Attack uses fake blue screen of death as cover to inject malware


A new attack imitates the dreaded blue screen of death as cover so it can silently install bundles of spyware onto the machine.

Researchers at FaceTime Security Labs say the attack uses a blue screen of death screensaver and bundles it with the spyware files. “Seems the bad guys are not without a sense of humor. Hiding a blizzard of infection file installs behind a legitimate screensaver created by a security expert is pretty bizarre,” blogged Chris Boyd, director of malware research at FaceTime Labs.

Posted by Sean Cannon at 09:25

Massive virus attacks on over 120 brokerage houses' server systems yesterday forced the Dhaka Stock Exchange (DSE) to suspend stock trading for almost the whole day.

Till filing of this report at 9 pm yesterday, DSE teams were working to get the systems restored. They were using anti-virus software Kaspersky to clean the infected servers .

DSE Chief Executive Officer said an investigation will be launched to find out whether the virus attack was an act of any organised crime.

Trading meanwhile took place on the premier bourse for only one hour at the later part of the day.

Posted by Sean Cannon in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 09:04

There's no fix yet available for the latest attack against Microsoft's browser.


Microsoft yesterday warned of a new attack underway against a flaw in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer for Microsoft Access, used by IE. There is not yet any patch available for the zero-day security hole, and the attacks likely focus on business targets.

In its security advisory, Redmond says the vulnerable control installs with "all supported versions of Microsoft Office Access except for Microsoft Office Access 2007. The ActiveX control is also shipped with the standalone Snapshot Viewer." A poisoned Web page that exploits the hole could surreptitiously download malware to a victim PC.

Posted by Sean Cannon in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 10:59

Sophos is warning of an attempt by hackers to infect computers using the camouflage of a news report claiming that the USA has invaded Iran. Widely spammed out emails with subject lines including "Third World War has begun", "20000 US Soldiers in Iran", and "US Army crossed Iran's borders" have been intercepted by Sophos.

The emails contain links to a malicious webpage that displays what appears to be a video player showing the mushroom cloud of a nuclear explosion with the following text beneath:

Posted by Sean Cannon in Adware, Spyware and Trojans at 09:05