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Cybercriminals Use Anti-Spam System for Communication Between Malware and Server

Cybercriminals Use Anti-Spam System for Communication Between Malware and Server | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Cybercriminals Use Anti-Spam System for Communication Between Malware and Server

 

Cybercriminals are coming up with new ways to ensure that the malware they create can communicate with command and control (C&C) servers. Symantec experts found that they’ve started using the Sender Policy Framework (SPF) to maintain a solid connection between the malicious element and the C&Cs.


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Zero-Day World | Symantec Connect Community

Zero-Day World | Symantec Connect Community | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it
Symantec helps consumers and organizations secure and manage their information-driven world.

 

Zero-Day World

 

Zero-day (zero-hour or day zero) vulnerabilities are previously unknown vulnerabilities that have not been revealed publicly but are exploited by attackers. Discovering and exploiting zero-day vulnerabilities helps cyber criminals to increase the success rate of attacks. Attacks using zero-day exploits are tough to identify and analyze because in many cases information is not available until attacks have already occurred. There is practically no protection against zero-day attacks as details of the vulnerability is usually a mystery when these attacks are first observed.

 

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http://www.symantec.com/connect/blogs/zero-day-world

 

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Cybercrime is a Global Problem; Increasingly Social and Mobile (2012 Norton Cybercrime Report) : It's Not A Con

Cybercrime is a Global Problem; Increasingly Social and Mobile (2012 Norton Cybercrime Report) : It's Not A Con | 21st Century Learning and Teaching | Scoop.it

The Norton Cybercrime Report is out for 2012! Cybercrime continues to have far-reaching effects and is increasingly a problem on mobile devices and in our social networks (where we seem to be less vigilant).

 

After surveying more than 13,000 consumers in 24 countries, the researchers found that the numbers of online adults increased by 20% from last year, and that cybercrime impacted just under ½ of them in the previous 12 months.

 

Read more, a MUST:

http://www.itsnotacon.co.uk/2012/09/12/cybercrime-is-a-global-problem-increasingly-social-and-mobile-2012-norton-cybercrime-report/

 

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