ID cards and the REAL ID program.   More »

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September 25, 2009, 4:47 AM

Talking Twitter Malware with Costin Raiu

By Ryan Naraine

On the heels of yet another Twitter phishing attack, Threatpost editor Ryan Naraine chats with Kaspersky Lab malware researcher Costin Raiu about a new "Krab Krawler" project that pinpoints signs of malicious activity on Twitter.  Raiu introduced the project at this year's Virus Bulletin conference.  View the VB presentation here.   More »

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September 25, 2009, 3:34 AM

Talking Koobface with Ivan Macalintal

By Ryan Naraine

At the Virus Bulletin 2009 conference,Trend Micro security researcher Ivan Macalintal talks to Threatpost editor Ryan Naraine about the intricacies of the Koobface attack.  See more on this story here.   More »

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September 18, 2009, 11:08 AM

A Peek at the 'Bahama' Click Fraud Botnet

By Ryan Naraine

A new botnet, codenamed the 'Bahama' botnet has been linked to the recent surge in click-fraud and scareware attacks.  This video by researchers at Click Forensics shows the Bahama Botnet in action.  More on this botnet in this report.   More »

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September 15, 2009, 6:31 AM

Ubuntu Package Backdoor Using Metasploit

By Dennis Fisher

This video demonstrates the ease with which an attacker can create a root shell on a Linux machine using a backdoor Trojan and a Metasploit payload. Via SecurityTube.   More »

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September 14, 2009, 8:47 AM

Video: Man Caught Installing 'Skimmer' on ATM

By Ryan Naraine

LiveLeak has posted surveillance video footage from earlier this month of a guy in Brazil installing a skimming device onto a bank ATM. The second half of the tape shows him being arrested and officials revealing the device.  Via Consumerist.   More »

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September 8, 2009, 8:54 AM

The Global Illicit Economy

By Dennis Fisher

Nils Gilman, an author and entrepreneur, details the common themes and techniques that connect the actors in the illicit economies around the world, including the malware and botnet economies.   More »

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August 20, 2009, 8:25 AM

Facebook Attack: Personal Info Theft via CSRF

By Ryan Naraine

This video is a demonstration of an attack exploiting a vulnerability in Facebook. It is a companion video to this blog post [quaji.com] that describes and discusses the hack. In a nutshell, a Facebook user's personal is stolen. The only thing he does is view a regular, legitimate forum site.

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August 19, 2009, 7:29 AM

Martin Hellman on Soaring, Nuclear Weapons and Cryptography

By Dennis Fisher

Martin Hellman, the co-inventor of public key cryptography, uses his background in security and cryptography to bring insights to two seemingly unrelated issues: nuclear weapons and soaring.   More »

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