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Blackhat SEO

root — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:13:16 +0000

Recent assessments have discussed many of the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) scams currently in circulation. In a blog post published on Friday, X-Force analysts note how scammers are not only exploiting real news events, but they are also creating their own news to gain profits through affiliate programs. Our researchers warn, “you can’t always trust the hosts that search engines point to.” We encourage our customers to ensure their anti-virus software is up-to-date and to enable blacklisting on browsers that support it, such as the ‘Block reported attack sites’ setting in Firefox.
http://blogs.iss.net/archive/CreatingNewsForBlack.html

Anti-Phishing Procedure for Email

root — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:16:55 +0000

I saw something like this on the Internet and I do want to give credit to where credit is due, but I cannot remember where I found this. We have recreated it for businesses.

Please see the following flowchart for procedures on anti-phishing for email.

Bypass Flash Logins Using FLASM

root — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:59:07 +0000

Watch this video. Then disable your flash logins if you have them.

Some News

root — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:47:24 +0000

Security Risks at Fake ATM Machines
Fake ATM machines are not new, but awareness of them is. Have you ever gone into a locally owned gas station that has a small ATM sitting in the corner near the chocolate bars? Not all of them are real. They read card information, allow the person to enter their PIN, display a dummy message saying that the transaction cannot be completed at this time. All the while, it’s harvesting all the cards information to be used at a later time. Some fake ATM machines even have a camera to capture a photo to associate with the card information. We need to pass this information along among ourselves, our families, our friends and our customers. Captured information can be used to recreate a complete identity along with a bank account with funds in it.

Some good news … Albert Gonzalez, the Miami man who stole and resold 170 million cards and ATM numbers, has pleaded guilty and is awaiting sentencing in March.

Increases in Phishing Attacks
Identity theft is expected to increase again this year. With the bad economy in 2009 came a huge reduction in the workforce. Many of those who were unemployed invested in starting online businesses to make ends meet. These unskilled “webmasters” may have great ideas, but many are uneducated in privacy and security leaving identifiable information out there for criminal minds with access to the Internet. Names, addresses, phone numbers, notes on prospective clients all are jumping off points for spear phishing attacks.

There were many phishing attacks against financial institutions in 2009, about a 600-percent increase over phishing attacks in 2008. Spear phishing is becoming more popular as hackers target businesses where an attacker can access business accounts and initiate money transfers via wires or ACH to steal large sums of money at once or over time.

Adobe and Social Networks

root — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 02:20:53 +0000

According the the McAfee predictions report, Adobe will be a larger target for hackers than Microsoft. So keep your adobe products updated. No matter how annoying they are. You know what we’re talking about.

Also, beware when social networking. Sites such as Twitter, MySpace and Facebook will be a very large target for hackers. If you are a social networker, keep separate passwords for all sites. Change your password every 3 months, and make sure its no less than 8 characters, with upper and lower case, symbols and numbers.

Speaking of Twitter, follow our tweets. @AZITMGMT