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Your computer may currently be under attack and you don't even know it!
From the McAfee Labs blog (posted Tuesday January 12, 2010):
BlackBerry Messenger the new vehicle to distribute Hoaxes?
I received an interesting IM from a friend via BlackBerry Messenger [BBM] this weekend. She was worried that it could do damage to her shiny new BlackBerry and, as she knew I work for McAfee, she forwarded it to me for my opinion.
As soon as I read it, I knew it was a hoax and told her just to delete it.
It didn't really surprise me that these Hoaxes are now being spread via BBM as the devices are becoming increasingly popular. I'm sure all of you have received the usual one via E-mail about a Virus which burns the whole hard disc C of your computer , well now I believe you will be seeing them on your BlackBerry.
I don't want to take the usual route of blaming Social Networks sites but I believe they are the cause for this new wave of Hoaxes. The problem with Social Networks is that it enables almost anyone to be able to add you on several different IM's by just visiting your page if you do not set your privacy settings correctly.
The new BBM also enables you to add new users by taking a picture of a barcode which is uniquely created for your BlackBerry pin. This makes it incredibly easy for people who you don't know to add you to their contact list, which leaves you open to receiving more Hoaxes or Spam messages.
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From the Symantec security blog (posted Dec 29, 2009):
Metasploit Releases Module for IIS Local File Include Vulnerability
Over the last few days there have been many articles written about an issue in Microsoft's Internet Information Services (IIS). This issue allows an attacker to bypass normal security restrictions when uploading a file to a Web application running on a vulnerable version of IIS. This issue could allow an attacker to upload and execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Web server.
There are varying reports on the severity of this issue, but according to Microsoft only poorly configured Web servers are at risk from this issue:
"An attacker would have to be authenticated and have write access to a directory on the web server with execute permissions which does not align with best practices or guidance Microsoft provides for secure server configuration."
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