The Asprox Spambot Resurrects (apparently with some new tricks)

Been awhile since we've heard anything about this particular Botnet, but seems it's sparked back to life -

"With the help of Pushdo and Bredolab downloader, it seems Asprox has risen from the dead to build another spamming bot network. The above analysis also highlights the intricate relationships between individual malware components, and hint at a common gang behind it all."

Stable release of Firefox 3.6.4 delayed

Mozilla has confirmed that it is delaying the the release of [Firefox] version 3.6.4.  Launch date TBD

The development of browsers that "sandbox" or isolate historically problematic plugins and processes is encouraging. Look forward to seeing how this changes development of other apps that are reliant on external programs.

RC for this release can be found here

NetMarketshare's OS report

Graph showing OS market share over the past year (my apologies, but you have to click on the images to look at them.. too much info for a small graph).



Here is the current month -


One of the things that stood out to me was the number of mobile devices/OSes captured from last years reports in June (e.g. iPhone from .20 to .60%).

McAfee - Interesting look at common "exploit packs" and target vulnerabilitites

Affordable and readily available tools for miscreants who want to use your computer for bad things...

Very interesting look at the kits and what well-known exploits they go after -

Check out McAffee's blog post for other images from these kits and their very informative write-up (including prices) on this.

Mac users get own their version of a Windows Spyware variant

.."some [free Mac downloads] include a new piece of invasive spyware"


List of applications known to contain this malicious code -

• Secret Land ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Color Therapy Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• 7art Foliage Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Nature Harmony Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Fiesta Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Fractal Sun Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Full Moon Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Sky Flight Clock ScreenSaverv.2.8
• Sunny Bubbles Clock ScreenSaver v.2.9
• Everlasting Flowering Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Magic Forest Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Freezelight Clock ScreenSaver v.2.9
• Precious Stone Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Silver Snow Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Water Color Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Love Dance Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Galaxy Rhythm Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• 7art Eternal Love Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Fire Element Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Water Element Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Emerald Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Radiating Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Rocket Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Serenity Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Gravity Free Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Crystal Clock ScreenSaver v.2.6
• One World Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Sky Watch ScreenSaver v.2.8
• Lighthouse Clock ScreenSaver v.2.8