This time around, software giant Oracle released its quarterly patch 18 days ahead of schedule in order to finally address the latest 0-day critical Java flaw , CVE-2013-0422 , that online criminals are currently and heavily taking advantage of. According to a note in its patch advisory page, the actual release date was set on the 19th of this month
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Oracle Releases Early Patch to Address Java Flaw
1000 Words / Shutterstock.com Some links for you today: 1) Senior Threat Researcher Chris Boyd spoke with Help Net Security about some of the more devious scams we’ve seen over the last couple of years. In case you’re wondering, the specific blog links mentioned in the article are as follows: fake Amazon receipt generators , the Red Cross Tsunami email , the Rogue Autowhaler and (finally) Malware posing as Rainmeter skins . 2) All the Facebook scams you could shake a stick at (maybe even two sticks, we’re still looking into it).
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Scam Technique Evolution and Facebook Fakeouts
Today, GFI Software has announced the release of the latest version of its automated malware analysis tool and dubbed it ThreatTrack 2.0 . According to a recent press release: “ThreatTrack 2.0 produces a range of data streams containing more than 69 million malicious URLs, IP addresses and other malware samples.” This latest version is said to generate seven times the data 1.0 used to provide to users
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ThreatTrack 2.0